Jon Kislak, Chairman

Jon Kislak is principal of Antares Capital Corporation, a privately held venture capital firm. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Kislak was Deputy Under Secretary and Acting Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A South Florida civic leader, Mr. Kislak has volunteered his time for a long list of charitable organizations including the Presidency of the South Florida Council of the Boy Scouts of America and serving as Chairman of the Board of Camillus House, Inc. providing humanitarian services to the poor and homeless.

A. John Adams

President of John Adams Associates, John has been a public affairs consultant to major corporations, governments, industry associations and non-profit groups for more than 25 years. He was formerly a director of public affairs in the Executive Office of the President, a network news and documentary writer for ABC and CBS, and a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph in London.

Ambassador John R. Bolton

John R. Bolton served as the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 1, 2005 to December 9, 2006. From May 2001 to May 2005, Amb. Bolton served as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Prior to this, Amb. Bolton was Senior Vice President of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).

Stephen Bryen, Ph.D.

Dr. Stephen Bryen pioneered the field of technology security as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense from 1981-1988. Currently, he is the president of Finmeccanica, Inc., headquartered in Washington, D.C. Dr. Bryen serves as a Commissioner on the U.S.-China Security Review Commission.

Armeane M. Choksi, Ph.D.

Dr. Armeane M. Choksi has advised governments in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East on a variety of issues including foreign trade, financial reform and health and education policies. He spent more than two decades with the World Bank. Currently, Dr. Choksi is president and CEO of Rubicon Capital Investments, LLC and the president of the U.S.-India Institute.

Adm. Leon A. Edney, USN (ret.)

Admiral Leon A. Edney, USN (ret.), a Naval Aviator, retired from active duty in 1992 as NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, and Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command. Currently, he is a Capstone Senior Fellow and Senior Fellow at the Center for Naval Analyses and is Director of the Armed Forces Benefit Services, Inc. and The Retired Officers Association.

Joshua Muravchik, Ph.D.

Dr. Muravchik, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, studies the United Nations, neoconservatism, the history of socialism and communism, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and global democracy, terrorism, and the Bush Doctrine. His most recent book is The Future of the United Nations: Understanding the Past to Chart a Way Forward (AEI Press, 2005).

Michael G. Rapp, Ph.D.

Michael G. Rapp is Executive Director Emeritus of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Cincinnati, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Theology, Xavier University. Dr. Rapp is a member of the Organization of American Historians, American Jewish Historical Society, Immigration and Ethnic History Society, National Association of Scholars, and Ohio Association of Scholars.

Maj. Gen. Sid Shachnow, USA (ret.)

Maj. Gen. Sid Shachnow, USA (ret.), retired from active duty in 1994 as Commanding General, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School and Commanding General, United States Army Special Forces Command. Maj. Gen. Shachnow is the author of Hope and Honor (Forge/Tor, 2004), an autobiographical account of his experience in a Nazi concentration camp in Lithuania, his immigration to the United States and the role that the U.S. Army played as his guide.

R. Adm. Robert “Bob” Smith, III, USN (ret.)

R. Adm. Smith retired from the U.S. Navy in 1996 after a 35-year career as a Surface Warfare Officer. His last assignment was chief of staff to the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Today, R. Adm. Smith is the Senior Vice President in Charge of the Houston Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. In previous assignments, he was secretary to the Bank's Board of Directors and to the Federal Reserve System's Conference of Presidents. R. Adm. Smith is past chairman of the Houston World Affairs Council.

Ambassador Chase Untermeyer

From 2004 to 2007, Chase Untermeyer was U.S. Ambassador to the State of Qatar. Today, he is a Houston-based international business consultant. Amb. Untermeyer has held both elected and appointed office at all four levels of government Ð local, state, national, and international Ð over a period of almost 35 years, with work in journalism, academia, and business as well.