Jennifer Schubert-Akin, a 1975 graduate of Burlington High School, is CEO and co-founder of the Steamboat Institute with her husband, Rick Akin. The SI held their eighth annual Freedom Conference recently, nestled in the Rocky Mountain town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

The exhilarating two-day event featured riveting speakers and panelists who are experts on what's happening in the nation and world from the economy and education to national defense and much more. Some of the panels featured bi-partisan round-table discussions.

As Schubert-Akin's sister, this reporter attends the conference...