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JOHN POTASH has been featured on CSPAN’s American History TV and has been interviewed on dozens of radio stations around the U.S. and abroad. His work has also been published in the Baltimore Chronicle, the City Paper, Covert Action Quarterly, Rock Creek Free Press, and Z magazine. He has worked counseling people with mental health issues and addictions for over twenty-five years.
Jim Nussbaumer composed his first novel – a football saga – at age eleven on the shiny turquoise typewriter he found under the Christmas tree. The book was entitled Reaching for the Goal. While his life has taken many turns since then, his focus on the Quest has never wavered.
Former Deputy Attorney General, Delaware, defense attorney, entrepreneur, and a former prisoner and addict.
Maria Elena Infantino
Is an International Singer and Actress. Half Italian, half Bulgarian, who grew up in Rome, Italy.
She graduated in acting in London at ALRA ( Academy of Live and Recorded Arts) in 2010 . Although, her first job out of Drama School, was at the Royal Albert hall, singing for the 50th Beatles Anniversary, starring Dame Shirley Bassey.
She then debuted as a professional actress on the ITV British series “Emmerdale”.
As a professional and scholar I conscientiously and actively pursue professional activities in order to keep myself current with issues and concerns surrounding reading and language arts, maintain and expand professional relationships with colleagues in my discipline and other related disciplines, continue to be a relevant and productive contributor to my discipline and other related disciplines, and to add visibility to my department, school, and university.
Leonie Haimson is Executive Director of Class Size Matters, a non-profit parent advocacy group working for smaller class sizes in NYC and the nation as a whole. The New York Times has called her the “city’s leading proponent of smaller classes.” She was a public school parent for fifteen years, and is now a board member of the Network for Public Education, the national organization started by Diane Ravitch in 2013.
RABBI BRANT ROSEN has been a congregational rabbi since 1992 and has served the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation (JRC) in Evanston, IL for the past 17 years. A long-time activist for peace, social justice and human rights, he has traveled on delegations to such countries as Israel/Palestine, the former Soviet Union, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda and Iran. A graduate of UCLA and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Brant is a past President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association and is the co-founder and co-chairperson of the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council.
Susan Shumsky is an exciting, enlightening guest who has been featured in more than 675 media venues, including Woman's World magazine, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Los Angeles Times, "Coast to Coast AM" with George Noory, NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox News, and "Weird or What?" with William Shatner. She was featured in the film "3 Magic Words."
CAPTAIN RUSS WITTENBERG - U.S. Air Force – Is a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot with over 100 combat missions. Retired commercial pilot. Flew for Pan Am and United Airlines for 35 years. Aircraft flown: Boeing 707, 720, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777. 30,000+ total hours flown. Had previously flown the actual two United Airlines aircraft that were hijacked on 9/11 (Flight 93, which impacted in Pennsylvania, and Flight 175, the second plane to hit the WTC).