Robert F. Holden was born in 1951 and raised in Maspeth  He and his wife of 45 years, Amy, have lived in Middle Village for decades and have three children and four grandchildren.  Holden worked as a graphic designer and served as a professor at New York City College of Technology (CUNY) in the Department of Communication Design.  For 25 years, he held the office of president of the Juniper Park Civic Association, which represents the neighborhoods of Middle Village and Maspeth.  During that time he also served as Managing Editor and Art Director of the Juniper Berry Magazine, the JPCA’s 96-page color magazine.  First published in 1940, the Juniper Berry is considered one of the finest all-volunteer civic magazines in the nation.  Holden also served as webmaster of the JPCA’s informative website, www.junipercivic.com.Robert Holden has received several achievement awards from the United States Congress, New York State Senate and the New York City Council.  In 2012 he was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the Queens Civic Congress for his volunteer work in the community.  Professor Holden also received the PSC-CUNY Excellence in Teaching Award in 1999.

Paul Perez is President for the National Border Patrol Council.

William Joseph Bratton, CBE is an American businessman and former law enforcement officer who served two non-consecutive tenures as the New York City Police Commissioner and currently one of only two NYPD commissioners to do so.  He previously served as the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD) (1993–1994) and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) (2002–2009). He is the only person to have led the police departments of the United States' two largest cities – New York and Los Angeles.  Bratton began his police career at the BPD before becoming police commissioner in New York, where his quality-of-life policy has been credited with reducing petty and violent crime.  He was recruited to lead the LAPD in 2002, following a period when the LAPD was struggling to rebuild public trust after a series of controversies in the 1990s.  Bratton presided over an era of reform and crime reduction.  In January 2014, Bratton returned to the post of police commissioner in New York, and served until September 2016.  Bratton has served as an advisor on policing in several roles, including advising the British government and is currently the chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council for the U.S. government.

Homan is a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative group.  He was a contributor to Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership book.  He is also the president and CEO of Border911, a nonprofit group that warns of the supposed threat posed by undocumented immigrants.

Ali Bradley joined NewsNation as a Southwest correspondent in July of 2022.  Ali has been working in television news since 2010 and was primarily an anchor until she went independent as a journalist in 2021.  For the last year, Ali could be found covering the U.S. Southern Border, working alongside her carefully cultivated sources to bring light to the issues impacting so many right now.  Ali’s desire to get answers to her questions led her to walk with a caravan of nearly 6,000 people for two weeks in southern Mexico.  Ali has also covered the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, homelessness in Seattle, and the Afghanistan evacuation and Operation Allies.

Wilton Williamson Jr. serves Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) as vice president – Connection. In this role, he oversees the Alumni program, Resource Center, and Registration.Prior to joining WWP, Wilton served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 11 years as a non-commissioned officer in charge of a recruiting office in Tri-Cities, Washington.  He also served as Prudential Financial’s director of Veteran Initiatives.  In this role, he organized strategic initiatives and hands-on support to drive talent strategy including talent acquisition, retention, engagement, and development for the veterans.  Wilton holds a master’s degree in labor and employment relationships, and an executive certificate in diversity, equity & inclusion in the workplace from Rutgers University.Wilton is not the only one in his family who has served.  His wife is a U.S. Army veteran, and his father was part of the “Big Red One” during the conflict in Vietnam.

Jim Pfaff is the President of The Conservative Caucus(theconservativecaucus.org).  Jim’s political career stretches over three decades.  He also served as the Chief of Staff for the Colorado House Republican Caucus.  He also served as Founder and Executive Director of Americans for Prosperity of Colorado, President of the Colorado Family Institute, and a National Representative for Family Policy Councils at Focus on the Family.  Jim served as Chief of Staff for two different Congressmen – Cong. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Cong. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS).  He has also been a communications, grassroots, and political consultant as well. Jim is a nationally recognized public policy leader.  He is known for his skills in strategic management, organizational development, and public outreach for government officials, political campaigns, and non-profit organizations.  Jim is a seasoned grassroots and campaign operative having led major congressional, state legislative, and statewide ballot efforts.  He is a graduate of The Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee.  He studied English and Political Science at Indiana University.