Dignitaries & Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Participation remains subject to official confirmation. Information on speakers remains subject to change.
Major Elliott Garrett
Major Garrett was named CBS News’ chief Washington correspondent in December 2018. As chief Washington correspondent, Garrett reports for all CBS News broadcasts and platforms. Garrett is also the host of “The Takeout,” a weekly multi-platform interview show on... Read More
Gabrielle Giffords
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords understands what it’s like to face overwhelming barriers. She also understands what it takes to get past them. From her scrappy Arizona childhood, to her bridge-building politics, to her remarkable recovery from traumatic injuries, Gabby... Read More
Tara Levine
Tara Levine is the President of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, responsible for leading and scaling the organization’s efforts to stand up to Jewish hate and all hate. In this role, she leverages her 20+ years of experience guiding... Read More
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall currently serves as the White House Homeland Security Adviser. Throughout her career in public service and at leading universities and research institutions, she has engaged the toughest global challenges, including reducing nuclear dangers, preventing the proliferation of... Read More
Summit Speakers
Speakers are being added and updated to the list below daily. Participation remains subject to official confirmation. Information on speakers remains subject to change.
Richard Aborn
Richard M. Aborn is president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, a non-partisan non-profit organization with multidisciplinary expertise that works to improve public safety through innovation. At the CCC, Mr. Aborn advances strategies to improve the... Read More
Arthur Ago
Arthur Ago is a civil rights attorney and former public defender with over twenty-six years of litigation and leadership experience. He recently joined the Southern Poverty Law Center as Director of Strategic Litigation and Advocacy, where he guides innovative... Read More
Jolayemi Ahamiojie
Jolayemi Ahamiojie is a Rhode Island native living in Providence, Rhode Island. She obtained her bachelors from Rhode Island College and Masters in Public Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She currently works within... Read More
Kamil Ahmed
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Shaun Ali
Shaun Ali is a Senior Justice Technical Assistance Specialist with WestEd’s Justice and Prevention team where he supports a variety of violence prevention and intervention initiatives. Primarily, Shaun supports the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through training and technical assistance working... Read More
Wendy Alkinburgh
Wendy Alkinburgh is the Prevention and CIKR Program Manager for the Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security, Pennsylvania State Police. She holds a degree in Homeland Security from the American Military University. Her professional background includes intelligence analysis, critical infrastructure... Read More
Dr. Matt Allen
Dr. Matt Allen is an assistant professor of management in the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) College of Business Administration and the director of operations at the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE). He has 20 years... Read More
Majid Alsayegh
Born and raised in Mosul, Iraq, Majid is the founder of Alta Management, LLC, which oversees design and construction of major capital projects in the public and private sectors. Major projects include the Judicial Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the... Read More
Mary Beth Altier
Dr. Mary Beth Altier is a Clinical Professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs where she leads the Masters’ Degree concentration in Transnational Security and Initiative on Emerging Threats. She received her PhD and MA in Politics... Read More
Ian Anderson
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Adnan Ansari
Adnan Ansari is a co-founder and Executive Director of Muflehun. He is responsible for designing and implementing multiple violence and extremism prevention programs, and capacity building of domestic and international stakeholders. He has worked extensively in post-conflict environments to implement... Read More
Dr Marc-André Argentino
Dr. Argentino received his PhD from the Individualized Program at Concordia University, using a mixed methods approach from Theological Studies, the Centre for Engineering in Society and the Institute of Information System Engineering. He is presently a Senior Research... Read More
Kieren Aris
Kieren Aris is a PhD student in Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. His research focuses on countering violent extremism (CVE) interventions, methodologies, and the dynamics of targeted violence, including mass shootings. With a background in... Read More
Astrid Askenberger
Astrid Askenberger is a research analyst at the Swedish Center for Preventing Violent Extremism (CVE). Prior to joining CVE, Astrid was co-founder and research lead at the non-profit organization Diverting Hate, which works to prevent violent misogyny. She holds... Read More
Alexandra Athanasatos-Elder
As Associate Director of Law Enforcement Professional Development at ADL (Anti-Defamation League), Alexandra manages law enforcement workshops that cover pertinent topics such as hate crimes, violent extremism, and inclusive policing. Prior to this role, she was an intelligence analyst... Read More
Ariana Ba
As the Civil Rights Coordinator and a member of the Civil Rights Team in the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office, Ariana is dedicated to understanding the root causes of hate crimes and developing strategies to increase hate crime reporting.... Read More
Susan Baida
Susan Baida, a diversity, equity and inclusion leader in Pittsburgh, joined Carnegie Mellon University this fall as the inaugural executive director of the Collaboratory Against Hate, a joint effort between CMU and University of Pittsburgh. The center aims to “develop... Read More
Dr. Lauren Bairnsfather
Dr. Lauren Bairnsfather is the founder and principal of LAB Historical Consulting. She served as Executive Director of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh from 2015 to February 2023 and was a leader early in the effort to rebuild the... Read More
Darren Balsom
Darren Balsom has been a Threat Assessment Specialist with the Calgary Police Service for the past 18 years currently leads the Behavioural Analysis Team. In 2017, Darren completed the RCMP Threat Evaluation and Management understudy and has nearly completed... Read More
Yfat Barak-Cheney
Yfat Barak-Cheney is the Director of International Affairs and Director of Technology and Human Rights at the World Jewish Congress. Through her work, Yfat engages with stakeholders such as governments, international organizations, civil society and tech companies on issues... Read More
Jamey Barcomb
Jamey joined the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) in May 2022 as a Grants Analyst and assumed responsibility as a Regional Prevention Coordinator in September 2022 where he currently works to form partnerships with prevention practitioners and... Read More
Rev. Liddy Barlow
The Rev. Liddy Barlow has served as Executive Minister of Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania since 2014. For over 50 years, Christian Associates has convened the diverse Christians of Greater Pittsburgh to build relationships, serve the common good, and... Read More
Matt Bastin
Matt Bastin is an early career researcher with industry and private sector experience focused on hybridized threat terrorist and violent extremist use of the internet and the Christian Identity movement. His areas of research interests include: esoteric fascism, accelerationism,... Read More
Michael Becker
Michael H. Becker, Ph.D. is a Research Associate at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is based out of Washington, DC. His research examines the individual and group correlates of support for, and participation in violent extremism, process and... Read More
Rabbi Peter Berg
Peter Berg became the fifth senior rabbi of The Temple since 1895 in July of 2008. He is thrilled to serve this diverse and multi-generational congregation as a spiritual leader. Rabbi Berg is passionate about Jewish learning and meaningful worship, and... Read More
Matthew Berger
Matthew E. Berger is a leader in developing campaigns and programs to fight antisemitism and respond to hate. He is currently President and CEO of Mashber Strategies, guiding organizations, corporations, and universities as they address antisemitism, hate, and intolerance... Read More
Kelly Berkell
Kelly Berkell, J.D., is the Executive Director of the Center on American Law and Extremism (CALE), a New York-based nonprofit organization. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Terrorism, John Jay College of Criminal Justice,... Read More
Carla Bernal
Carla V. Bernal is a seasoned funder and former Obama political appointee with over a decade of expertise in women’s empowerment, pro-democracy reform, and violence prevention. Carla is part of the Women’s Political Power portfolio at Pivotal Ventures, a... Read More
Luc Bernard
Luc Bernard is a French Jewish video game creator and director. Known for his game The Light in the Darkness, which has received rave reviews across the globe, Luc is changing the way people view video games and Jewish... Read More
Maya Berry
Maya Berry is Executive Director of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a non-profit, nonpartisan, national civil rights advocacy organization founded to nurture and encourage direct participation in our political and civic life to mobilize a strong, educated, and empowered... Read More
Kiran Bisla
Kiran joined the Toronto Police Service in 2001 and is a Detective with the TPS Hate Crime Unit. She has served in this position for over 12 years. During this time she has been involved in a number of... Read More
