General Jack Keane is a foreign policy and national security expert who appears on several hundred television and radio interviews annually. He serves as an advisor and member of numerous boards and foundations to include the Chairman of the Institute for the Study of War and the Knollwood Foundation. General Keane is a member of the prestigious Secretary of Defense Policy Board, a four-star general, and appointed as acting Chief of Staff and Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. He directed 1.5 million soldiers and civilians in 120 countries, with an annual operating budget of 110 billion dollars during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. A combat Vietnam War veteran decorated for valor, Keane is a graduate of the Army War College and the Army Command and General Staff College. General Keane was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House.

Exemplary leadership worldwide organizing and Chairing US Delegations to 104+ nations meeting with highest level government, business, academic and NGO Leadership. Twenty years’ experience in the US Congress including Vice Chair of Armed Services and Homeland Security Committees as well as Select Committees on China, Russia and North Korea. Oversight Chairman for all DOD Research and Technology Funding including DARPA, Laboratories, FFRDC’s and SBIR. Founder/Chair of Congressional Fire/EMS/Disaster Caucus organized in 1987 and still the largest in the Congress. Recognized by Congressional Quarterly as one of the 50 Most Effective Members of the House and Senate and author of 4 books. Member/Chair of Public Corporate and Non-Profit Boards.

Born and raised in rural NW Iowa. Retired from U.S. Navy after a career highlighted by geo-political affairs, congressional matters, operations, and leadership. His final posting was as deputy director of military operations for the United States Africa Command. VADM Michael Franken is experienced in managing large organizations, strategic planning, government relations, capital allocation, mentoring, international affairs, security cooperation, and infrastructure development. Experience in Africa, the Middle East, and in Central Asia. Stood up a U.S. defense agency, served in key posts in the U.S. Defense Department, and worked legislative affairs on three levels, including on a Senator’s staff and as President Obama's Dept of the Navy chief of legislative affairs. Principal of Chartwell, SA, LLC. Candidate for the U. S. Senate

Fu'ad J. Kawar is an International Businessman focusing on defense, security, aerospace, and electronics with more than 30 years successful experience in the MENA and the Caucuses. Mr. Kawar’s particular expertise is in the Arab and Muslim World. Fluent in both Arabic and English, he enjoys generations-long family ties to the business community throughout the Middle East.

Mr. Kawar provides strategic consulting services through extensive network worldwide, offering clients the following services: Wide range of market entry and project evaluation; Identifying overseas business opportunities; Providing access to key individuals; Providing market research and risk analysis; Advise on contract negotiations; Developing representation/distribution agreements.

Michael Saunders has 45 years of experience working within the Department of Defense and for major technology contractors supporting the Federal Government. He has led or developed programs and businesses up to $350 million. Mr. Saunders was a Partner and Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton. He was responsible for systems engineering, integration, and analysis services to support major weapon system development within the Department of Defense.

In his 20 years at Booz Allen, Mr. Saunders developed the Missile Defense business supporting Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman as well as the Missile Defense Agency and its predecessors.

Mike White has over thirty-two years of experience in manufacturing and industrial real estate and is recognized as having reached the upper echelons of his industry. Having earned the prestigious SIOR and CCIM designations, Mike recently earned the Fellow In Industrial Real Estate, awarded by the Industrial Asset Managers Council (IAMC). Mike’s educational accomplishments place him within the top 1% of all licensed real estate professionals nationwide. Mike’s expertise with industrial real estate, particularly along the U.S. East Coast port region, provides his clients with a trusted advisor with global experience. Mike White is a leader and entrepreneur and the firms he has founded continue to thrive in a difficult economy.

D. Sykes Wilford is the current holder of the Frank W. Hipp Chair in Business at The Citadel. He is a consultant to financial institutions globally, including hedge funds, commercial banks, central banks and multilateral entities. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Washington Wealth Management, former Chairman of the Advisory Board of Beauchamp Financial Technology, and has been a member of the board of other institutions and funds, a partner of Hamilton Investment Partners, and remains a partner of three boutique advisory firms. He was the Chief Investment Officer and member of the Board of Directors of CDC Investment Management from until 2002. Previously, Sykes was the Chief Investment Officer of Bankers Trust's Private Bank and a Managing Director of Bankers Trust's Global Investment Management. He has held various positions with Chase Manhattan where his groups created the first ever delivered oil and portfolio swaps, Drexel Burnham and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York acting as a fixed income strategist, international economist, and director of several trading functions.

A former federal prosecutor, Ty Cobb is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is regularly profiled in Best Lawyers in America, International Who's Who of Business Crime Lawyers, and Superlawyers.

He was selected to the Ethisphere Hall of Fame in 2011 for his work advancing the cause of ethics in business and corporate compliance. Most recently, Cobb served as the Special Counsel to the President, managing the White House response to the Office of Special Counsel. 

Previously, Cobb was a long-time partner at international law firm Hogan Lovells, where he was widely recognized as one of the world’s top white collar, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement, and Congressional investigations lawyers. 

Ginger Cruz is known for her creative innovations in business and and government environments in the regions where she has served. With years of accomplishments that span government, media, business and academia Cruz is an expert in the Pacific and Middle East. Best known for her groundbreaking work creating the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction where she was Deputy IG, Cruz received multiple recognitions from the IG community, Executive and Congress for her fight against fraud, waste and abuse. Cruz was an NBC news director, a Deputy Assistant Secretary at HUD, a consultant to the UN, DOD, DOE and DOT, and was the communications / policy director for the Governor of Guam. She is the founder and CEO of an award-winning global consulting firm and an Adjunct Professor of U.S. Foreign Policy. Cruz is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations with degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and SAIS.