Phil Kent (Chairman of the Board) Phil is a longtime a media/communications consultant, author, columnist, publisher and media commentator who has appeared on Fox News Network, CNN, MSNBC, and syndicated talk radio programs across the nation. He is a regular panelist on the Sunday public affairs program “The Georgia Gang” that airs on Fox5Atlanta WAGA-TV.
Kent, a native of Auburn, New York, graduated in 1973 from the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia and is a retired U.S. Army first lieutenant, military police.
3A longtime editorial page editor of the Augusta, Ga., Chronicle, he later became president of the Atlanta-based Southeastern Legal Foundation from 2001-2003 and currently is president of the Atlanta-based Phil Kent Consulting Inc. He also is the CEO/Publisher of InsiderAdvantage Georgia, James magazine and The Southern Political Report.
In 2011 Gov. Nathan Deal of Georgia appointed Kent as a member of the state Immigration Enforcement Review Board, a position he still retains.
Dr. Cliff Colwell, (Vice President) is an orthopedic surgeon whose research interests include diagnosis and prevention of venous thromboembolic disease following total joint replacement.
He completed his internship and one year of surgical residency at the University of Michigan, orthopaedic residency at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, and a trauma fellowship at Los Angeles County Hospital. He served in the Air Force at Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas. He has received both The Knee Society Award and the Nicholas Andry Award for his work in this field. Among his varied interests are new materials and kinematic behavior of TJR, new modalities for pain management following TJR and the development of chip technology for joint implantation.
He has published over 150 peer reviewed articles and book chapters, and has delivered more than 200 professional presentations to the science and academic communities.
- President, the Knee Society/American Association of Hip & Knee Surgeons;
- Director, Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research & Education, Scripps Clinic;
- Clinical Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine;
- Founder, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Scripps Center in LaJolla, CA;
- Frequent contributor and editor, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research;
- Team Physician, San Diego Padres Baseball Club and America3 Women’s yacht team.
Dr. Rosalie Porter is an accomplished author and a consultant to school districts across the country. She has been an advisor to the U.S. Congress and her work has been cited by the U. S. Supreme Court.
Dr. Porter, who arrived in the U.S. at age six, not knowing a word of English, has also been a fellow at Harvard University, the Director of Bilingual/ESL Programs in the Newton, MA Public Schools, and Chairman of the Massachusetts Commission on Bilingual Education.
She has delivered public lectures for the U.S. State Department in Bulgaria, China, Finland, Japan, Israel, Italy and Turkey; and has been keynote speaker at Georgetown, Harvard, Brandeis and Northeastern Universities, and at Wellesley and Mt. Holyoke Colleges. Porter has served as an expert witness in court cases relating to the education of non-English-speaking students in California, New Mexico, New York, and Texas.
Dr. Asgar Asgarov is a native of Azerbaijan. He was among the first group of exchange students from the former Soviet Union to arrive in the United States in 1993. He has earned a B.A with Magna cum Laude in Political Science from St. Olaf College, and has obtained Master of Arts in Russian and East European Studies at Stanford University.
Dr. Asgarov holds a PhD in History. He specializes in 20th century Russia and Eurasia. Dr. Asgarov has authored a book, Reporting from the Frontlines of the First Cold War: American Diplomatic Despatches About the Internal Conditions in the Soviet Union. Dr. Asgarov has taught numerous university-level courses in Russian, Middle Eastern and European histories.
In addition to Azeri and English, Dr. Asgarov is proficient in Russian, Turkish, French and Japanese. He is currently employed as an international broadcaster.
Maria Espinoza Maria was selected as one of the nation’s top 200 Business Women of America in 2017 who gathered in Washington, DC, she was invited as one of America’s Latina Leaders (2018), and was one of the nation’s top 100 Hispanics to attend the 2021 national conference held in Miami, Florida.
Born in the small west Texas town of Rotan to an immigrant father and 5th generation Texan mother, Maria spent her younger years through high school in Washington State. She attended Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, where she was a nationally ranked athlete in Track & Field earning the coveted All-American Miler status while pursuing a degree in Business Administration.
She is a former candidate for U.S. Congress in Texas, a nominee for the Department of Justice 2019 “Crime Victim Award” and the “Ronald Reagan Public Policy Award”. She was presented with the “Grassroots America Champions of Freedom Award” in 2020 by Congressman Louie Gohmert and former Congressman Col. Alan West.
Maria is known for her work of nearly 14 years with the non-profit organization, The Remembrance Project, which she co-founded with her husband Tim Lyng. She also created the America First Latinos initiative in early 2015 by popular request from Americans of Latin American heritage who were eager to express their love of family, faith and freedom.
Maria testified and has given comment before all levels of government and before municipalities, e.g., city council, county commissioners court, state legislatures, and before the U.S. Congress-House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the matter of national security and other matters that support safe communities. She has provided her opinion on legislation and assisting in drafting same.
As the national director of The Remembrance Project, she filed an Amicus Brief to support ending unconstitutional acts that would promote lawlessness. Well familiar with the results of increased lawlessness, she joined in defending Texas by filing an Amicus Brief in the lawsuit which would help keep communities safe.
Maria was invited to the White House and has participated in meetings with high level officials including Secretaries of Homeland Security, U.S. Attorneys General, Justice Department, U.S District Attorneys, U.S Marshal Service, the State Department, and met with Victim Liaisons under the President Obama and President Trump Administrations. She was key in the creation of the 2017 President’s Office of V.O.I.C.E. (Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement).
In addition to sharing her experience and knowledge across the country, Maria has interviewed with major national media outlets and has given hundreds of radio interviews. She began a TV show podcast: The Remembrance Project with Maria Espinoza.
After living and working in Washington, D.C., for two (2) years in 2017-2019, she and her husband Tim Lyng a Professional Engineer returned to their home state of Texas to continue their work.
