so please welcome alison howard. [applause] >> now to your right, notice i avoided the left, to your right alex smith, national chair for the college republican national committee, the c.r., making her the first female elected as national c.r. chairman in its 120 year history. [applause] she's a native of pennsylvania and the graduate of the catholic university of america. she formerly served as national co-chairman during the 2012 cycle as chairman of the d.c. federation of college republicans, and this chapter lead for the catholic university college republicans. she's currently a student at seton hall university school of law. please welcome chairman alex smith. [applause] >> and next to her is kimberly yee. she represents arizona's 20th legislative district in the state senate and is the first asian-american woman elected to serve in the arizona legislature. she is chairman of the senate committee in education. before she was elected to office you worked for state treasurer dean martin. and in the united states d