Dr. Tore Bjørgo
Dr. Tore Bjørgo is director of C-REX, a professor at the University of Oslo, and an adjunct professor at the Norwegian Police University College. C-REX is the world’s largest research center focusing specifically on the extreme right. C-REX has... Read More
Ashleigh Bowers
Ashleigh Bowers serves as Director of Strategy and Operations for Eradicate Hate. In this role, she coordinates strategy development, manages partnerships, and directs operations across the organization. Prior to joining Eradicate Hate, Bowers served as the program manager of Preventing... Read More
Leslie Braksick PhD, MPH
Dr. Leslie Braksick —entrepreneur, CEO coach, board member, and author—is a behavioral scientist and advisor to boards and senior executives during times of vital strategic change. As Co-Founder of MyNextSeason, she leads an organization dedicated to helping professionals, from... Read More
William Braniff
William Braniff is the Executive Director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL) and a research assistant professor in the Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology (JLC) at the School of Public Affairs at American University.... Read More
Jackie Bray
Jackie Bray is the first female Commissioner of the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. Jackie most recently served in New York City’s COVID-Response, first managing hospital surge capacity during in early 2020, and then as... Read More
Andrew Bringuel
Mr. Bringuel is a retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent and the Executive Director of the Behavioral Science Unit, LLC (BSU, LLC) a private security, training, consulting, and research firm located in central New York. He is also the President of the... Read More
Jacob Broadhead
Jake Broadhead is a Supervisory Intelligence Analyst with the Utah Statewide Information and Analysis Center (SIAC), where he oversees a team that provides intelligence analysis and public safety threat detection. His team plays a vital role in supporting public... Read More
Fergal Browne
Fergal Browne is an Outreach and Partnerships Manager at TikTok with a focus on combatting Hate Speech, Harassment and Bullying. He is responsible for managing and cultivating external partnerships for TikTok’s Trust & Safety team to support in building... Read More
Tom Brzozowski
Thomas E. Brzozowski currently serves as the Counsel for Domestic Terrorism in the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Tom received his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the College of William & Mary in... Read More
Kim Buckheit
Kim Buckheit is currently the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Maryland Center for School Safety (MCSS), supporting efforts to keep Maryland public, nonpublic, and private schools safe for learning and teaching. Prior to her role at MCSS, she... Read More
Sara Winegar Budge Psy.D.
Sara Winegar Budge, PsyD is the Director of US Programs at Moonshot and a licensed psychologist in Oregon. Her clinical work focuses on individuals who are or have been involved in violent extremism. She has developed and delivered multiple... Read More
Rebecca Bywater
Ms. Bywater has over 20 years of experience in the public service field, with a longstanding commitment to safety, risk mitigation, and violence prevention. She currently serves as the Manager of Threat Assessment at the University of Minnesota, where... Read More
Courtney Cano
Courtney Cano is a policy advocate focused on the intersection between online radicalization, content regulation, social media policies, and the manosphere. Courtney holds a B.A. in Political Science, Religion, and Philosophy from Middlebury College and a Master of Arts... Read More
Debra L. Caplan
Debra L. Caplan is an Executive-in-Residence at The Forbes Funds, where she provides coaching and technical assistance for nonprofits in the areas of governance and management. She also serves as an independent consultant to nonprofit organizations. In addition to her... Read More
Emma Cardeli Ph.D
Emma Cardeli, Ph.D. is an Attending Psychologist & Research Associate at the Trauma & Community Resilience Center at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Cardeli has fifteen years of clinical experience... Read More
Dr. Julie Chernov Hwang
Julie Chernov Hwang is an associate professor of political science and international relations at Goucher College and a Senior Research Fellow at the Soufan Center. She is a recipient of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Award (2023-2024) for... Read More
Ben Chou
Ben is a Democracy, Rights, and Governance Program Officer at The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. In this role, he helps lead the organization’s emerging grantmaking in support of a thriving, pro-equity democracy in the United States. Prior to joining... Read More
Myrieme Churchill
Myrieme Churchill is the Executive Director of Parents for Peace (P4P). Myrieme has overseen the creation, development, and implementation of the helpline for individuals worried about a loved one falling into extremism. She has led numerous interventions with families... Read More
Jennifer Cohen PhD
Dr. Jennifer Cohen is a Social Scientist at the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, National Threat Evaluation and Reporting (NTER) Program Office. She completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology with research interests in disaster mental... Read More
Jeffrey Robert Cohen
Jeffrey (Jeff) Cohen is a member of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. On January 15, 2022, he was one of the four hostages when an armed attacker seized the synagogue. After being held at gun point for over... Read More
Richard Collins
Richard W. Collins Jr. is a Senior Specialist in the field of Emergency Management with primary expertise in policy development and review providing oversight of emergency preparedness and response guidance governing state, local, tribal and territorial jurisdictions in communities... Read More
Dawn Collins
Since 2017, when her son, 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III, was violently murdered in an unprovoked attack on the University of Maryland, College Park campus, Mrs. Dawn Collins has been a leader in the fight against hate crimes. Mrs. Collins... Read More
Dr. Andrew Conte
Andrew Conte serves as founding director of the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University. Previously, he worked as an investigative journalist, and he has authored several nonfiction books. Andrew’s latest book, Death of the Daily News (University... Read More
Sarah Cook
Sarah L. Cook is the Director of the Security and Extremism Research Program at RTI International. Her primary research interests include targeted violence, domestic terrorism prevention, hate crimes, radicalization, and victimization. She has extensive experience evaluating dozens of domestic... Read More
George Critchlow
Professor Critchlow is a professor emeritus at Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, Washington, where he taught a diverse range of law courses for many years. Beyond the classroom, Critchlow is an accomplished trial lawyer, boasting extensive experience... Read More
Priscilla Curtis
Priscilla is an Intelligence Analyst on the Global Intelligence Team at Chainalysis. Her primary areas of focus are the use of cryptocurrencies among global extremist groups, terrorist financing and sanctioned entities and jurisdictions. She has been with Chainalysis since... Read More
Kristin Daniels
Kristin M. Daniels was appointed Deputy Director of the Office of Homeland Security at the Pennsylvania State Police in October 2020. Throughout this tenure as the Deputy Director, Ms. Daniels was appointed as the Acting Director and Homeland Security... Read More
Jacob Davey
Jacob Davey is the Director of Policy & Research for Counter-Hate at ISD. Jacob has managed projects focusing on online hate speech, the international far-right and political violence. He has led a number of projects piloting novel models for... Read More
Ranisa Davidson
Ranisa, the 10.27 Healing Partnership’s Program Manager, joined the team in January 2021. Prior to this, she spent 13 years providing support, counseling and education to families and birthmothers going through the adoption process. Ranisa, a Pittsburgh native, is... Read More
Cynthia M. Deitle
Cynthia M. Deitle is a Director, Associate General Counsel of Civil Rights at Meta. Prior to joining Meta, she served as the Director of Civil Rights Reform at the Matthew Shepard Foundation for four years and led their national... Read More
Robert DeMarzo
Robert has 20 years of law enforcement experience and is currently employed by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Robert currently serves as the Lieutenant of the Behavioral Services Division which includes the Targeted Violence Unit, Crisis Intervention Team... Read More
Dr. Bruno S. Dias PhD, CTM, PCI
Dr. Bruno Dias, PhD, CTM, PCI, is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in violence prevention, with deep expertise in policy, risk mitigation, safety, security, and behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM). His distinguished career spans public safety, corporate... Read More
Donita Donita
Donita is an Assistant Attorney General, assigned to the Criminal Enforcement Division of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and is the Senior Assistant Attorney General of the Law Enforcement Training Bureau. Donita is responsible for the training and continued... Read More
Taylor Dumpson
Taylor A. Dumpson is a nationally recognized anti-hate advocate and attorney with a background in education law, criminal justice, hate crimes, and civil litigation. Dumpson was deemed a “Uniter” by President Biden during the White House’s United We Stand... Read More
Randy Duque
Randy Duque is the Deputy Director in charge of the Community Relations Division of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations (PCHR) – the “peacemaking unit” of the agency. He served as the Acting Executive Director between 2020-2021 in which... Read More
Mark Dwyer
