Iranian Freedom Institute
for Freedom and Democracy in IRAN
Iran Democratic
Transition Conference January 2011 IDTC II
"Remembering
Neda"
What We Believe : America should use her power to liberate oppressed people abroad
Our Team
Amir Abbas Fakhravar, (Siavash), is an Iranian jailed dissident, award winning writer, blogger, and the recipient of prestigious Annie Taylor Journalism award. He is the Secretary General of the "Confederation of Iranian Students" and President of Iranian Freedom Institute in Washington, DC. Currently Fakhravar serves as Research Fellow and Visiting Lecturer at the Center for the Study of Culture and Security at the Institute of World Politics, a graduate school of National Security and International Affairs.
Craig Snider is the Director for the David Horowitz Freedom Center-Philadelphia. Among its key objectives are Academic Reform of Higher Education, and defense of free speech on university campuses, and in the culture at large. Mr. Snider is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Policy Practice and Research; board member of the Jewish Publishing Group in Philadelphia, a member of AIPAC’s Leadership Council, and a member of the Union League in Philadelphia. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor of Arts in history and film, Craig also holds an MBA degree from Wharton Graduate School of Management.
Arajzhang Davoodi, teacher, poet, writer and political prisoner has been imprisoned for 9 years and still has 16 more years to serve for his opposition to the Islamic Republic and his life long fight for Freedom and Democracy. He is the Secretary General of "Iranian Freedom Movement" and co-founder of Confederation of Iranian Students.
Executive Director
J.Michael Waller, professor of
public diplomacy and political warfare at the Institute of World
Politics. He served on the White House Task Force on Central
America, and has been a consultant to the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, the US Information Agency, the US Agency for
International Development, the Office of the Secretary of Defense
in support of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the US
Army.
Professor Waller is Vice President
for Information Operations of the Center for Security Policy. He is
a frequent lecturer and instructor in psychological and information
operations for the US military and the intelligence
community.
Board of Advisors
Richard Norman Perle is an American political advisor, consultant, and lobbyist who began his career in government, a senior staff member to Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson on the Senate Armed Services Committee in the 1970’s. Later he was heavily involved with the Reagan administration and served as the assistant Secretary of Defense and also worked on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004.
Board of
Advisors
Nina Cunningham, Ph.D. President/CEO of Quidlibet Research, Inc.
Dr. Cunningham has an M.S. in Library & Information Science, a Ph.D. in Philosophy, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Specializing in strategic management, she has used her strengths to develop quality management programs and teach professional responsibility.
Board of Advisors
Ali Salehi, Dallas Texas
Ali P. Salehi was born in Tehran, Iran and is graduate of the Technological Institution of Tehran. Mr. Salehi served as a Chief Operation Officer for the city of Tehran from 1982-1986, however left Iran seven years after the Islamic Revolution. Mr. Salehi reestablished himself in the United States as an successful entrepreneur and became involved in the pro-democracy movement. He regularly appears on Persian Media as an Iran expert.
Board of Advisors
Manda Shahb
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