Connie has been a conservative activist since before she graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1971.

She has been Executive Vice President of Paul Weyrich’s Free Congress Foundation, Senior Development Officer at the Leadership Institute, and Executive Director of the Susan B. Anthony List PAC. She has written numerous articles and three books.

She’s been married to the same man for 34 years, and they have four children and two grandchildren. Currently she is a Visiting Fellow at Heritage Foundation, and heads up her own consulting business, Raphael Services, which specializes in meeting facilitation, fundraising, and writing and editing.