Mark Dwyer is an Extremism Funding Investigator at ADL Center on Extremism. Mark studies how extremists make and move money. In addition to financial investigations involving open-source intelligence and blockchain analysis, Mark specializes in leveraging technical open-source intelligence to... Read More
Jasmine El-Gamal
A former Pentagon advisor, Jasmine has served for over 25 years in public and private-sector organizations covering issues related to national security and international affairs. She is a Middle East policy analyst and the founder and CEO of Mindwork... Read More
Kathlyn Elliott Ph.D
Kathlyn Elliott earned her Ph.D. in Education Leadership at Drexel University. Her research interests are preventing violent extremism through education, education in emergencies, gender and education, and global citizenship education. Kathlyn was a Fulbright Scholar in Finland for the... Read More
Heidi Ellis Ph.D
Heidi Ellis, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in Psychology and Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, and a licensed clinical psychologist. She is also the Director of the Trauma and Community Resilience Center at Boston Children’s... Read More
Laura Ellsworth
Laura Ellsworth is a partner at Jones Day, which has more than 2500 lawyers in 43 offices on 5 continents. Having served as the Partner-in-Charge of the Pittsburgh Office for over a decade, she then became Jones Day’s first... Read More
Jordan Estrada
Jordan Estrada is an Industrial Security professional, Writer, and Entrepreneur. As a First Responder and Security Manager for the last 15 years, Jordan has helped many organizations develop active shooter response plans and served as a thought leader on... Read More
Maggie Feinstein
Maggie Feinstein is a master’s level therapist who has distinguished herself in the field of integrated mental health, or working within the medical community to provide brief interventions within the context of medical visits since 2009. She primarily worked... Read More
Daphne Felten-Green
Daphne Felten-Green, is an attorney, civil rights trainer, mediator, and facilitator of community dialogue around equity and justice issues. Daphne is the Founder and President of DSFG Solutions, LLC, where she serves an expert trainer to law enforcement agencies... Read More
Naureen Fink
Naureen Chowdhury Fink is the Executive Director at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). Prior to this, she was the Executive Director at The Soufan Center, and before that, a senior policy adviser on counterterrorism and sanctions... Read More
Rabbi Hindy Finman
Rabbi Hindy Finman (she/her) is the Senior Director of Jewish Life and Director of the Center for Loving Kindness at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh (JCC PGH). In this role, Rabbi Hindy integrates Jewish values into the... Read More
Joshua Fisher-Birch
Joshua Fisher-Birch is a researcher and content review specialist with the Counter Extremism Project in New York. Joshua’s research focuses include online extreme right communication, propaganda, and social media and pro-ISIS online communities. ... Read More
Will Flanagan
Will is a second year graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University, pursuing a Master’s in Information Security Policy & Management. During his undergraduate studies at Duquesne University Will spearheaded the creation of Knights Arena, a global esports tournament ecosystem... Read More
Leon Ford
Leon Ford is an Entrepreneur-In-Residence for Bronze Investments; an Aspen Institute Civil Society Fellow; an internationally-known speaker, author, activist, and mental health ambassador; and a tireless advocate for social change. He was 19 years old when he was rendered... Read More
Dave Fortier
Dave Fortier serves as president and executive director for One World Strong Foundation, a non-profit organization centered on prevention of targeted violence, peer-to-peer network development for survivors, families that have lost loved ones, refugees, and first responders to terrorist,... Read More
Alex Freeman
Alex Freeman is currently serving as the Director of Sports Engagement at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), where he leverages the power of sports to promote inclusion, combat antisemitism, and address hate both on and off the field. With over... Read More
David Friedman
David Friedman joined the Red Sox in 2010. He handles a variety of legal matters, including regulatory compliance issues and oversight of litigation, and assists with the club’s interactions with Major League Baseball and other teams on legal-related issues.... Read More
Hala V. Furst
Hala V. Furst is the first Director of Strategic Partnerships at PERIL, enabling organizational partners of all types to adopt proven prevention methods. In this role, she oversees the CARE Centers and facilitates the growth of the CARE Corps. Before... Read More
Angie Gad
Angie Gad is the Senior Manager of US Threat Intelligence at Moonshot. Her expansive career spans well over a decade and touches various sectors in the intelligence space, including government, law enforcement, private intelligence shops, tech start-ups, and academia.... Read More
Barrett E. Gay
Barrett Gay is a researcher of both domestic and international right-wing extremism. He has provided consultation and research services to a variety of clients in both the public and private sectors. His work focuses on paramilitary movements, esoteric fascism,... Read More
Dr. Don Gemeinhardt
Dr. Gemeinhardt EDd, MSS,MBA (Col USAF, Retired) as the lead Principle Investigator, grant administrator and as the Senior Board member for the Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) LLC and the BSU Foundation his experience started in law enforcement and security... Read More
Paul Giannasi
Paul is currently the Hate Crime Advisor to the National Police Chiefs’ Council in the United Kingdom Having accrued 30 years experience as a police officer, he advises on hate crime policy and coordinates national responses, managing ‘True Vision’... Read More
Sharon Gilmartin
Sharon Gilmartin, MPH, is the Deputy Director at the Safe States Alliance and is located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Sharon joined Safe States in 2014, bringing a 15-year background in public health injury prevention, with an emphasis in injury... Read More
Skip Gilmour
Skip Gilmour is the Director of Technology Policy and Solutions at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). In this role, Skip manages strategy for GIFCT’s Hash Sharing Database and Incident Response Framework to deliver value to GIFCT... Read More
Kristofer Goldsmith
Kristofer Goldsmith is the nation’s most recognized authority on the targeting of American troops and veterans with disinformation and extremist recruiting efforts by hostile foreign and domestic entities. After leaving the US Army at the rank of sergeant in 2007,... Read More
Kenneth Gormley
Ken Gormley is the 13th president of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where he previously served as professor of law before being named dean of the Duquesne University School of Law. He joined the faculty in 1994 following a career... Read More
Paula Granger
Paula Granger is an Assistant Director in the Office of Counter Terrorism for the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. Currently, Ms. Granger oversees the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Unit’s activities which include supporting the buildout... Read More
Kat Green
Kat Green is a security consultant and the founder of the Endora project, an organization created to monitor extremists, track digital threats to human rights organizations, and establish secure workflows for grassroots organizations, journalists, and activists. Prior to Endora, Kat was... Read More
Ryan B. Greer
Ryan B. Greer serves as the inaugural President of Bedrock. Ryan also serves as a non-resident Security Fellow at the Truman National Security Project and leads a violence prevention strategy consultancy, Vasa Strategies. Prior to joining Bedrock, Ryan served in... Read More
Ellen Gustafson
Ellen Gustafson is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of We the Veterans – a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization created by veterans and military family members, united for democracy and committed to building a more perfect union. She is the Co-Founder... Read More
Nick Haberman
Nick (he/him) is a Pittsburgh-based educator and founder of the LIGHT Education Initiative. He currently works for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit as the inaugural Coordinator of Civic Engagement and Anti-Hate Education in partnership with the Tree of Life, a... Read More
Magnus Hakonsen
Magnus is a survivor of the 22. July 2011 terror attacks in Norway – he was at the island of Utøya attending a political youth camp when 69 people were killed. He went on to become an elected representative... Read More
Hugh Handeyside
Hugh Handeyside is a senior staff attorney in the ACLU’s National Security Project, where he works on issues related to government watchlisting, racial and religious discrimination, due process, and border-related practices. He is a graduate of Stanford University, the... Read More
Rev. Ribbons Harris
Rev. L.M. “Ribbons” Harris brings more than 25 years of experience working at the intersection of faith-based leadership, community resilience, and crisis response—particularly within marginalized and high-risk communities. Her career includes senior roles such as Executive Director of a... Read More
Dr. Ghayda Hassan
Dr. Ghayda Hassan is a clinical psychologist and professor of clinical psychology at UQAM university in Montreal and has several research, clinical and community based national and international affiliations. She is the director of the Canadian Practitioner Network for... Read More
Sasha Havlicek
Sasha Havlicek is a social and policy entrepreneur who, for the last two decades, has incubated and scaled global initiatives to counter the rise of weaponised hate, disinformation and extremism, on- and offline. As founder of the leading global... Read More
Eoin Healy Ph.D.
