John Banks President Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), 2014, representing major commercial and residential owners and builders, real estate professionals. Formerly ConEd 13 years. Early role in Koch Administration. Banks serves on the boards of the New York Public Library, Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection and Manhattan College. Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis every Sunday morning […]
United States Senator John Cornyn, Republican Senator Texas, 2002. Senate Majority Whip for the 114th and 115th Congresses. Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee 2009 – 2012. Prior to election associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court, 1991 to 1997. In 1998, elected Attorney General of Texas, serving one term until winning a seat in the U.S. Senate. Tune […]
Honorable Robert Wilkie Secretary of Veterans Affairs. since July 2018. Previously acting Secretary of VA . Served Secretary James Mattis as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness—20 years of government service. Worked for Rumsfeld, Rice Trent Lott and Robert Gates to name just a few. Oversaw health affairs, training, welfare, recreation, and the quality of life for military families. […]
John McNesby is a 22 year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #5. President since 2007. Served as member of the National Advisory Committee on Job Corps. Negotiated two difficult contracts for police, re elected in 2010 with 91%. represents over 14,000 active and retired police officers, the largest labor organization in Philadelphia. […]
Mayor Bob Buckhorn Tampa, Florida. Elected in 2011, will serve until May 2019. Before becoming mayor, Buckhorn served on the Tampa City Council from 1995 to 2003. Worked for Dewey Square Group, a public affairs firm, and Director of Governmental Affairs for the Builders Association of Greater Tampa. In 2007, he founded his own public affairs firm in Tampa called Buckhorn […]
Professor Ronald Rychlak is the Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government and Professor of Law at the University of Mississippi. Professor Rychlak is an advisor to the Holy See’s delegation to the United Nations and a member of the Mississippi Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. His book “Disinformation” is co-authored with the highest-ranking Soviet Bloc […]
Brooklyn Technical High School, elite New York City public high school that specializes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 30,000 eighth and ninth graders seek entrance for 1900 seats. Approximately 1,900 to 1,950 applicants are accepted each year. Larry Cary, President Brooklyn Tech Alumni Association, founding partner Cary Kane law firm Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis every Sunday morning at 9 am in New York on […]
Lynne Patton heads Region II of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees New York and New Jersey. One of 10 regional administrators for HUD, with a $48.7 billion budget this year. She previously worked the Trump family. She is a director of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John […]
Dr. Peter Michalos physician, former Chief of Surgery and medical staff President community Hospital. Researcher, historian. Dr. Michalos is a leader in the Greek Orthodox Church of South Hamptons. Widely published in medical circles not only for his expertise – but also for his well-researched public statements regarding a wide-ranging of social issues. Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John […]
Jake Novak is the host of the Nachum Segal Network’s, “Novak Now,” a weekly, half-hour look at news that has an impact on Jewish world and Israel. JakeNovakNews.com Former supervising producer of “The Kudlow Report” with Larry Kudlow (current chief economic advisor in White House.). Prior to joining CNBC, he co-created and oversaw the “Varney and Company” Tune in […]
Governor Tom Ridge Following 9/11 President George W. Bush created the Office of Homeland Security named Tom Ridge Secretary (2003–2005). Governor Pennsylvania (1995–2001) before a member of Congress (1983–1995) representing northwestern Pennsylvania. Enlisted Vietnam combat veteran elected to the U.S. House. Governor Ridge is also the founder and CEO of Ridge Global – LLC – a Washington – D.C. based security […]
State Representative Chris Sprowls Republican Florida House of Representatives, representing District 65 includes Clearwater, Dunedin, and Tarpon Springs in northern Pinellas County, since 2014. One of 99 delegates who support Donald Trump. Appointed Florida Constitution Revision Commission, a 37-member commission that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution. Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis every Sunday morning at 9 am in New York […]
Congressman Mike Gallagher Wisconsin’s 8th district (R). Marine Corps officer, serving seven years (2006–2013) on active duty, twice deployed. A former staffer on the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s presidential campaign. Won 2016 election 63 percent to 36 percent. Committee on Armed Services, and Homeland Security. Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis every Sunday morning at 9 […]
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick represents suburban Philadelphia, Bucks County, 8th CD. Served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney focused on drug crimes. For 14 years prior FBI Supervisory Special Agent – including being embedded with U.S. Special Forces as part Operation Iraqi Freedom. National Director for the FBI’s Campaign Finance and Election Crimes Enforcement Program House Committee on Foreign Affairs and […]
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta first, the only, Hispanic person to serve in Trump’s cabinet. Republican, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to the National Labor Relations Board later served as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and federal prosecutor for the Southern District of Florida. He is the former dean of Florida International University College of Law. Tune […]
