Human Rights & Civil Liberties Work and Media Appearances

  • Board President, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Foundation Board, 2020 – 2022.
  • Board Development Chair, American Civil Liberties Union  of Southern California, Foundation Board, Board Development Committee Chair and Executive Committee members, 2022 – present.
  • Board Member  American Civil Liberties Union, Southern California, 2005 – Present.
  • Committee Chair, Religion and the Constitution Committee, Board Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union, Southern California, 2008 – present.
  • Faculty Member, University of Tuzla, Bosnia International Summer University, July 1996, 1998, and 2000.
  • Election Supervisor, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Bosnia-Herzegovina, September 1997.
  • Participant, Aspen Institute, Seminar on Reconstruction and Reconciliation in the Former Yugoslavia, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, June 1998.
  • Co-founder and Executive Board Member, Jews Against Genocide, 1994 – 2000.
  • Media Appearances:
  • Documentary – “Dictators Playbook,” directed by Mark Stevenson, first aired January 23, 2019.
  •  Documentary – “Nazi Prophecies,” directed by Patrick Davidson, History Channel, first aired, October 12, 2005.
  •   Documentary – “Rome of the Caesars,” National Geographic, first aired, April 14, 2001.Television, radio, and newspaper commentator on Italian politics, Fascism, the Bosnian War and the Kosovo War for National Public Radio, The Associated Press, Fox News Australia, CBS Sunday Morning, KCAL- Channel 9, Fox 11 in Los Angeles and the Fox Cable News Network in New York.