Eoin Healy is a senior research scientist at DSG, specializing in quantitative statistical analysis and methodology, terrorism research, program research and evaluation, risk assessment, pretrial, evidence review, and best-practice dissemination. He is a senior researcher for the Global Terrorism... Read More
Ashley Marie Henderson
Ashley Henderson is a social worker educating the public on recognizing and responding to the warning signs of mobilization toward violent extremism. After graduating magna cum laude from Loyola University Chicago, she moved to New Orleans to pursue her... Read More
Kathleen Hepworth
My name is Kathleen Hepworth. I am a senior at Iowa State University studying public relations and technical communication. I became involved with the Eradicate Hate Global Summit through my experience as a collegiate finalist for the Fall 2023... Read More
Justin Herdman
Justin Herdman is a partner at Jones Day and former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. As U.S. Attorney, Herdman ensured that the Department of Justice’s number one priority – preventing terrorism and advancing national security... Read More
Saed Deryck Hill Ph.D.
Dr. Saed Deryck Hill, Ph.D. is a Counseling Psychologist and Consultant, who specializes in the promotion of healthy masculinities and wellness. He provides trainings, 1on1 coaching, and strategic consulting on the topic of expansive and restrictive masculinities and has... Read More
Shannon Hiller
Shannon Hiller is Executive Director of the Bridging Divides Initiative (BDI) at Princeton University. She most recently served as founding Co-Director of BDI, following nearly a decade of work in international development and foreign policy. Shannon previously served as Assistant... Read More
Dr. Kristine Hoover
Dr. Kristine F. Hoover is a professor and chair of the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership program. She is also the past director for the Gonzaga Center for the Study of Hate. Under her leadership, the Gonzaga Center... Read More
Prof. John Horgan
John Horgan is Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State University’s Department of Psychology where he directs the Violent Extremism Research Group (VERG). His research examines terrorist psychology and how behavioral science can inform upstream prevention of violent extremism. He... Read More
Karen Huey
Karen Huey currently serves as the Senior Homeland Security Advisor at the Ohio Department of Public Safety (ODPS). Huey previously served as the Assistant Director at DPS from January 2019 to August, 2024. Her responsibilities included day-to-day management of... Read More
Dr. Brian Hughes
Brian Hughes is a Research Assistant Professor in the program of Justice, Law, and Criminology at American University in Washington, DC. He is the founding co-director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL), where he develops... Read More
Jillian Hunchak
Jillian Hunchak (she/they) works as a research analyst at Public Safety Canada. She specializes in gender-based violence, including the Involuntary Celibate (Incel) movement and violence against 2SLGBTQI+ persons and communities, in addition to the far-right, conspiracy theories, and mis/dis/malinformation. Jillian... Read More
Dina Hussein
Ms Hussein leads Meta’s Dangerous Organisation and Individuals work on expert partnerships, strategic network disruption and the company’s work with the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). Ms Hussein’s expertise include processes of radicalisation, counterterrorism policy and counterinsurgency operations... Read More
Peter Hutchison
Peter Hutchison is an award-winning filmmaker, NYT bestselling author, educator & activist. His films include “Requiem for the American Dream: Featuring Noam Chomsky” (Netflix, Amazon Prime) – a NY Times Critics Pick & #1 selling doc on iTunes – the... Read More
Shamil Idriss
Shamil Idriss is the Chief Executive Officer of Search for Common Ground, the world’s largest dedicated peacebuilding organization. In his current capacity as CEO, and in his previous capacities as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Burundi Country Director, Shamil... Read More
Bjørn Ihler
Bjørn Ihler is the founder and CEO of Revontulet and the co-founder and Director of the Khalifa Ihler Institute. Ihler is an internationally renowned expert on counter-terrorism and preventing radicalization into violent extremism. Ihler’s work is focused on the... Read More
Anna Isaacson
As Senior Vice President of Social Responsibility for the National Football League, Anna directs the league’s social, charitable and philanthropic endeavors, including how the NFL addresses social justice, domestic violence, sexual assault and other critical societal issues. She also... Read More
William Isler
William Isler is the former Executive Director of the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media and the president of Family Communications, Inc. Prior to joining Family Communications, Inc. in 1984, Bill served for eight years in... Read More
Jay Jacobson MD, MACP
Jay Jacobson, MD, MACP, is a Professor Emeritus at the University Of Utah School of Medicine. Trained at the U. of Florida, the CDC, and the U of Utah, he joined the Division of Infectious Disease in 1978. The... Read More
Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner
Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner is the spiritual leader of Temple Shalom, Louisville, KY, and previously served as the rabbi of Temple Shalom, Wheeling, WV. In addition to serving her congregation, she builds bridges between faith communities, works for the... Read More
Mekenah Jensen
Mekenah Jensen is an Insights Manager at Moonshot, where she manages comprehensive programs focused on building professional networks, developing capacity building initiatives, and creating innovative approaches for violence prevention professionals across multiple sectors. Prior to Moonshot, Mekenah spent six years... Read More
Matthew W. Johnson
Matt Johnson is one of the Firm’s primary contacts on practice before the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), where patentability of issued patents can be challenged. Currently co-chairing the Firm’s PTAB subpractice and involved in proceedings at... Read More
Christie Joseph
Christie Joseph is the SVP of People and Business Administration at Pegula Sports and Entertainment, LLC (PSE) and has over 20 years of human resources experience. Christie is responsible for overseeing all people and culture initiatives for PSE, Buffalo... Read More
Rich Jureller
Rich Jureller serves as vice president of community relations for the Buffalo Sabres and is president of the Buffalo Sabres Foundation. Since joining the team in 2005, he has helped raise over 9 million dollars for the Buffalo Sabres... Read More
Pardeep Singh Kaleka MS, LPC
Pardeep is the co-director of Not In Our Town, specializing in community hate prevention and de-radicalization interventionist with Parents4Peace, assisting families & individuals entrenched in extremism offramp from hateful ideologies. He also currently serves as a professor on Peace... Read More
Mark Kamlet
Mark Kamlet joined Carnegie Mellon as a faculty member in 1976. From 1990 to 1993 he served as department head of Social and Decision Sciences. From 1993 to 2000 he served as dean of the Heinz College (School of... Read More
Andy Kang
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Rucha Kaur PhD
Dr. Rucha Kaur currently serves as the Managing Director of Education and Community Development for the Sikh Coalition. In her role, she is responsible for the management and strategic direction of both the education and community development teams, as... Read More
Katherine Keneally
Katherine leads the strategic thinking and projects that track online to offline threats of political violence across the ideological spectrum at the intersection of extremism, hate, and disinformation in the US. She additionally advises civil society, law enforcement and... Read More
Michael Kenney
Michael Kenney is the Wesley W. Posvar Chair in International Security Studies, Director of the Matthew B. Ridgway Center, and Professor of International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Kenney teaches and conducts research on high-risk... Read More
Venerable Barry Kerzin M.D.
