Thank you for joining us for the 2025 Cascade Conference!

Program Agenda

Friday, May 30th

4:00 – 6:00 PM – Check-in

6:00 PM – Welcome Reception

7:00 PM – Conference Kick-Off – Deanna Martinez, MRW Board Chair and Moses Lake Councilmember; Introduction of Candidates; Welcome from Kyle Curtis, Conference Chair and Yakima County Commissioner

Video Message from Congressman Dan Newhouse, 4th District

7:30 PM – Perspective from a Freshman Member of Congress

                  Congressman Michael Baumgartner, 5th District

8:15 PM – A Conversation With and About Mr. Mainstream, Sam Reed, hosted by former State Senator Luke Esser

9:00 – 11:00 PM – After-Hours Reception (no host bar) - The Sports Center - 214 E Yakima Ave, Yakima, WA 98901

Saturday, May 31st

8:45 AM – Welcome – Deanna Martinez, MRW Board Chair and Moses Lake Councilmember

9:00 AM – Presentation – Polling: The Road Ahead, by Stuart Elway

9:55 AM – Break

10:00 AM – Panel - What is there to be hopeful about as a Republican in Washington?

Rep. Michelle Caldier, R-Gig Harbor - candidate for state Senate, 26th Legislative District

Rep. Mike Volz, R-Spokane – candidate for Spokane County Treasurer (appointee, serving concurrently)

Chad Magendanz – former state representative and current candidate for state Senate, 5th Legislative District

Moderator - Rep. Sam Low, R-Lake Stevens, candidate for re-election to Snohomish County Council (serving concurrently)

10:55 – Mid Morning Break

11:05 – Panel - Sinking Test Scores and Enrollment - Our Public Education Future

Randy Hayden – Darrington School Board member

Terry Tate – Battle Ground School Board member

Chad Magendanz – former state representative and current candidate for state Senate, 5th Legislative District

Moderator - Erin Richards - Senior Tenured faculty in Political Science at Cascadia College

12:00 PM – Break

12:05 PM - Mia Love: My Living Wish for the America I Know - Reading by Carmen Goers

12:15 PM – Lunch

1:15 PM – Presentation -  Why Can’t My Kids Afford to Buy a House?, by Greg Lane – President of Building Industry Association of Washington

2:00 PM – Memorial Salute to Ralph Munro

TVW’s Ralph Munro Highlights by Renee Radcliff Sinclair, TVW’s President/CEO (by video)

          Former Secretary of State Sam Reed and Longtime Friends Jim Waldo & Anthony Hemstad

          Moderator – Former Attorney General Rob McKenna

2:30 PM – Panel - Past, Present, and Future of Agriculture in Washington

Jon DeVaney – President, Washington Tree Fruit Association

Manuel Imperial - Wapato Farmer

Michelle Hennings – President, Washington Wheat Growers Association

Leslie Druffel - Director of Community Outreach, The McGregor Company; President, Center for Sustainability and Working Rivers

Rosella Mosby – President, Washington State Farm Bureau

Moderator - Sen. Nikki Torres, R-Pasco

3:25 PM – Break

3:30 PM – Panel - Olympia’s Policy Crisis: Taxes, Spending, and Crime (oh, my!)

Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia

Paul Graves – President, Enterprise Washington

Rep. Chris Corry, R-Yakima

Moderator - Rep. Suzanne Schmidt, R-Spokane Valley

4:15 PM – Afternoon Break 

6:00 PM – Bar opens, Silent Auction opens

6:30 PM – Dinner, Awards

7:15 PM – Dinner Program - Honoring Governor Dan Evans

8:00 PM – Silent Auction closes, Live Auction Begins 

9:00 – 11:00 PM – After-Hours Hospitality Suite - The 26-A Club, 32 N 2nd St, Yakima, 98901; Hosted by Yakima County Commissioner Kyle Curtis, Senator Nikki Torres, Representative Jeremie Dufault, Representative Chris Corry

Sunday, June 1st

9:00 AM – Panel – Re-engaging with the Grassroots 

Dave McMullan - Pierce County Republican Party Chair

John Jay - Former candidate for Clark County Council

Former Rep. Luanne Van Werven - League of Our Own

Moderator - Corey Gauny - Thurston County Republican Party Chair

10:30 AM – Conference ends