Shaarik Zafar has worked at the intersection of some of the most critical foreign and domestic policy challenges facing the United States. He is the former special representative to Muslim communities at the U.S. Department of State and former special counsel for post-9/11 national origin discrimination at the U.S. Department of Justice. Zafar currently works […]

Aykan Erdemir is director of global research and diplomatic affairs at the Anti-Defamation League and is a former MP in the Turkish Parliament. He is on the advisory council for FoRB  Women’s Alliance and is one of the founders of the International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief, a global network of […]

Chuck Garriott is the founder and executive director of Ministry to State. In addition to overseeing MTS, he leads weekly Bible studies on Capitol Hill and disciples a number of government workers in the Washington, D.C., area.

The International Center for Religion & Diplomacy works with religious leaders, governments and institutions to integrate the constructive role of faith leaders and institutions in the transformation of violent conflict.

Judd Birdsall is the project director of the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy and a senior research fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. He is also the editor of Religion & Diplomacy and a senior editor and a frequent contributor at The Review of Faith & International Affairs.

Rana Ayyub is an Indian journalist and opinion columnist with The Washington Post and author of  Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up.

South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) is a national movement strategy and advocacy organization committed to racial justice through structural change.

Ananya Chakravarti is a professor at Georgetown University whose work focuses on early modern South Asia, the Portuguese empire, colonial Brazil, Brahmanism and the abuses of history. She is the author of The Empire of Apostles: Religion, Accommodation and the Imagination of Empire in Early Modern Brazil and India.

Erin Singshinsuk serves as executive director of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. She is responsible for directing the day-to-day operations of the commission and managing its staff.