Barry Kerzin is a physician and Tibetan Buddhist monk. For 36 years he has lived in Dharamsala, currently with the Dalai Lama, as one of his doctors. He feels blessed to also serve the poor free of charge. For 10... Read More
Humera Khan
Humera Khan is the President and co-founder of Muflehun, and a subject matter expert in preventing, countering, and mitigating extremist violence and hate. She has led policy and program design at Muflehun since its founding. Most recently, she designed... Read More
Patricia Kickland
Patricia Kickland is a Program Manager with the Hawaii State Fusion Center. Her main job duties are outreach, education, and training on topics related to violent extremism and targeted violence/terrorism prevention. She also supports other fusion center operations. Previously... Read More
Trish Kilpin
Trish Kilpin was appointed as Director of the Wisconsin DOJ’s Office of School Safety (OSS) in 2022 where she provides comprehensive school safety guidance to Wisconsin schools including consultations and trainings on Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management, threat reporting,... Read More
James T. Kitchen
Jimmy Kitchen is a Partner in Jones Day’s Pittsburgh Office, practicing in the Investigations & White Collar Defense and Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection groups. Prior to joining Jones Day, Jimmy was an Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S.... Read More
Judy Korn
Judy Korn has been working in the prevention of extremism since the age of 15 and has more than 35 years of experience in deradicalization and reintegration of (violent) extremists. Twenty years ago, she founded Violence Prevention Network Germany,... Read More
Daniel J. Kramer
Daniel J. Kramer is an internationally-known trial lawyer and litigator in Paul Weiss’ Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group. Called “one of the stars of his generation” by Chambers, and a “quiet giant” by Lawdragon, Dan has handled complex litigations... Read More
Matt Kriner
Matt Kriner is the Managing Director of the Accelerationism Research Consortium (ARC), as well as the Director of Strategy, Partnerships & Intelligence at the Middlebury Institute for International Security’s (MIIS) Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC). Matt specializes... Read More
Dr. Brett Kubicek
Brett Kubicek joined the Canadian public service in 2005 after completing his PhD in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a post-doctoral fellowship at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at Ohio State University, as... Read More
Kevin Lambert
Kevin Lambert is the Program Director at Parents for Peace. Kevin oversees the interventions, helpline, support group, and internship program. He has worked with the organization since 2021 and resides in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to joining Parents for Peace, Kevin... Read More
Galen Lamphere-Englund
Galen Lamphere-Englund is a senior international security advisor working to prevent terrorism and societal violence, especially across online spaces. He specializes in applied research, strategic communications, and program leadership to strengthen resilience and combat online exploitation. For over 15... Read More
Michael Lara
Michael Lara was born and raised in Los Angeles, California before attending the University of California, Santa Cruz where he studied Business Management Economics. Michael moved to Boston during the summer of 2014 to pursue his graduate degree in... Read More
Dr. Matthew Levitt
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Timothy Lewis
Timothy K. Lewis, a former federal appeals court judge, serves as a mediator, arbitrator, settlement counselor, and trial and appellate practitioner. Before he entered private practice, Lewis served on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania... Read More
Beth Littrell
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Dr. Michael Loadenthal
Michael Loadenthal, Ph.D. serves as a Research Professor with the Center for Cyber Strategy and Policy, within the School of Public and International Affairs, at the University of Cincinnati. In this role, he manages several grant-funded research initiatives, including... Read More
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Frazer Lonie
Frazer Lonie currently serves as the Manager of Program Support within the New York State Division of Homeland Security’s (DHSES) newly created Domestic Terrorism Prevention Unit (DTPU). DTPU was created by Governor Kathy Hochul through Executive Order 18 in... Read More
Caleb Lovelace
Caleb Lovelace comes from 17 years of public safety experience in the State of Alaska with expertise in emergency management, threat investigations, law enforcement, sex offender management programs, and protective security operations. Caleb is excited to return to this... Read More
Amy Mallinger
Amy Mallinger is the co-founder of REACH (Remember Educate And Combate Hate), an organization established in 2023 dedicated to helping families and survivors of 10.27 share their stories. With a passion for engaging with audiences of all ages, Amy... Read More
Dylan Gabel Mann
Dylan Mann is a sophomore at Tulane University. He interned for the Secure Community Network this past summer, and completed the Community Security Service’s security training program to help protect Jewish communities. Last year, Dylan was the victim of an... Read More
Dr. James Marley
Dr. Marley an Associate Profession with the Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work. He has over 35 years of social work practice experience in adult mental health and family therapy. Dr. Marley is the author and co-author of... Read More
Kaitlin Martin
Kaitlin is an Intelligence Analyst and Russian linguist on the Global Intelligence Team, where she supports and leads data collections related to cryptocurrency use by sanctioned entities and jurisdictions, terrorist and extremist groups, and nation-state threat actors. In this... Read More
Daniel Anthony Martinez
Daniel has been employed by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) as a Peace Officer since 2007. He is currently assigned as an investigator to the Dignitary Protection Section, Threat Assessment Unit (TAU); which he has been a part of... Read More
Deborah Maxson
Deborah is the President of Keller Maxson, Inc., and specializes in litigation communications, legislative strategies, coalition management, media analysis, third-party advocacy, and community relations projects. She has extensive experience working directly with C-level executives, general counsel, outside legal counsel,... Read More
Hannah Mayer
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Tony McAleer
Tony spent 15 years in the white supremacist and neo-nazi movements, starting as a skinhead and evolving to leadership positions and was instrumental in ushering in the internet building one of the first white supremacist websites for Resistance Records... Read More
Megan K McBride
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Tracey McCants Lewis
Tracey McCants Lewis is Chief People Officer and General Counsel for the Pittsburgh Penguins. She is the immediate past director of the Tribone Center for Clinical Legal Education at Duquesne University School of Law and tenured Associate Clinical Professor... Read More
Mary McCord
Mary McCord is Executive Director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) and a Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. At ICAP, McCord leads a team that brings constitutional impact litigation at all levels... Read More
Larry Menzie LCSWR
Larry Menzie, LCSWR, is the Co-Executive Director and Founder of two New York, Queens-based agencies, Queens Counseling for Change (QCC), and New York Counseling for Change (NYCC). Receiving his MSW from Columbia University in 1994, he is a licensed... Read More
Katharina Meredith
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Farhat Mir
Farhat Mir was born and raised in Pakistan. Farhat has a BS degree in Criminal justice & Homeland Security and a BA degree in Journalism. She is the first female Muslim police officer for Las Vegas Metropolitan police department... Read More
Denise M. Miranda Esq.
Denise Miranda was nominated by Governor Hochul in March 2024 to serve as the Acting Commissioner of the Division of Human Rights (DHR). The Division is dedicated to eliminating discrimination, remedying injustice and promoting equal opportunity, access, and dignity.... Read More
Kimberlyn Moffet
Kimberlyn Moffet has over 15 years of experience working directly with schools to implement violence prevention initiatives and promote safe school climates. She has expertise in curriculum and training design, program delivery, youth engagement, project management, and community relations.... Read More
Becky Monroe
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D. Paul Monteiro Jr.
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Michelle Mooney M.A.
