Ali Alyami
Ali Alyami a Saudi native U.S. citizen. He has lived in the United States for many years and has been an avid advocate for political reforms in Saudi Arabia most of his adult life. He holds a Ph.D. in Government from the Claremont Graduate University in Southern California, and a master’s degree from California State University in Los Angeles. Ph. D. doctoral theses: The Impact of Modernization on the Stability of the Saudi Monarchy. He has worked for and with different groups and organizations, including the Arab Organization for Human Rights, based in Cairo, Egypt, the Saudi Institute in Washington, DC, and the American Friends Service Committee in San Francisco. He has been invited by the Congressional Human Rights Caucus to testify about violations of human rights in Saudi Arabia. Ali has organized and participated in many conferences and discussions about Saudi Arabia, the Saudi domestic and external policies and their impact on the Saudi people, the Middle East, and the international community. Ali has been invited to speak about violations of human rights at conferences in different regions of the United States, London, Egypt, Sudan, Brussels, Yemen, the Hague, Israel, and Paris.
Mansour Al-Hadj
Mr. Al-Hadj is Director of the Reform Project at the Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI). He was born and raised in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and immigrated to the U.S in 2005, and has a degree in Sharia and Islamic Studies from The International University of Africa in Khartoum, Sudan. Born and raised in Saudi Arabia, Mr. Al-Hadj has first-hand experience of radicalization tactics used to recruit and mobilize Muslims worldwide. His research and writings in Arabic and English have focused on understanding the root causes of violent extremism in Arab and Muslim lands. He promotes freedom of expression, religious freedom, social justice, and equality for women and minorities. Mr. Al-Hadj has testified before the U.S. Congress on the development of strategies to counter jihadist websites.
David J. Cade
David J. Cade (Colonel, USAF, ret.) has broad experience in business & industry, as well as in the Department of Defense, and has traveled extensively on all continents while on the job. Cade began his career as a U.S. Air Force officer, where he spent 22 years and had a track record of accelerated promotions in the intelligence, plans, and command career fields. His post- military career has included executive positions in the communications, command & control, national security, and renewable energy fields with Fortune 25 companies (AT&T, and Lockheed Martin) and with smaller companies where he brought new technologies to the global marketplace. He has been the CEO of three publicly-traded alternative energy companies, encompassing lithium battery design and production, hydrogen generation systems, and hybrid renewable energy solutions -- doing business with partners in Europe, South America, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand as well as North America. He is co-holder of an issued patent on hydrogen generation technology. His Air Force tours of duty included: Executive Assistant position in the Office of the Secretary of Defense; Commander, 6931st Security Group, Crete, Greece, where he was the senior U.S. official on the island and in that capacity represented the U.S Ambassador in Athens; and a General Officer's position at Headquarters, USAF just prior to his retirement. During his Air Force career he lived overseas in Germany, Panama, Vietnam, and Greece. Cade holds an MBA from Syracuse University, and a BA from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He also is a graduate of Columbia University's Senior Executive Program at Harriman, NY, and the National War College at Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C. He has written articles on Russian military strategy, General of the Army George Marshall, other World War II topics, and various renewable energy technologies.
Jumana Aljohni
Jumana is a fierce advocate of women's rights and social justice in Saudi Arabia. She networks with human rights groups and advocates of social justice in Saudi Arabia and around the world. As a believer in peaceful solutions, she studied and graduated with a master’s degree in Peace Interventions & Conflict Resolution from Portland State University in Portland. Currently, Jumana works as a Director of Human Resources while writing her mémoire, which depicts her personal struggle against the Saudi’s institutionalized guardianship laws that are designed to keep women under total control of their male relatives.
