AACONS

Ken Blackwell is the Senior Fellow for Family Empowerment at the Family Research Council.  He is also a former mayor of the City of Cincinnati and served as both Treasurer and Secretary for the State of Ohio.  He also served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission and as Undersecretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Michael Doran is an American expert on the international politics of the Middle East. He is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute. He was previously a Senior Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.

Allen West is CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis. Formerly, he served as an US Representative representing Florida's 22nd and 18th District. He is a 22 year veteran of the military where he earned the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as well as a Bronze Star and a Meritorious Service Medal. He is a Fox News contributor and the author of the bestseller, Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin’s Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom.

Josh Blackman is a Professor at South Texas Law School, the Founder and President of the Harlan Institute, and the author of Unprecedented: The Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare.

Charles C.W. Cooke is a writer at National Review whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Blaze, CNBC, Fox News, MSNBC, and the BBC. His latest book is entitled, The Conservatarian Manifesto: Libertarians, Conservatives, And The Fight  for the Right’s Future.

Richard Engle is the former president of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, the nation’s largest and oldest Republican support organization, and is currently the president of BellWest America. His new book is entitled, The Last American President.

Dr. Alveda King is a Pastoral Associate and Director of African-American Outreach for Priests for Life, a voice for the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, a former college professor, author of the bestseller,King Rules, and a Fox News Contributor, among many other roles and awards.  She is also known as the daughter of civil rights icon & noted minister, A.D. King, and the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Erick Stakelbeck is an acclaimed investigative reporter on terrorism and national security issues, host of The Watchman with Erick Stakelback on CBN News, and author of The Terrorist NextDoor and The Brotherhood. His latest book is entitled, ISIS Exposed: Beheadings, Slavery, And The Hellish Reality of Radical Islam.

William A. Jacobson is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell University, as well founder of LegalInsurrection.com, which won the 2012 Most Underrated Blog CPAC award, the 2014 CPAC Blogger of the Year award, and has been described by Rush Limbaugh as, "a great conservative website."

Governor Christine Todd Whitman is co-chair of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition. She is the former governor of the great state of New Jersey and administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency. She is currently a co-chair of the CASEnergy, a "national grassroots organization that supports the increased use of nuclear energy."

Jack Cashill is an investigative journalist and haas PhD in American Studies who has written for a number of prominent publications such as the Wall Street Journaland The Weekly Standard. His latest book is entitled, You Lie: The Evasions, Omissions, Fabrications, Frauds, And Outright Falsehoods of Barack Obama. 

Mark Krikorian is the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies and a regular contributor to the National Review and National Review Online.  He is the author of such books as The New Case Against Immigration, Both Legal and Illegal; How Obama is Transforming America Through Immigration; and his latest, Open Immigration: Nay.

Allen West is the CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis. Formerly he served as an US Representative representing Florida's 22nd and 18th District. He is a 22 year veteran of the military where he earned the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as well as a Bronze Star and a Meritorious Service Medal. Additionally, he is a Fox News contributor, and the author of the bestseller Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin’s Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom.

Dan Gainor is the Vice President of Business and Culture for the Media Research Center, which is, among other things, the parent company of such sites as newsbusters.org and CNSnews.com.

Sergeant Nicholas Irving is a former Master Sniper for the Army’s Special Operations 3rd Ranger Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment. He is currently the owner of HardShoot where he trains in the art of long-range shooting. He is the author of the bestselling, The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers.

David Boaz is Executive Vice President of the Cato Institute and the Editor of The Libertarian Reader. He is the author of numerous books and articles on libertarianism, including his latest book, entitled, The Libertarian Mind.

Peter Morici is a professor at the University of Maryland Smith School of Business, former Chief Economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission, and five-time winner of the MarketWatch best forecaster award.

Alex Epstein is president and founder of the Center of Industrial Progress, a “for-profit think-tank seeking to bring about a new industrial revolution.”  He is a widely published author on such topics as business, philosophy, the free market, and energy. His latest book is titled The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels.

Allen West served as an US Representative representing Florida's 22nd and 18th District. He is a 22 year veteran of the military where he earned the rank of Lieutenant Colonel as well as a Bronze Star and a Meritorious Service Medal. Currently, he is a Fox News contributor, the author of the bestseller Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin’s Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom, and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis. 

Peter J. Wallison holds the Arthur F. Burns Chair in Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. Previously he practiced banking, corporate, and financial law; and served as White House Counsel in the Reagan Administration. His latest book is titled Hidden In Plain Sight: What Really Caused The World’s Worst Financial Crisis And Why It Could Happen Again.