Millennium Magazine_18th Ed_ Laurie Urbancik

48 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine ARTS, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT “Terrorist: The Inside Story of the HighestRanking Iraqi Terrorist Ever to Defect to the West,” “Jihad Incorporated: A Guide to Militant Islam in the U.S.” and “CAIR’s Antisemitism Unmasked.” Mr. Emerson’s first documentary, “Jihad in America,” was broadcast on PBS in 1994. For the film, he received numerous awards, including the George Polk Award for Television Documentary, one of the most prestigious awards in journalism. In 2013, he produced the award-winning “Jihad in America: The Grand Deception,” an exposé of the covert infrastructure of militant Islamic groups, such as the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas in the U.S. Well-regarded for his accomplishments, Mr. Emerson has frequently provided briefings to U.S. law enforcement agencies, members of Congress and congressional committees, and print and electronic media on terrorist financing and operational networks of Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and the rest of the worldwide Islamic militant spectrum. Steven Emerson is the executive director of The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT), a nonprofit research organization he founded in 1995. Having investigated the phenomenon of terrorism for over three decades, particularly concerning the Middle East, he has established IPT as the world’s most comprehensive data center on radical Islamic terrorist groups. Mr. Emerson collaborates closely with federal and state law enforcement agencies and media outlets, contributing to documentaries and articles that illuminate pressing terrorismrelated issues. His academic journey began with a master’s degree from Brown University. Before founding IPT, Mr. Emerson worked as an investigative reporter for the New Republic, U.S News & World Report, the New York Times Magazine, and as a correspondent for CNN. His career highlights include founding IPT, developing extensive databases on terrorist organizations, and authoring eight books, including two best sellers, “American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us” and “The American House of Saud: The Secret Petrodollar Connection.” Other books to his credit include “Secret Warriors: Inside the Covert Military Operations of the Reagan Era,” “The Fall of Pan Am 103: Inside the Lockerbie Investigation,” STEVEN EMERSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Investigative Project on Terrorism (www.investigativeproject.org) Washington, DC

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