About Dr. Craig Packer Dr. Craig Packer is currently the director of the Lion Research Center and co-founder of Savannahs Forever Tanzania – and a professor at the University of Minnesota’s department of Ecology – Evolution – and Behavior. Packer is the author of Into Africa – which won the 1995 John Burroughs Medal – and more than 100 scientific […]
About Mike Lindell Mike Lindell is the founder of “My Pillow” a privately-held company that manufactures 50,000 pillows each day. Mike spends approximately $1.5 million a week on advertisements which he directly oversees on TV, radio and in newspapers. Mike Lindell is more than a self-made man, a savvy businessman and a genius at marketing, he is called the most […]
About Michael Mulgrew Michael Mulgrew is the fifth president of the United Federation of Teachers, UFT, which represents 200,000 teachers, paraprofessionals, school secretaries and other professional staff in New York City public schools as well as home day-care providers, nurses, adult education instructors and retired members. Mulgrew spent 12 years as a classroom teacher at William E. Grady High School […]
About William Sweeney William Sweeney entered on duty with the FBI in 1998. He was assigned to a public corruption squad at the Newark Field Office, where he conducted investigations in the Hudson County area. In 2004, he transferred to the al Qaeda squad on the division’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and was later promoted to squad supervisor. In March 2009, […]
About Reince Priebus Reince Priebus is the Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Reince has a long history in Republican politics – working his way up through the ranks of the Republican Party of Wisconsin as 1st Congressional District Chairman – State Party Treasurer – First Vice Chair – and eventually State Party Chairman. Reince’s organizational skills harbor big hopes for […]
About Tom Ridge Tom Ridge Following 9/11 President George W. Bush created the Office of Homeland Security and named Tom Ridge Secretary (2003–2005). Prior to serving in the cabinet – Governor Ridge was a member of Congress (1983–1995) representing northwestern Pennsylvania. Ridge was notable as the first enlisted Vietnam combat veteran elected to the U.S. House. Congressman Ridge ran for […]
About Peter Bergen Peter Bergen is a print, television and web journalist, documentary producer, vice president at New America, CNN national security analyst, professor of practice at Arizona State University, and the author or editor of seven books, three of which were New York Times bestsellers, his latest book“United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists.” In his new book, […]
About Avi Loeb 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, serves as the Science Theory […]
About Douglas Schoen Douglas Schoen is a political analyst – pollster – author – and commentator. He is a political analyst forschoen Fox News and a columnist for Newsmax. He is a founding partner and principal strategist for Penn – Schoen and Berland and has worked on the campaigns of many Democratic Party candidates including Ed Koch and Bill Clinton. […]
About John J. Flanagan John J. Flanagan is the President and Majority Leader of the New York. He is Republican. He represents the Second Senate District – which includes the entire Town of Smithtown and portions of the Town of Brookhaven and the Town of Huntington. He was first elected to represent this part of Suffolk County in 2002 and […]
About George Venizelos George Venizelos – formerly was the FBI Director in Charge – New York Field Office. As leader of the Bureau’s largest field office – in that capacity Mr. Venizelos oversaw all operations and personnel in the five boroughs of New York City – eight counties in New York State – and La Guardia Airport and John F. Kennedy […]
About Scott Stringer Scott Stringer is the 44th New York City Comptroller. He was elected Comptroller in 2013. He is a Democrat. He was previously the 26th Borough President of Manhattan. In 1992 – Stringer ran for Congressman Jerry Nadler’s Assembly seat representing the Upper West Side and was elected. He had been a staff member of Nadler’s for a […]
About Andrew Stein Andrew Stein (born Andrew J. Finkelstein) served on the New York City Council and was its last president, and as Manhattan Borough President. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1969 to 1977, sitting in the 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st and 182nd New York State Legislatures. In 1977, Stein was elected as borough president […]
About Cory Booker Cory Booker, D-NJ, in 2013 Senator Booker won a special election to represent New Jersey in the United States Senate. On November 4th, 2014, Senator Booker was re-elected to a full six year term. Starting in 2006, Booker served as Newark’s mayor for more than seven years. During his tenure, the city entered its largest period of economic […]
About Merryl Tisch Merryl Tisch is the former Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents and wife of James S. Tisch. In November 2015, she stepped down from her role after nearly 20 years on the board. Early in her career she taught first graders at the Ramaz School in the Upper East Side of Manhattan and at […]
About Seth Shostak Seth Shostak earned his B.S. in physics from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the California Institute of Technology. Since 2001 – he has been Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute – a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to “explore – understand and explain the origin – nature and prevalence of life in the universe”. SETI […]
