Upcoming Event
The next Sarasota Republican Club meeting will be held on
Thursday, January 16, 2025
6:00 pm at Marina Jack
Guest Speaker:
CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER, Ret.
Deborah Lippay
After receiving her undergraduate degree from Penn State, Deborah worked 11 years in the marketing field in the Philadelphia area. While working full-time, she was accepted into and completed Temple University’s graduate program in counseling psychology. Upon graduating from the program, Deborah continued to work full-time in the marketing field while working part-time as a therapist with the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network.
Deborah eventually accepted a position as a uniformed officer with the US Capitol Police and, after two years, earned a position as Special Agent in the department’s Threat Assessment Section where she investigated threats against members of Congress, their family members, and staff. Other duties included protective intelligence and travel details for each Speaker of the House and various Congressional members, surveillance and counter-surveillance for various events to include inaugurations and the Republican and Democrat National Conventions, among others. One highlight of her career was spending five years as a Task Force Officer with the FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force, where she was detailed to the FBI’s Washington Field Office and was responsible for handing incoming threats to Federal government officials as well as business leaders. Deborah was on-duty during September 11, assisted in the investigation of the 2017 Alexandria Virginia Congressional baseball shooting, and was on-duty during January 6, for which she was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor.
Deborah retired from USCP in September 2021 and moved with her partner to Sun City Center in Hillsborough County, where she has learned to kick back and relax, pitching for her community’s co-ed softball league, walking the dogs, and kvetching about various issues. She is very happy to have left the Northeast and be in the wonderful state of Florida!
Recent Events
Matt Walsh, CEO of Observer Media Group,
Highlights November Club Dinner Meeting
The Sarasota Republican Club's dinner meeting in November 2024 had the honor of having Mr. Matt Walsh, CEO of Observer Media Group (Observer Newspapers), as guest speaker. Mr. Walsh talked about what happened in the General Election and took several questions from the audience. It was an interesting and entertaining evening!
Mission Statement:
The Sarasota Republican Club is a proactive group of Republicans that sponsor events and dinner meetings to promote constitutionally-based, conservative principles of government while seeking to support candidates who represent those principles. We provide members with up close political insights and the opportunity to personally and constructively engage in the political process.
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