Matt Schlapp is the chairman of the American Conservative Union, the nation’s original grassroots conservative organization and the host of CPAC, the largest conservative conference in the world. He is also the founding principal of Cove Strategies, a legislative, communications, and political consulting firm. For the first term of President George W. Bush’s administration, Schlapp worked in the White House political affairs office where he served as director through the 2004 reelection campaign. Matt and his wife Mercedes have five young daughters and are parishioners of Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.