About Chris Fischer Chris Fischer, http://www.ocearch.org/expedition leader/founding Chairman, Member of The Explorers Club has led 20 global expeditions since 2007 to advance science and education, facilitating collaborative ocean research on apex predators (sharks) with over 50 scientists and 20 institutions. Fischer’s goals are to enable scientists and governments around the world to generate groundbreaking open-sourced data while enabling dynamic STEM […]
About Tim Malloy When third party candidates are added to the mix, Clinton gets 45 percent with Trump at 38 percent, Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson at 10 percent and Green Party candidate Jill Stein at 4 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll finds. Tim Malloy – Quinnipiac National pollster on air. From September 8 – 13, Quinnipiac University […]
About Lori Klinger Lori Klinger, Founder, Executive Director, Rosie’s Kids..https://rosiestheaterkids.org/ TKids was launched in 2003 at PS 51, a Title 1 public school bordering on the theater district. Together with Rosie, Artistic and Executive Director Lori Klinger developed PS Broadway – RTKids foundational program. In 2003, all 40 fifth graders at PS 51 participated in 15 weeks of singing and […]
About Stephen S. Morse Stephen S. Morse is Director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University. Professional interests include epidemiology of emerging infections (a concept he originated) – international cooperation for infectious disease surveillance – and defense against bioterrorism. Dr. Morse recently returned to Columbia from 4 years in government service as Program Manager at the Defense Advanced […]
About Carl Marcellino Carl Marcellino was elected to represent the Fifth Senate District (Parts of Nassau and Suffolk Counties) on March 14, 1995 and serves as the Vice Chairman of the Senate Majority Conference. He is Chairman of one of the Senate’s senior committees, the Senate Education Committee and Vice Chairman of the Transportation Committee. Senator Marcellino also serves as […]
About George Pataki George Pataki served three terms as the 53rd governor of New York State – from 1995 through 2006. Governor Pataki led New York State through the attacks of September 11th and its aftermath. Widely known for his protection of over one million acres of open space – the most in New York State’s history – Governor Pataki […]
About Bob Kerrey Bob Kerrey is Managing Director at Allen & Company. From 2001 to 2011 Mr. Kerrey was President of The New School. From 1989 to 2001 Senator Kerrey was the US Senator from Nebraska. He is a member of the 9/11 Commission. Prior to his Senate service – Mr. Kerrey served as Nebraska’s Governor. Before entering politics he was […]
About Bill Bratton Bill Bratton Commissioner resigned the week of August 1, 2016 to enter private practice. In terms of terrorism, Bratton was the “Top Cop” in the world. He has previously served as the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD) (1993-1994) – New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner (1994–1996) – and Chief of the Los Angeles Police […]
About Mark Rossini Mark Rossini was an FBI Special Agent who had a distinguished career working on complex criminal cases and counterterrorism matters. He has worked on international terrorism matters concerning the FARC, ETA, Hezbollah, and Al-Qaeda. Mr. Rossini served as an FBI representative to the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center (CTC) at CIA Headquarters and he was one of the founding […]
About John Negroponte John Negroponte is a British – American diplomat of Greek ancestry. He is currently a research fellow and lecturer in international affairs at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Prior to this appointment – he served as the United States Deputy Secretary of State and as the first ever Director of National Intelligence. Negroponte served in the […]
About Daniel Nigro Daniel Nigro was appointed Fire Commissioner in 2014. He is the 33rdFire Commissioner in the history of the City. Commissioner Nigro is only the sixth individual to hold every rank in the Department in the agency’s history. Commissioner Nigro was appointed as a Firefighter on November 29 – 1969 – rising through the ranks to the top […]
About Tom Von Essen Tom Von Essen On September 11 – 2001 he and New York’s Bravest were at Ground Zero within minutes – saving thousands of lives and facing unimaginable obstacles and challenges in two of the tallest buildings in the world. Perhaps no one knows more the bravery and tragic losses of New York’s finest on the fateful day […]
About Stephen Siller Stephen Siller, was the youngest of seven children born to Mae and George Siller. and with values instilled in him by his parents at an early age, he grew up to be an extraordinary individual and dedicated firefighter. At the age of eight, Stephen lost his father, and a year and a half later he also lost his […]
About Roger Stone Roger Stone has played a key role in the election of Republican presidents from Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan to George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Stone also served as an assistant to Senator Bob Dole. Stone is the author of “The Man Who Killed Kennedy – the Case Against LBJ” (Skyhorse). Stone is also the author […]
