Mark Tooley is Institute on Religion and Democracy’s (IRD) president and editor of IRD’s foreign policy and national security journal, Providence. Prior to joining the IRD in 1994, Mark worked eight years for the Central Intelligence Agency. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and is a native of Arlington, Virginia. A lifelong United Methodist,…
Samuel Tadros is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom. At Hudson, he is researching Middle Eastern politics, Islamist movements and religious freedom. He is also the Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies at the Hoover Institution, a Professorial Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) where…
Alex Shalaby is a retired Telecommunications Executive with extensive experience in telecommunications both domestically and internationally. After immigrating with his wife Magda to the United States from Egypt in 1969, Mr. Shalaby spent more than 28 years with AT&T. He continues to be active in his professional field as well as with various NGO’s dealing…
Nermien Riad is the executive director of Coptic Orphans, an award-winning international Christian development organization that works with Egyptian children through grassroots partnerships and volunteer networks, especially those who have lost a parent. Ms. Riad founded Coptic Orphans in 1988 after a visit to Egypt, her childhood home, volunteering for 12 years before becoming executive…
Robert Nicholson is the Executive Director of the Philos Project, an American nonprofit that seeks to promote positive Christian engagement in the Middle East. Robert is also the publisher of “Providence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy.” He holds a BA in Hebrew Studies from Binghamton University and a JD and MA (Middle…
Mr. Malek founded Conquest Capital Group in 1999, where he currently serves as Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager, after departing UBS as the Global Head of FX and Derivatives Proprietary trading in Europe and the Americas. Mr. Malek received a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Engineering and Applied Science from the California Institute of…
Nadine Maenza is a noted speaker, writer, and policy expert with more than two decades of experience as an advocate for working families and a champion for international religious freedom. Nadine is the founding Executive Director of Patriot Voices, where she has provided her expertise to shape the organization’s special emphasis on public policies that…
M.D., F.R.C.S (C), MA, Spine Deformity Surgeon Clinical Professor, Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Kamal is an advocate for human rights, religious freedom, and Christian’s rights in Egypt. He is a member of number of international Coptic human rights organizations. Dr. Ibrahim raised almost two million dollars fund to establish a chair for the studies of Coptic…
As ANCA Executive Director, Hamparian serves as the organization’s national point-person with the Administration, United States Congress, the media, and the Washington, DC foreign policy community. In cooperation with Eastern and Western U.S. regional offices, more than 60 local chapters, dozens of coalition partners, hundreds of community affiliates, and thousands of grassroots activists, he works…
Neemat G. Frem is President & CEO of INDEVCO Group, a Lebanese-owned and based multinational manufacturing Group employing over 10,000 people worldwide. In January 2013, he launched Loubnan El Afdal – Better Lebanon a national initiative with political, economical and social dimension, with a clear roadmap for a renewal in the Lebanese national contract as…
Ambassador Alberto M. Fernandez is Vice-President of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). He was previously President of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc. (MBN), which provides news and information in Arabic to the Middle East and North Africa. He is a member of the board of directors at the Center for Cyber and…
Former U.S. Attorney General, Governor and U.S. Senator John Ashcroft serves as founder and Chairman of The Ashcroft Group and The Ashcroft Law Firm. In 1985, Mr. Ashcroft was sworn in as Governor of Missouri, where he served two terms. He was then elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994, where he served until assuming…