TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE

2024 CONVENTION FOR LIFE

June 22nd, 2024

2024 Speakers

Danielle D'Souza Gill

Keynote Speaker

Danielle D’Souza Gill is a young author and commentator who lives in New York City. A graduate from Dartmouth College, and the author of YGod: An Intelligent Discussion on the Relevance of Faith, she has also filmed videos for PragerU, has been a Turning Point USA ambassador, and been on various tv and radio networks including Fox News, One America, Newsmax, and Salem Radio.

She is the youngest Advisory Board member of Women for Trump, a coalition of Donald J. Trump’s campaign. The Choice: The Abortion Divide in America, is her second book.

 

Dr. John Seago

President – Texas Right to Life

John Seago, MA, DBE is a published Bioethicist and serves as the President for Texas Right to Life, the oldest and largest statewide Pro-Life organization in Texas. For 11 years, Dr. Seago led the research, writing, and lobbying for state Pro-Life and medical ethics policies in the Texas State Legislature. He graduated with a double major in Philosophy and Biblical Studies from Southeastern College Wake Forest, North Carolina. He studied philosophy at the University of Dallas and received a Master’s in Bioethics from Trinity International University. He received his Doctorate in Bioethics and Health Policy from Loyola University Chicago. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and two children.

Konni Burton

CEO – The Texan

In 2014 Konni was elected to represent Senate District 10 in the Texas Senate. She served two sessions down in Austin.

Her commitment to conservative principles earned her “100% ratings” from the National Federation of Independent Businesses, the National Right to Life, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility and Young Conservatives of Texas and she received the Taxpayer Champion designation from Empower Texans after both the 84th and
85th legislative sessions.

An activist at heart, Konni’s passion for limited government, individual liberties and free market principles, means a lifelong engagement in the fight to protect these values.

Konni recently founded and is the CEO of The Texan, a multi media online news organization that reports on statewide political news in Texas.

Lori Bova

Board Member – Legacy Pregnancy Resource Center in Hobbs, NM

Lori Bova advocates for life in rural New Mexico where she resides with her husband, Craig. Both tragedies and joys fuel her passion.

She has defended life locally, fighting for protections for vulnerable women and preborn babies through ordinances and state laws. Since 2017, Lori has been on the board of Legacy Pregnancy Resource Center, which completed a medical conversion this year. She also served on the Right to Life Committee of New Mexico board and helped start a local Right to Life chapter in her county.

Nationally, Lori recently chaired the board of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention. Last year she was thrilled to participate in a press conference on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court after the Governor of New Mexico sued her municipality and county for their anti-abortion ordinances.

When she is not standing for life, she enjoys serving the classical, Christian school she founded, cooking, and traveling with family.

Brent Clingerman

IT Director – Texas Right to Life

Brent Clingerman joined the Texas Right to Life team in 2013 as a technology consultant, quickly turning into the Director of Technology.

He hosts the weekly Pro-Life Podcast discussing current events through the Pro-Life lens. When the HeartBeat Bill passed in 2021, Brent stood against cancel culture, keeping the Pro-Life Whistleblower site running against millions of cyber attacks. In February of 2022, Brent joined the ProLife Podcast as the host, discussing modern cultural topics through the Pro-Life view.

He has spent almost 30 years in non-profit IT, and believes technology can be a God given tool to help further our Lord’s cause.

Rebekah Hagan

Son saved by Abortion Reversal Procedure

Rebekah Hagan is one of today`s youngest speakers on the issues of teenage pregnancy, abortion, and abortion pill reversal.

Raised in a Christian home where abortion was never discussed, Rebekah`s life in pro-life ministry was unplanned and fueled, instead, by her firsthand experience. She became pregnant at seventeen with her son, Eli, and again with a second child while in her first year of college. 

Feeling ashamed and fearing that she would lose her family and be forced to drop out of school, Rebekah thought that raising two children alone would be impossible. At just over seven weeks pregnant, she began a medication abortion that changed her life; however, her story did not end there.

Her story has been shared by local and national media, as well as religious and secular organizations, including Vice News HBO, Focus On The Family, Students For Life, Live Action, Heartbeat International, Epoch Times, and World Magazine.

