Brigitte Gabriel is a NY Times best-selling author, leading expert on global Islamic terrorism and Chairman of ACT! for America, the largest national security grassroots organization in America. Her latest book is RISE: In Defense of Judeo-Christian Values and Freedom. Ms. Gabriel started ACT for America in an effort to protect the citizens of the United States from the horrors she experienced as a young girl in her native Lebanon. When Ms. Gabriel was 10 years old, militant radical Islamists launched rockets into her family’s home in their Christian town in southern Lebanon destroying her home and seriously injuring her as they waged war against the “infidels.” Her family was forced to seek refuge in an underground 8 x 10-foot bomb shelter where they lived for the next seven years. Often surviving on mere weeds, they had to crawl through a ditch to get water from a nearby spring while avoiding Islamic snipers. After several perilous years, Ms. Gabriel moved to Israel before subsequently becoming a proud citizen of the greatest nation on earth – the United States of America. Today, she is the one of the leading terrorism experts in the world, providing information and analysis on the rise of global Islamic terrorism. She lectures nationally and internationally about terrorism and current affairs. In addition to serving as the Founder and Chairman of ACT for America, she is a celebrated author of two New York Times Best Sellers. Ms. Gabriel is named one of the top 50 most prominent speakers in America. She speaks Arabic, French, English, and Hebrew. Ms. Gabriel was knighted in Europe in 2016 for her international work on fighting terrorism and standing up for Western values. In today’s environment, she stands alone as an individual who has experienced terrorism firsthand, now leading U.S. citizens in the national security arena and enabling them to protect themselves, their families, their communities, and the democratic values and traditions of the United States of America.