Sandra S. Froman, former President of the National Rifle Association and a current member of its Executive Council as well as a Trustee of the NRA Foundation.

Simi Valley, CA: The fifth annual Simi Conejo Friends of NRA fundraising banquet will be held Saturday, September 18, 2010, 5:00 pm at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Scheduled keynote speaker is Sandra S. Froman, former President of the National Rifle Association and a current member of its Executive Council as well as a Trustee of the NRA Foundation.

“Guests will enjoy dressing up for our western themed event, along with games, auctions, and drawings for limited edition NRA firearms and collectibles,” said Committee Chairman Jason Kemmerer. “They get a great dinner, and they can also tour the Ronald Reagan Museum and Air Force One Pavilion.”

Proceeds benefit The NRA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and are distributed as grants to support projects such as youth firearm safety, women’s programs, law enforcement, and range development.
Ticket packages start at $150 and include prize drawing tickets. Request an event flyer by e-mailing ldavis@nrahq.org or visit www.friendsofnra.org/ca/events.

Views and opinions expressed by Simi Conejo Friends of NRA are not necessarily shared by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Foundation.

Sandra Froman Biographical Sketch
for Simi-Conejo FNRA Event
Simi Valley, California – September 18, 2010

Sandra Froman was President of the National Rifle Association of America from 2005-2007, only the second woman to hold that office since the NRA was founded in 1871. She has been a member of the NRA Board of Directors since 1992 and was elected as vice president in 1998 under President Charlton Heston. She has chaired six NRA committees, and is also a former president and current trustee of The NRA Foundation. Upon finishing her term as NRA President, Froman was unanimously elected for life to the NRA Executive Council by the NRA Board of Directors.

Froman received her undergraduate degree in economics with honors from Stanford University and her juris doctor degree from Harvard Law School. She has been a partner at prominent law firms in California and Arizona. Recognized by her peers in the publication Best Lawyers in America, she practices law in Tucson where she represents clients in business and litigation matters and also serves as a mediator and arbitrator.

Froman also taught law as a full-time law professor at Santa Clara University Law School in California and currently serves on the advisory boards of the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in Tucson, Arizona and the George Mason University Law School in Fairfax, Virginia. Froman co-founded the National Firearms Law Seminar, now in its 13th year, which trains attorneys on legal issues relating to Constitutional Law and the Second Amendment, firearms, hunting and conservation.

An international speaker on the right to keep and bear arms, Froman promotes the NRA as a civil rights organization, dedicated to the protection and advancement of the Bill of Rights. In today’s complex and uncertain world, the Second Amendment is an insurance policy for our civil liberties—the one right that protects all the others.

An NRA-certified instructor, Ms. Froman promotes firearms education, safety and marksmanship training for all peaceable Americans, especially women, minorities and youth. A native of San Francisco, Froman didn’t grow up in a hunting or shooting family but she has become an avid sportswoman as an adult. She enjoys shooting pistols, rifles and shotguns and has hunted numerous species in ten states in North America and on three continents.

Froman has been active in state and national politics for almost 30 years and has worked on numerous state and federal election campaigns and legislative projects. She works to expand right-to-carry laws that permit peaceable, responsible, law-abiding citizens to use, possess and enjoy their private firearms. Among her many legislative accomplishments, she was instrumental in the successful grassroots fight to pass Arizona’s Right to Carry law in 1995, passage of firearms preemption in Arizona in 2000, and enactment in 2009 in Arizona of a record seven new pieces of pro-gun legislation. In 2008, she testified before the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate in opposition to the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor based on her Second Amendment record.

Froman is a Benefactor member of the NRA and a member of the NRA Ring of Freedom. She supports diverse shooting and hunting organizations and is a life member of Safari Club International, the Single Action Shooting Society, the Texas State Rifle Association, the California Rifle and Pistol Association, the Indiana State Rifle & Pistol Association and the Arizona State Rifle and Pistol Association.

Froman’s numerous television appearances include Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, MSNBC and Fox and Friends. She has been featured in countless newspaper and magazine articles in the U.S. and internationally, including a positive story about firearms ownership that appeared on the front page of The New York Times.