For over 20 years, James Tufenkian has been committed to using his business ventures to better the lives of workers and communities in Armenia and beyond. Beginning in 1993 he brought to Armenia his experience in hand-made carpets production and design to revive the industry there, and to provide employment when the country was in nearly complete collapse. Following on the success of this venture, he committed to creating hotel infrastructure and helping draw tourism into the regions of Armenia with his boutique chain of Tufenkian Heritage Hotels located throughout the country. In 1999 he founded the Tufenkian Foundation to bring about changes in Armenia that market forces alone could not accomplish. Under his stewardship, the Foundation’s activities have constantly evolved to seek innovative solutions addressing the nation's most urgent needs, especially those which the international aid community is reluctant to take on. Following the 2022 occupation of sovereign Armenia and the siege and ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, James began concentrating more heavily on garnering political and religious support for Armenia among American Christians.

Robert Nicholson most recently served as the President and Executive Director of The Philos Project. He is also co-founder and board member of Passages Israel, an advisory board member of In Defense of Christians, and an adjunct professor at The King’s College in New York City. He holds a BA in Hebrew Studies from Binghamton University, and a JD and MA in Middle Eastern history from Syracuse University. A former U.S Marine and a 2012-13 Tikvah Fellow, Robert founded Philos in 2014 to stimulate a new generation of religious and cultural exchange between the Near East and the West. His written work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Telegraph, New York Post, Jerusalem Post, Newsweek, Providence, First Things, The Hill, and National Interest.

Sohrab Ahmari is a founder and editor of Compact magazine, a contributing editor of The American Conservative, and a visiting fellow of the Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life at Franciscan University. His books include Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty–and What to Do About It (Forum Books, 2023), From Fire, by Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith (Ignatius, 2019), and The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos (Convergent/Random House, 2021).

In 1994, Sam Brownback was elected to represent Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1996 he was elected to the U.S. Senate. In the Senate he was a leading advocate for freedom of religious liberty around the globe. Sam worked actively on the issue in multiple countries and was a key sponsor of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. In 2010, Sam ran for Governor of Kansas. He became the 46th Governor of the Sunflower State in 2011 and was re-elected in 2014. President Trump nominated Sam to serve as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom in 2017. He resigned as Governor of Kansas on January 31, 2018 and was sworn in to his diplomatic post the next day. He served as Ambassador until January 2021. He currently serves as co-chair of the International Religious Freedom Summit and is a Senior Fellow with Global Christian Relief. He is also chairman of the National Committee for Religious Freedom.

Denise Bubeck serves as the Deputy Director of the Church Ambassador Network at The FAMiLY Leader where she provides pastors and clergy with opportunities to engage with elected officials at the state and federal level. Her career is marked by devoted volunteerism at numerous other organizations including the local food pantry, an advisory board member for Iowans Supporting Israel, refugee organizations, and her church. As a recent cancer survivor, through a local non-profit organization, Denise passionately partners with cancer patients on their journey. Denise is a Christian delegate to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and is currently serving on the AIPAC National Council.

Alberto M. Fernandez is Vice President of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a position he held from 2015 to 2017. He previously served as President of Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN), a US government-funded Arabic-language broadcast, online and radio news organization, from 2017 to 2020. Prior to joining MEMRI, Ambassador Fernandez was a career U.S. Foreign Service Officer from 1983 to 2015 and served as the State Department’s Coordinator for the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications from 2012 to 2015. He also served as U.S. Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea and U.S. Charge d’Affaires to Sudan. He also held senior public diplomacy positions at the U.S. embassies in Afghanistan, Jordan, Syria, Guatemala, Kuwait, and in the Department’s Near East Affairs (NEA) Bureau.

Liel Leibovitz is editor at large for Tablet Magazine and the co-host of its popular podcast, Unorthodox. He's also a columnist for First Things and a frequent contributor to other publications, including The New York Post and the Wall Street Journal. He's the author or co-author of several books, including, most recently, How the Talmud Can Change Your Life: Surprisingly Modern Advice from a Very Old Book. He holds a Ph.D. in communications from Columbia University, and has taught at Barnard and New York University before fleeing academia. A native of Israel and a veteran of the Israel Defense Forces, he lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

Emily Schrader is the founder of Social Lite Creative, a political marketing consultancy firm. Emily is also the former digital director of one of the largest pro-Israel organizations, where she transformed their social media platforms into one of the leading sources of information in English and Arabic about the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Emily previously worked in digital marketing on political campaigns, and holds degrees from USC (BA) and Tel Aviv University (MA).