Michelle Mooney is a native of Waipahu, Hawaii, a city located on the island of O’ahu. She attended the University of Tampa in Florida where she earned her B.A. in both Psychology and Applied Sociology as well as an... Read More
Madisyn Moore
Madisyn Moore is a Staff Operations Specialist in the FBI Pittsburgh field office. She provides analytical support to the Joint Terrorism Task Force and has subject matter expertise in Domestic Terrorism. ... Read More
Amalia Mora
Amalia C. Mora is an ethnomusicologist whose research focuses on the intersection of performance practices with gender-based violence. In addition to her position at UCLA, she is an adjunct lecturer in the online Human Rights Practice Program and an... Read More
Christopher Morrison
Chris Morrison’s practice sits at the intersection of litigation and intellectual property rights, whether those rights are publicized in patents and trademarks, secured by licenses, or maintained as trade secrets. For 20 years, clients have turned to Chris for... Read More
Delvina Lorraine Morrow
Delvina Lorraine Morrow, has provided leadership in strategic thinking and community development in the nonprofit sector, for-profit sector, life sciences, technology, and now sports. Delvina has dedicated her career to bringing people together, and advancing missions, as a community... Read More
Matthew Mullen
Matthew Mullen holds a Ph.D. in Human Rights and Peace Studies. He has had the privilege of working on a wide range of human rights and peace projects, from small-holding dairy farms in Ethiopia and conflict-affected communities in Myanmar... Read More
Robert Mundy
Robert Mundy is a social worker with 10 years of experience in community mental health. He specializes in trauma-informed care for children and young adults. His work has included service to refugees, survivors of trafficking, children in the adoption... Read More
Chardon Murray
Ms. Murray is a research fellow at the Khalifa Ihler Institute and leads research for Revontulet Intelligence, focusing on countering extremism and supporting private-sector efforts against extremist misuse of platforms. Ms. Murray has spent two decades specializing in terrorism and... Read More
Youcef Naimi
Youcef Naimi combined his studies in Islamology and Arabistics in Belgium and abroad, his years of experience in education as an Islamic religion teacher and an active presence in civil society in the field of social prevention. Today he... Read More
Julius Nam
Julius Nam is an Assistant United States Attorney in the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. Between January and October of 2024, he was detailed to the U.S.... Read More
Alice Wairimu Nderitu
Alice Wairimu Nderitu of Kenya is Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. Ms. Nderitu is a recognized voice in the field of peacebuilding and atrocity crimes prevention. As mediator of armed conflicts, she served as a... Read More
Travis Nelson
Travis Nelson currently serves as the Director of the Maryland Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor for Governor Moore. Travis has served in this position since January 2024 in addition to serving as a Sergeant... Read More
Elizabeth Neumann
Elizabeth Neumann is Chief Strategy Officer for Moonshot – a social impact organization, whose work is rooted in the fundamental belief that people can change. Ms. Neumann oversees Moonshot’s US programs, which support Federal, State, and local governments and community partners... Read More
Jordy Nijenhuis
Jordy Nijenhuis is a storyteller, campaigner, consultant and trainer based in The Netherlands. He is the director of Dare to be Grey, an award winning organisation that aims to counter polarisation, disinformation and hate. He co-founded the European Observatory... Read More
Julia Nowecki
Julia Nowecki is a first line professional working with (violent) radicalised individuals and those vulnerable to (violent) extremism, specialized on (violent) extremism justified by faith. She has over then years of expertise in youth work, training and counselling teachers,... Read More
David O’Brien
David O’Brien is the Director of Mental Health at Yorktown Family Services. He has spent over 25 years working in the field of mental health within various settings, including hospitals, shelters, and residential treatment centres. David has held different... Read More
Deirdre O’Donnell
Deirdre O’Donnell is a passionate public health professional and educator with a proven track record in translating social and behavioral science research into strategies and interventions that improve population health and well-being. She has been working in the field... Read More
David O’Leary
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Patrice O’Neill
Patrice O’Neill is a filmmaker and founder of the Oakland-based non-profit strategic media company, The Working Group and leader of Not In Our Town, a movement of people across the country working to build safe, inclusive communities for all.... Read More
Julia Och
Julia Och serves as the RESTORE Project Director with Violence Prevention Network USA, Inc. (VPN USA). She has fifteen years of experience in cross-sector collaboration, strategic planning, and project management with nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in the Greater Pittsburgh... Read More
Robert Örell
Robert Örell has more than two decades of experience in the P/CVE field working with the rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremists. For more than fifteen years he provided interventions with clients in exit work. For ten years he... Read More
Dr. Nawab Osman
Dr. Nawab Osman is the Global lead for Prevention and APAC lead for Meta’s Dangerous Organizations and Individuals (DOI) Policy team. Prior to joining Meta, he was an academic at Nanyang Technological University and the University of California-Berkeley. Nawab... Read More
Mike Pappas
Mike Pappas is the CEO/Co-founder of Modulate, which works with studios like Riot Games and Rec Room to foster safer and more inclusive online voice chat. Mike’s work at Modulate ranges from developing new partnerships within the industry, monitoring... Read More
Will Parkin
Will Parkin is a Senior Research Analyst at RTI International in the Justice Practice Area. Currently, he’s Co-Director of the Coordinated Hate Crimes Resource Center funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. He also studies public support for violent... Read More
Aarinii Parms-Green
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Joe Parsons
Joe Parsons defends clients against high-profile nationwide and statewide collective liability, class action, and unfair competition litigation. He has extensive experience in crafting, developing, and executing complex case strategy from discovery to dispositive motions to trial, including across jurisdictions... Read More
James Pasch
James Pasch was recently named ADL’s Senior Director of National Litigation, after serving the last four years as ADL’s Cleveland Regional Director (serving Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania). Building on the path-breaking litigation that ADL has helped... Read More
Steven D. Patterson CFE
Mr. Patterson is the Deputy Director of the West Virginia Fusion Center (WVFC). He began his time with the West Virginia Fusion Center as a volunteer Fusion Liaison Officer (FLO) in 2014, was hired as an Intelligence Analyst in... Read More
Eric Patterson
Eric R. Patterson is a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Special Agent Patterson joined the FBI in 2002, and he currently serves as the Threat Management Coordinator for the FBI – Philadelphia Field Office. As the... Read More
Nubia Peña
Ms. Nubia Peña is the Senior Advisor on Equity and Opportunity to Governor Cox and the Director for the Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs where their mission is to promote an inclusive climate for Utah’s growing diverse community through... Read More
Trish Perlmutter
Trish Perlmutter (she, her, hers) serves as Associate Director for Policy, Outreach, and Community Relations for the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights. In that role she supports the Policy and Community Relations Units’ work to prevent and eliminate... Read More
Charles Phillips
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John Picarelli Ph.D
Dr. John T. Picarelli is the Director for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention for the Counterterrorism Directorate of the National Security Council (NSC). In that role, Dr. Picarelli is responsible for leading the federal government’s efforts to prevent targeted... Read More
Dr. Shannon Poe
Dr. Shannon Poe, LCSW currently serves as the Director of Programming and Services for Life After Hate where she coordinates the culturally competent referral network of mental health providers and conducts risk-of-harm screenings for all participants. She also provides... Read More
Jenny Presswalla
Acting Director, Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security Jenny Presswalla is the Director (Acting) of the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) at the US Department of Homeland Security. As Director, she manages... Read More
John Quinn
John Quinn is a partner at Hecker Fink LLP. He represents companies, institutions, and individuals in high-profile civil litigation and leads the firm’s efforts in a number of progressive public interest matters. John was one of the founders of the firm... Read More
Rajeev Ramchand
