Larry Greenfield, Publisher

Larry Greenfield is publisher of the Journal of International Security Affairs and executive director of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. Larry is fellow in American Studies at the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy, and senior fellow of the American Freedom Alliance. He has lectured and written widely on foreign affairs and Jewish political issues and appears frequently in the media. Larry grew up in Los Angeles, California and earned his B.A. in political science at UC Berkeley as class speaker. He earned his law degree at the Georgetown University Law Center. He served in the Armed Forces of the United States in Naval Reserves.

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).

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. Joshua Muravchik is a Foreign Policy Institute Fellow at Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies. His work focuses on American foreign policy, Arab-Israeli relations, domestic influences on foreign policy, human rights, and nation-building and democratization.

Dr. Muravchik serves as adjunct scholar at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; adjunct professor at the Institute of World Politics. He is a former member of the U.S. State Department Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion and was a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Dr. Muravchik's publications include The Next Founders: Voices of Democracy in the Middle East (2009); The Future of the United Nations (2005); Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism (2001); The Imperative of American Leadership (1996); Exporting Democracy: Fulfilling America's Destiny (1991), and; The Uncertain Crusade: Jimmy Carter and the Dilemmas of Human Rights Policy (1986). He is the author of more than 300 magazine articles.

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.