“Jefferson’s Path To Philadelphia & The Five Key Phrases In the Declaration”

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Join us March 6th at 7:30 am at Naples Hilton, as historian Michael Maibach begins this year’s 250th anniversary of America story. Michael Maibach is Managing Director of The James Wilson Institute.

James Wilson was one of the first two signers of The Committee of Five with Thomas Jefferson to present to the Continental Congress in July 1776.

Maibach’s title for this presentation is “Jefferson’s Path To Philadelphia & The Five Key Phrases In the Declaration”

Bio

Michael Maibach is a seasoned professional in global business diplomacy, advisor to non-profit organizations, and an active supporter of civic engagement.

From 2003 to 2012 he was President & CEO of the European-American Business Council, a group of 75 multinational companies.
From 1983 to 2001 Mr. Maibach was Vice President of Global Government Affairs for the Intel Corporation. He worked closely with its four founders, Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, Andy Grove and Les Vadasz. At Intel he built a global team of 150 professionals advancing the company’s commercial policies. He offered testimony on 18 occasions to the US Congress on behalf of his industry.

From 1976 to 1983 he was a Government Affairs Manager at Caterpillar, Inc. in Illinois, California, and Washington DC. His initial job at CAT was as a machine shop foreman in their East Peoria tractor factory. He opened CAT’s California Government Affairs Office in 1979.

Today he is a Distinguished Fellow on American Federalism at Save Our States, an organization dedicated to defending the Constitution’s Electoral College design. He is also the Founder of the Center For the Electoral College. In 2020 and again in 2024 he was elected by his party to be a Presidential Elector in Virginia.

Michael is a Trustee of the James Wilson Institute, the Witherspoon Institute, the Russell Kirk Center, the Philadelphia Society, the American Constitutional Rights Union… and several other non-profit Boards.

Mr. Maibach has earned seven university degrees. While earning his first degree, he was elected to the DeKalb County Board in his native Illinois, becoming the first American elected to public office under 21 years of age in US history.

Michael is a native of Peoria, Illinois. He spent his Intel career in California’s Silicon Valley. He has lived in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia for 28 years and has a winter home in Naples, Florida.

Pronounced: “May-Bach”

Michael C. Maibach
Professional Background

Global Business Diplomacy & Civic Engagement Success

Save Our States  (2019 – Present)

• Distinguished Fellow on American Federalism

American Constitutional Rights Union  (2025 – Present)

• Policy Board Member

James Wilson Institute   (2015 – Present)

• Board of Trustees & Managing Director

Aspen Institute – 21st Century Manufacturing Program  (2012 – 2015)

• Senior Fellow / Manufacturing Policy

European-American Business Council    (2003 – 2012) 

• President & CEO

Intel Corporation    (1983 – 2001) 

• Vice President, Global Government Affairs

Caterpillar Tractor Co.  (1976 –  1983) 

• Government Affairs Manager: Illinois, California, Washington DC

Illinois State Senate  (1975 – 1976)

• Legislative Fellow & Samuel K. Gove Legislative Internship Hall of Fame

Dekalb County Board Member (Illinois)  (1972 – 1975)

• First American Elected To Public Office Under the Age of 21 in US History