Rajeev Ramchand is a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation where he co-directs the RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute. He is a nationally recognized expert in research on suicide and suicide prevention and has published on... Read More
Michael Ramos
Michael Ramos has been part of the United Religions Initiative and its Cooperating Circle, Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons, since 2008. He also has been President & CEO of United Way of Tompkins County since May... Read More
Jordan Reimer
Jordan Reimer is the Senior Manager for North America at the Strong Cities Network, a global network of 250+ cities dedicated to addressing hate, extremism, and polarization. In that capacity, he is responsible for managing Strong Cities’ prevention programming... Read More
Patrick Riccards
Patrick Riccards is the founder of the Driving Force Institute for Public Engagement, a national effort transforming the teaching and learning of American history and civics through provocative, relevant video content for students and related professional development for teachers.... Read More
Kathryn Rifenbark
Kathryn Rifenbark is the Director for CyberTipline, in the Exploited Children Division (ECD) at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), where she has worked for over 14 years. Kathryn is responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of... Read More
Alexander Ritzmann
Alexander Ritzmann is a senior advisor with the Counter Extremism Project (CEP). He leads the work of CEP in the EU on violent far-right extremist and terrorist (transnational) networks, offline and online as well as the workstream on effective... Read More
Chin Rodger
Since her first presentation at ATAP in Anaheim August 2022, Chin has been invited by the FBI and Federal, State and County Law Enforcement threat assessment agencies, Targeted Violence Prevention and School Safety Professionals to share at their training... Read More
Dr. Jonathan Roginski
Jon Roginski is the Program Manager for the West Point Insider Threat Program, which serves as the “research arm” for the Pentagon-administered Army Insider Threat Program. The program considers threat research from a variety of different vectors: from the... Read More
Eric Rosand
Eric Rosand is the Executive Director of the Strong Cities Network, where he leads a diverse, global team of some 20 experts. He has more than two decades of experience working with governments, multilateral organizations, civil society, academics, and... Read More
Michele Rosenthal
Michele Rosenthal is the principal in Michele Rosenthal Consulting, a consulting firm representing local public figures, including Brett Keisel. Prior to launching her firm, Rosenthal spent ten years as the Community Relations Manager for the Pittsburgh Steelers and, before... Read More
Brad Rourke
Brad Rourke is the Kettering Foundation’s chief external affairs officer and director of DC operations. As a member of the senior management team, he leads the foundation’s Washington, DC, office, heading efforts to amplify the foundation’s impact and reputation... Read More
Dr. John “Jack” Rozel MD, MSL, DFAPA
Dr. Rozel has been working in emergency mental health since 1990 and has been the medical director of resolve Crisis Services of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital since 2010. He is the immediate Past President of the American Association for... Read More
Jonathan Russell
Jonathan Russell is International Director at Violence Prevention Network (VPN), Germany’s leading practitioner hub for the prevention of violent extremism. He has more than a decade of experience in P/CVE, working across the public, private and civil society sector all... Read More
Nayli Russo-Long
As Vice President of People & Strategy for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Nayli Russo-Long actively leads the People & Culture and Business Strategy departments, serving as a strategic advisor to the president and the executive team. In this role, she... Read More
Sal Sabila
At 16, Sal Sabila founded Youth Gravity, a grassroots organization based in the Greater Toronto Area, focused on creating brave spaces for immigrant and racialized youth to discuss difficult topics, including mental health, community belonging, gun violence, domestic abuse,... Read More
Rosa Salamanca
Rosa Salamanca is the Mountain Central Regional Director and Senior Conciliation Specialist for the Community Relations Service (CRS). The Mountain Central Region is comprised of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North & South Dakota, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and... Read More
Prabha Sankaranarayan
Prabha Sankaranarayan is the President and CEO of Mediators Beyond Borders International, (https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/) an international impact organization whose mission is to build local skills for peace and promote mediation worldwide. She is committed to partnership, as evidenced by the... Read More
Nicholas Roy Satwicz
Nick Satwicz was born in Boston, MA and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2015 with a BS in Economics. Nick subsequently commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army, serving in both the 101st Airborne... Read More
Dr. Elena Savoia
Dr. Savoia is a Principal Scientist in Biostatistics and a medical doctor by training. During the past twenty years, she has been leading research and training activities at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health focused on public... Read More
Robert Scherrer Ed.D.
Dr. Scherrer currently serves as the Executive Director of the Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU). The AIU is a regional education services agency and a crucial part of Pennsylvania’s public education system. As its mission states, the AIU is an... Read More
Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler
Following a career with the federal government of Germany from 2001 to 2011, within the private sector from 2011 to 2013 and as a member and Coordinator of the ISIL, al-Qaida and Taliban Monitoring Team of the United Nations... Read More
Braden Schrag
Braden Schrag, BSc Psychology, Xavier University, has over 30 years of multi-disciplinary education and experience encompassing pediatric mental health, social work, law enforcement, and the private sector. For more than 15 years he has worked across the spectrum of... Read More
Matthew Schumacher
Dr. Schumacher is a Clinical Psychologist. Formerly a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy, he is an expert in response to disasters, psychiatric emergences and behavioral threat assessment and mitigation. He currently publishes & supervises PhD student research in... Read More
Robert C. Schupansky
Rob Schupansky has been an attorney since 1998. The son of immigrants and first in his family to attend college, Rob moved to the Pittsburgh area after graduating from the University of Notre Dame to attend law school at... Read More
Clara Schwartz
Clara Schwartz is the Director of Partnerships of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism. She focuses on building relationships with Jewish and non-Jewish organizations to further advance FCAS’ mission to raise awareness about the modern day antisemitism. Prior to joining... Read More
Lauren Scott
Lauren Scott was previously a High School Science teacher; now Special Agent with the FBI, working Violent Crimes Against Children matters. ... Read More
Oren Segal
As Vice President of the Center on Extremism, Oren Segal leads the organization’s efforts to combat extremism, terrorism, and all forms of hate both in the physical world and online. Recognized as a foremost authority on extremism, the Center... Read More
George Selim
As Senior Vice President for National Affairs, George Selim leads all external engagement at the federal, state, and local levels as well as community and civic engagement efforts nationally for ADL. The scope of his work also includes national... Read More
Cindy Shapira
Cynthia D. Shapira is in her seventh year as chairwoman of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors. She initiated complete system redesign to achieve access and affordability, close attainment gaps, ensure financial sustainability, and ensure excellence... Read More
Som Sharma
Education: India, UK, USA :Masters degrees in Sociology (Rajasthan Univ., India) and Organizational Behavior (Liverpool Univ., UK), and MBA (Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN). Community work: Founding member – Hindu Temple, Monroeville, Pa; Chinmaya Mission Vedanta Institution, Pittsburgh; Former President, Monroeville... Read More
Rev. Wendell Shelby-Wallace
Rev. Wendell Shelby-Wallace is a dynamic nonprofit executive and multifaith leader committed to advancing Black Christian leadership and global engagement. He serves as Associate Director of Community Partnerships, National Affairs at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), one of the nation’s... Read More
Kareem Shora
Kareem W. Shora is the Deputy Director of the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), overseeing the Center’s staff responsible for strategic engagement and policy implementation, strategic communications, and research... Read More
Alexander Sievers
Alexander Sievers is an accomplished practitioner and counselor with a diverse background in violence prevention, deradicalization, addiction treatment and social management. Beginning his professional career at the Hoffnungstaler Stiftung Lobetal in 2015, he worked as a social worker and... Read More
Jay N. Silberblatt Esq.
