Lincoln Day Keynote Speakers1997 - Congressman John Boehner
1998 - Former VP Dan Quayle 1999 - LG Dick Posthumus 2000 - US Senator Spence Abraham 2001 - Congressman Dave Camp 2002 - Lt. Colonel Oliver North 2003 - Congressman Mike Rogers 2004 - State Senator Ken Sikkema 2005 - John L. Smith 2006 - US Senate Candidates 2007 - Mike Huckabee 2008 - Governor Tim Pawlenty 2009 - Joe The Plumber 2010 - Gubernatorial Candidates 2011 - Governor Rick Snyder 2012 - Congressman Dave Camp 2013 - Sheriff Richard Mack 2014 - AG Schuette / KrisAnne Hall 2015 - Governor Jeb Bush 2016 - Congressmen Bishop / Moolenaar 2017 - Governor John Engler 2018 - David Avella 2019 - John James 2020 - COVID 2021 - Tom Barrett 2022 - Ben Fredrick 2023 -- Trevor Louden 2024 -- Dr. David Clements |
Republican of the Year1997 -
1998 - Richard Hawks 1999 - Valerie Vail-Shirey 2000 - Tom O'Bryant & Carol Wooley 2001 - Chuck Sherman 2002 - 2003 - Denise Yockey 2004 - Leon Brewbaker (Republican of the Century) 2005 - Tim Black 2006 - Cliff Flood 2007 - Tim Fair 2008 - 2009 - Claude and Shirley Vail 2010 - Tom Leonard 2011 - Carol Wooley 2012 - Phil Bareham 2013 - Gail Waddell 2014 - Paul Opsommer 2015 - Steve Gobbo 2016 - Wayne Kangas 2017 - Bob Craig 2018 - Larry Meyer 2019 - COVID 2020 - COVID 2021 - Ray & Elaine Snyder 2022 - Clinton County Commissioners 2023 - Anne Hill 2024 - David Smith |
Party Chair
1997 - Bob Craig
1998 - Bob Craig
1999 - Bob Craig
2000 - Bob Craig
2001 - Bob Craig / Carol Wooley
2002 - Paul McNamara
2003 - Paul McNamara
2004 - Paul McNamara
2005 - Paul McNamara
2006 - Wayne Kangas
2007 - Wayne Kangas
2008 - Scott Hummel
2009 - Tom Leonard
2010 - Tom Leonard
2011 - Steve Willis
2012 - Steve Willis
2013 - Steve Willis
2014 - Steve Willis
2015 - Larry Meyer
2016 - Larry Meyer
2017 - Larry Meyer
2018 - Larry Meyer
2019 - Jenell Leonard
2020 - Jenell Leonard
2021 - Jenell Leonard
2022 - Jenell Leonard
2023 - Steve Willis
2024 -- Steve Willis
2025 -- Steve Willis
1998 - Bob Craig
1999 - Bob Craig
2000 - Bob Craig
2001 - Bob Craig / Carol Wooley
2002 - Paul McNamara
2003 - Paul McNamara
2004 - Paul McNamara
2005 - Paul McNamara
2006 - Wayne Kangas
2007 - Wayne Kangas
2008 - Scott Hummel
2009 - Tom Leonard
2010 - Tom Leonard
2011 - Steve Willis
2012 - Steve Willis
2013 - Steve Willis
2014 - Steve Willis
2015 - Larry Meyer
2016 - Larry Meyer
2017 - Larry Meyer
2018 - Larry Meyer
2019 - Jenell Leonard
2020 - Jenell Leonard
2021 - Jenell Leonard
2022 - Jenell Leonard
2023 - Steve Willis
2024 -- Steve Willis
2025 -- Steve Willis