A passionate advocate for grace-centered outreach, Rebekah Hagan uses her story to unravel the mindset of women in unplanned pregnancies, and to equip and encourage others to lead with hope and compassion.

Rebekah is a graduate of William Jessup University. 

Sylvia Johnson

CEO – Houston Pregnancy Resource Center

Sylvia is the Chief Executive Officer of Houston Pregnancy Help Center, Inc., which currently has three locations in Houston, Texas: Fifth Ward Pregnancy Help Center located on the corner of Shotwell and the East Freeway, the Downtown Pregnancy Help Center located at San Jacinto and Alabama, and the new Medical Mobile Van which serves the greater Houston area.

Sylvia has served as a Pregnancy Help Center Director for the past 35 years and has opened five Crisis Pregnancy Centers and assisted with the opening of two others. These centers provide services to over 10,000 clients per year. Under her leadership, medical services were implemented. Sylvia is known as “The Encourager,” a woman of vision and most importantly a woman that loves God and His people.

Helen Lowery

Helen Lowery holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Master of Business Administration from Niagara University, Lewiston, NY. She attended Houghton College, Grace School of Leadership Development, South Houston Bible Institute, and Trinity Seminary Doctoral in Theology program.

During her successful 42-year career at DuPont/Chemours Company, working in finance, sales, and marketing roles, Helen served as Vice-Chair of DuPont Corporate Black Employees Network. She was the recipient of several performance and accomplishment awards. Through perseverance and putting her trust in the Lord, in
2017, she became the second female and first African American president of a 35-year-old global trade association. She is currently employed at The Lubrizol Corporation as a Global Corporate Account Manager.

Helen is an ordained minister through Grace International and travels extensively throughout the United States and internationally, teaching and ministering at churches and conferences. The difficult adolescence she experienced helped prepare her to minister healing to the deep hurts in people with the love of Jesus Christ. Her life story brings hope to many that you can excel, achieve, and thrive in life through God’s grace
and a good work ethic regardless of your beginning.

As a community leader, Helen has served on various non-profit boards, is a mentor to others on work/life balance and how to succeed in corporate American, and advocates and supports women in leadership and ministry. She was an adjunct professor of Accounting at Niagara County Community College and former Chairperson of Black American Biblical Conservatives.

Helen and her husband Jeffrey have been married for 40 years and blessed with four beautiful children, six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. Their greatest joy is seeing their children and generations love and serve Jesus Christ. Jeff founded Living Truth Ministries, a faith-based 501c3 ministry focused on pastoral care, teaching principles from the Bible to equip the body of Christ, and Christian-based counseling.
They desire to see the maturing of the body of Christ, build strong individuals, families, and marriages. They currently serve as Montgomery County Justice Court Chaplain
(under Judge Wayne L. Mack).

Dr. Ingrid Skop, M.D., FACOG

Vice President and Director of Medical Affairs – Charlotte Lozier Institute

Ingrid Skop, M.D., FACOG, is Vice President and Director of Medical Affairs for Charlotte Lozier Institute, leveraging more than 30 years’ experience as a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist to support research and policies that respect the dignity of every human life.

Dr. Skop received her Bachelor of Science in physiology from Oklahoma State University and her medical doctorate from Washington University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Skop is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, where she uses science and statistics to counter pro-abortion agendas, and is a lifetime member of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Prior to joining Charlotte Lozier Institute, Dr. Skop served for over 25 years in private practice in San Antonio, where she delivered more than 5,000 babies and personally cared for many women who had been harmed, physically and emotionally, from complications due to abortion. She has served as board member and medical director for pregnancy resource centers in San Antonio, Austin, and Houston.

Dr. Skop’s research on maternal mortality, abortion, and women’s health has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, she has provided expert testimony at both the state and federal levels on legislation related to abortion, including standing firm against prominent pro-abortion politicians who choose not to follow the science regarding fetal heartbeat and development.

Dr. Skop is married to a physician and is the proud mother of two sons and a daughter.

Kent Matthews

Convention EMCEE

Radio personality Kent Matthews is no stranger to the airwaves and has been with NGEN since day one! He’s the ultimate lover of Switchfoot, but no, he won’t “dare you to move.” Simply put, he loves Jesus and loves people. It’s never a dull moment with him on the dial. Be sure to catch him each weekend on NGEN radio.

More speakers coming soon!