Mr. Silberblatt is a partner with the Pittsburgh law firm of Silberblatt Mermelstein, P.C. He received his B.A., cum laude, from Allegheny College in 1977 and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1980 where... Read More
Joumana Silyan-Saba
Joumana Silyan-Saba is an accomplished public leader, with a career in public service spanning 18 years of experience in non-profit, city government and academia. With a sense of optimism, Joumana is committed to diplomacy, inclusion and bringing about social... Read More
Yusuf Siraj
Yusuf Siraj is a dedicated non-profit leader and award-winning public speaker with a deep commitment to social justice and empowering all communities. As co-founder of Canada’s Foundation for a Path Forward, he has helped pioneer innovative programs and initiatives... Read More
Lori Sisson
Lori Sisson has been a member of the Film Pittsburgh staff since 2009. She received her Clinical Psychology degree from the University of Pittsburgh, with a focus on children with disabilities and their families and has experience working with... Read More
Carl Smallwood
Carl Smallwood is the Director of the Divided Community Project (DCP) at the Moritz College of Law. Launched in 2015, DCP is housed in the nation’s #1 ranked The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s Program on Dispute Resolution. DCP... Read More
Peter Smyth
Peter has been a social worker with the Organization for the Prevention of Violence/Evolve Program since February 2021, and was a consultant for OPV starting in 2016. Previously, Peter was the overseer of the High Risk Youth Initiative with... Read More
Soo Song
Soo C. Song is the Chief of the Criminal Division, overseeing federal prosecutions in the 25 counties of the Western District of Pennsylvania. She also serves as the Victims Rights Coordinator. From October 2010 through March 2018, Ms. Song served... Read More
Amy Spitalnick
Amy Spitalnick is the CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the national convener of Jewish coalitions working across communities to build a just and inclusive American democracy. She previously served as Executive Director of Integrity First for... Read More
Dr. Megan Squire
Dr. Megan Squire is an expert in tracing illicit finance, with a focus on political extremism and cybercriminal organizations. She is currently the principal investigator at Parity Bit Research, and a cyber threat intelligence researcher at a leading consumer... Read More
Brette Steele
Brette Steele serves as President of Eradicate Hate and Chair of the Prevention Practitioners Network. In these roles, she drives the development and deployment of effective approaches to prevent hate-fueled violence. As President of Eradicate Hate, Steele oversees the production... Read More
Jennifer Stevens
Jen Stevens coordinates the Rhode Island Commission on Prejudice and Bias, a longstanding state commission of community leaders, law enforcement officers, legislators, and attorney general’s office staff with a mission to study prejudice in the state, revise policy, and... Read More
Nicholas Street
Nick Street is a public service professional with a diverse background in military and law enforcement. As a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran, he served during Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of Task Force Tarawa and in Southeast Asia and... Read More
Pete Stuart
As Managing Director, Impact Strategy & Development for NASCAR, Pete Stuart oversees the league’s strategies for sustainability, community engagement, STEM education, corporate volunteerism and other social initiatives. Pete led the development and launch of NASCAR IMPACT, the U.S. motorsport’s... Read More
Derika B. Sutton
Derika B. Sutton is the Program Owner for the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program Hate Crime Statistics Data Collection. Ms. Sutton facilitated the first ever Hate Crime Symposium, August 2023 and the first annual Hate Crime Awareness Week, October... Read More
M.K. Swartsfager
M.K. Swartsfager is pursuing a career as a public interest attorney. He has studied family law, urban development, criminal law and immigration law while serving clients in landlord tenant matters, protection from abuse petitions, juvenile delinquency defense, and petitions... Read More
Susan Szmania
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Dr. Matthew Talbot
Dr. Matt Talbot is an internationally recognized expert in behavioral threat assessment and management, violence risk assessment, forensic mental health, workplace violence prevention, and keynote presenter. His extensive experience in assessing and managing violent offenders, individuals at risk for... Read More
Susan Terrey
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Dr. Cathrine Thorleifsson
Dr. Cathrine Thorleifsson (1982) is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oslo. Thorleifsson is the Head of the Norwegian Government´s Commission on Extremism, that will recommend strategies for improved P/CVE and CT policy and practice. She... Read More
Kaitlyn Tierney
Kaitlyn Tierney is a dedicated leader specializing in ethical technology and online extremism, with a focus on issues like gender-based violence, radicalization, and social media policy. She holds a B.A. in Marketing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a... Read More
Ivan L. Torres
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Tariq Tyab
Tariq is a renowned non-profit leader and philanthropist with 25 years’ experience championing interfaith collaboration and empowering multicultural communities. As the co-founder of the Foundation for a Path Forward, Tariq’s vision extends beyond breaking down barriers; he’s dedicated to... Read More
Benjamin Verney
Ben Verney is Senior Counsel for CNX Resources Corporation and provides legal advice to the company on a variety of environmental, transactional, and litigation matters. Prior to joining CNX, Ben was in private practice with at Jones Day in... Read More
Benjamin Voce-Gardner
Benjamin Voce-Gardner currently serves as the Director of the Office of Counter Terrorism for the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. In this role, he is responsible for coordinating counterterrorism outreach to public and private... Read More
Tim Wagner Wag
Tim is a domestic violent extremism analyst in the Preventing Targeted Violence Unit within the Colorado Information and Analysis Center (CIAC) (Fusion Center). Tim previously was a police officer with the City of Aurora (CO) where he led the... Read More
Ronald Kaoru Wakabayashi
Ron Wakabayashi retired as the Western Regional Director of the Community Relations Service, USDOJ in 2020 after 20 years of service. He served as the executive director of both the Los Angeles City and the Los Angeles County Human... Read More
Veronica Walker Esq.
Ms. Veronica Walker serves as the lead prosecutor of the Broward County State Attorney’s Office Hate Crimes Unit, in Fort Lauderdale, FL. As a prosecutor, Veronica has argued several jury trials to verdict. She reviews all hate crime cases... Read More
Mark Wallace
Ambassador Mark D. Wallace serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Counter Extremist Project (CEP). He is also the COO of The Electrum Group, LLC. CEP launched in September 2014, as a not-for-profit, non-partisan, international policy organization whose mission... Read More
James Waller Ph.D.
Dr. James Waller is the inaugural Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice at the University of Connecticut. At UConn, he also directs the Dodd Human Rights Impact Programs for the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute and is... Read More
Robert Warfel
Chief Warfel has been at Xavier since March 2019. Prior to serving as Xavier’s Director of Public Safety/Chief of Police, he was an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for approximately 22 years developing experience in case management,... Read More
George Weiss
George Weiss is the founder and CEO of Radio La Benevolencija Humanitarian Tools Foundation (“RLB”), an organization that sets up media projects using fiction to teach populations to resist hate speech and incitement to identity-based violence, using psycho-education embedded... Read More
Michael Whine
Michael Whine is Senior Consultant at the World Jewish Congress. He was previously the Director of Government and International Affairs at the UK Community Security Trust, where he was based for 35 years and of which he was co-founder. He... Read More
Raymond Anthony Whitfield
Raymond is the son of Mrs. Ruth E. Whitfield, the eldest of ten victims in the May 14 Buffalo, NY grocery store massacre. Having spent twenty-five years in the broadcast industry in the Buffalo, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York City... Read More
Sammie Wicks
Sammie Wicks works as an Interventions Manager for Moonshot, where he leverages experiences at the intersection of public safety, public policy, and public health. Before joining Moonshot, Sammie spent 13 years in public safety serving as a law enforcement... Read More
Kristina Wilfore
Kristina Wilfore is the Director of Global Projects and Innovation at Reset Tech. She is a seasoned international development and elections specialist who has been on the ground in over 30 countries working to create more inclusive and responsive... Read More
Judge Ann Claire Williams (Ret.)
Judge Ann Claire Williams (Ret.), a trailblazer and leader, heads Jones Day’s efforts in advancing the rule of law in Africa. Devoted to promoting the effective delivery of justice worldwide, particularly in Africa, she has partnered with judiciaries, attorneys,... Read More
Patricia Williamson
Patricia D. Williamson (she/her) is the Deputy Director of Community Programming and a Community Mediator in the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights’ Community Relations/Crisis Response Unit. Patricia is the unit’s lead on programming initiatives for the New Jersey... Read More
Alex Wilson
Alex Wilson is a former federal prosecutor with extensive experience in cross-border and corporate investigations. He assists clients facing complex criminal, regulatory, and asset forfeiture investigations and advises on U.S. economic sanctions, anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, the Foreign Corrupt... Read More
Ron Zacchi
Ron Zacchi (all pronouns welcome) joined the Division of Human Rights as Senior Director of the Hate and Bias Prevention Unit in September 2024. Prior to this role, Ron served as Governor Hochul’s Director of LGBTQ+ Affairs, where they... Read More
Ilyas Zarhoni
Ilyas Zarhoni is the founder of CEAPIRE. He started his career as a teacher of Islamic religion in secondary education. During his studies, Ilyas delved into various traditional Islamic sciences and extremist ideologies such as Salafi-jihadism and the extreme... Read More
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.