Dave Minsky
David Minsky has participated in a number of labor trafficking cases and events since July 2002. Most recently, Mr. Minsky traveled to Vienna, Austria to participate in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) international labor trafficking conference. In addition, Mr. Minsky participated in the Department of Justice sponsored human trafficking conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Kathy Monahan
Former employee, Department of Homeland Security
Other Associations: National Native American Law Enforcement Association
Mike Dillard has a thirty year record of corporate leadership and achievement in the technology sector. Recognized by Information Week, CIO Magazine, and other industry publications, he has successfully served in senior leadership roles in five corporations and two government agencies. Mr. Dillard is a member of the Criterion Systems executive team and manages Criterion's domestic and international operations. He is a former Corporate Vice President, SAIC; Vice President, Texas Instruments; Vice President, Sterling Software; Executive Vice President ClubCorp, Inc.; National Partner, Tatum Partners, LLP; Senior Executive, Central Intelligence Agency; and, Senior Executive, National Reconnaissance Office. Mike has participated in numerous charitable efforts, including Sterling Software’s charitable donations, the Board of the Baptist Education Fund, executive supporter of the Dedman Scholarship Fund, and participant in the McKinney scholarship fund and as founder of the M. L. Dillard Foundation.
Mike is a decorated recipient of four National Medals, including the Intelligence Medal of Merit and the CIA Commendation Medal. He holds an M.S.A. in Management and Systems from George Washington University and a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Georgia. He and his family live in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC.
Michael Thompson is the Chairman and President of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, Virginia’s premier non-partisan public policy foundation. For twenty-four years Mr. Thompson owned his own marketing company in Springfield, Virginia. During eleven of these years he was also president of a family owned group of furniture stores in Georgia. After selling his company he started the Thomas Jefferson Institute. He has been very active in national, state and local politics and has been a member of a number of community organizations, commissions, and committees. He is the Past Chairman of the Virginia Leadership Council for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and serves as Vice Chairman of the internationally acclaimed Fund for American Studies.
International Board
Jamila Atiku Abubakar
is the president and founder of the Gede Foundation that prevents, treats, and cares for people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. She holds a doctorate in International Relations from American University in Washington D.C, a Masters Degree in International Politics with concentration in International Law and Organization, and an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Communications. She currently is using her knowledge of intergovernmental affairs to work with CNI to save child trafficking victims in the United States, Africa and around the world.
Kapil Dev
is a great humanitarian in addition to being one of the world's greatest athletes. Most famous for captaining India's only team to reach the cricket World Cup in 1983. He is the Wisden Cricketer of the Century 2002.Kapil Dev has also been involved with changing many lives in India and around the world. He is involved with Khushii, a large non-profit in India, as well as with CNI.
Peter R. Ramsaroop
is a Guyanese civil society activist and politician who has been intensely involved in improving life in Guyana since the late 1990s. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of RoopGroup, as well as a published author and several high-profile newspaper columns. He is a retired United States Air force officer that includes serving in the 1990/91 Persian Gulf war. His dedication to human rights and the wellbeing of the most vulnerable makes him an illustrious member of CNI's international advisory board.
Ramola Bachchan
is an ardent charity activist who has used her role as a high-profile socialite of the famous Bachchan clan to further her work in helping India's and the world's poor. She received the Asian of the Year award in 2004, and has chaired many international charity events for issues such as peace, AIDS, and children's rights. In addition to working with CNI, she has also assisted the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Care International, SAARC Foundation, Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund and Pratham UK.
Wolfgang Hildebrandt
is an international recording artist and singer/songwriter as well as a human rights activist. As founding President & CEO of the International World Peace Tour, Wolfgang uses his talent to promote worldwide for freedom, liberty, hope, peace and increased tolerance among the nations through his voice of song.
On July 3rd, 2005, Wolfgang got to perform the two songs he penned specifically for the United Nations entitled "United Nations Song" and "Freedomsong", under the musical direction of Emmy Award Winner, John Wineglass. This prestigious event was held at the UN Headquarters in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium in front of top official staff members along with visitors from 191 Nations. Being his first performance at the United Nations, Hildebrandt was viewed by over six million people throughout Europe. The entire performance was recorded by television station ARD which was slated to be a celebrated documentary.
General Kofi Annan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel inaugurated the new UN Campus in Bonn, Germany. The new complex currently unites the offices of eleven UN organizations specialized in the areas of environment and development and will soon encompass the new United Nations Climate Change Secretariat building aside a UN Congress Center. The Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in New York was honored to host Wolfgang Hildebrandt.
Hildebrandt's' songs promoting the spirit of coexistence and cooperation are enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, in addition to holding a lifetime membership in the NAACP.
After the tragic attack on September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center in New York City, Wolfgang composed and performed across the globe "Let's build a House of Peace", which he branded as the European Gift for the City of New York.