Michael Long retiring chairman of the Conservative Party of New York State. Long represented the Borough of Brooklyn – at-large in the New York City Council from 1981 to 1983. Marine Corps. Began working in politics as a volunteer for Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential campaign. Conservative Party’s chairman and primary spokesman since the 1980s – advocating for smaller government – lower […]
Secretary Ben Carson, Secretary Housing and Urban Development appointed 2017. Author, former neurosurgeon. Presidential candidate 2016 Republican primaries. Past Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland from 1984 until his retirement in 2013. He became the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery in the country at age 33. Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis every Sunday morning at 9 am in […]
Matthew Daus longest serving Commissioner /Chairman of the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission (“TLC”) – and prior to that – TLC General Counsel, Giuliani. 20 years in NYC government: Commissioner – NYC Civil Service Commission; General Counsel – NYC Community Development Agency; Special Counsel – NYC Trade Waste Commission; and Prosecutor – NYC Human Rights Commission. Mr. Daus is now […]
Gary Krupp Founder and President of Pave The Way Foundation (PTWF) – a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bridging the gap between the worlds diverse faiths. Mr. Krupp is the highest ranking Jewish person in the Catholic Church. Mr. Krupp became only the seventh Jewish papal knight in history. Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis every Sunday morning at 9 am in New York on […]
Professor Theodore Rappaport the David Lee/Ernst Weber Chaired Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering Professor of Computer Science at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He is also a Professor of Radiology at the NYU School of Medicine. NYU WIRELESS NYU-Tandon Brooklyn Campus Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis every Sunday morning at 9 am in […]
Senator Alfonse D’AmatoUnited States Senator New York from 1981 to 1999. Republican. Served as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee Senate Appropriations Committee – specializing in defense and transportation issues – and served on the Senate Finance Committee. Founded a highly effective New York based lobbying firm Park Strategies. Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis every Sunday morning at 9 am in New […]
Dr. William Pepper New York/London based attorney best known for representing Martin Luther King’s accused assassin, James Earl Ray, to prove his innocence. Came to Dr. King in 1967 over concern of Vietnamese victims of American napalm missions and was present at Dr. King’s famous Riverside Church speech. Also a counsel for Robert Kennedy’s assassin Sirhan Sirhan arguing for a second […]
John Pistole, President of Anderson University in Indiana. Served as deputy director of the FBI from October 2004 to May 2010. Nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as administrator of the Transportation Security Administration on 17 May 2010 unanimously confirmed to serve in that position by the United States Senate on 25 June 2010. Tune in to The Cats Roundtable […]
Steven Bellone County Executive Suffolk County Executive since 2012. Army veteran. Previously served as Babylon Town Supervisor from 2001-2011. Named “Government Official of the Year” by the Association for a Better Long Island. Represents more than 1.5 million residents. Has focused efforts on saving taxpayer dollars through government reform. Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis every Sunday morning at 9 am in New […]
Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis – a Republican was elected to the New York State Assembly in 2010. Her district includes all of Staten Island and a large portion of Brooklyn. Daughter of immigrants – father from Greece and mother a Cuban exile of the Castro dictatorship. Reelected with 74% of the vote. Led the difficult, ongoing recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Tune in […]
Timothy Sini Suffolk County District Attorney January 2018. Prior to District Attorney served as Commissioner of the Suffolk County Police Department. Law career began the office of Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Prior to District Attorney Sini’s election, he served as the 13th Commissioner of the Suffolk County Police Department, which is the 11th largest police department in the nation. […]
Fernando “Freddy” Ferrer served in the New York City Council from 1982 to 1987 was the Borough President of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001 – and was a candidate for Mayor of New York City in 2001 and the Democratic Party nominee for Mayor in 2005. Mr. Ferrer is currently the acting chairman of the MTA. Tune in to The Cats […]
City Councilman Ydanis Rodríguez is the Council member for the 10th District of the New York City Council. Democrat. Candidate for Public Advocate to be held February 26, 2019. His district includes Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill in Manhattan. Rodríguez serves as the Chairman of the Council Transportation Committee. Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis every Sunday morning at 9 am in New […]
Admiral James Stavridis retired U.S. Navy. Supreme Allied Commander of the NATO Alliance in global operations from 2009-2013. Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University 2013-2018. Chair of the Board – U.S. Naval Institute (2013-present.) Currently Operating Executive The Carlyle Group and Chair of the Board of Counselors at McLarty Associates. Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis every Sunday morning at 9 […]
Professor Avi Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University. He serves as Chair of the Department of Astronomy, Founding Director of Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative and Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC) . He also chairs the Advisory Committee for the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative. Tune in to The Cats Roundtable with John […]
