Michael Ostrolenk

Michael Ostrolenk

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Michael D. Ostrolenk received his undergraduate degree in government from West Virginia Wesleyan College. His Masters Degree is in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University. He did post-graduate training in health and somatic psychology. Michael is certified in Spiral Dynamics and Wade Mindsets and is a licensed psychotherapist (CA).<br /> <br /> He is the founder and national coordinator for the Medical Privacy Coalition (2001-present). He is the co-founder and National Director of the <a href="http://www.libertycoalition.net/"> Liberty Coalition</a>, a transpartisan coalition of groups working to protect civil liberties, privacy and human autonomy (2005- present). He is also co-founder and President of the <a href="http://www.acdalliance.org/">American Conservative Defense Alliance</a>, which works to promote a traditional conservative foreign and defense policy (2008- present).<br /> <br /> Mr. Ostrolenk is the Vice President of <a href="http://hsleader.com/">HSLEADER</a> (2007-present) which promotes security and privacy enhancing tools and technologies as well as serving in the operational department which offers executive protection, private investigation, business intelligence, counter-terrorism training and facility security assessments. Michael is a registered Personal Protection Specialist and Private Investigator in the State of Virginia. He is a member of Class 62 from the Executive Projection Institute and a member of the Nine Lives Associates.<br /> Michael is a public policy consultant who works on health, education, privacy and national security related issues. His clients have included but are not limited to: Campaign for Liberty, The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Swankin &amp; Turner law firm, Arlington Institute, EdWatch and Eagle Forum.<br /> <br /> Michael was Co-Director for Reuniting America 2006-2007, then President of Reuniting America in 2007-2008. He is now the Executive Director of the <a href="http://www.transpartisancenter.org/">Transpartisan Center</a> in Washington DC.<br /> <br /> Mr. Ostrolenk is a founding member of the Integral Institute as well as an associate of the MAPping Alliance. <br /> <br /> He was a program manager for the Natural Health Research Institute (2007) and is Senior Political Analyst for Global Health Media (2006-present) <br /> <br /> Mr. Ostrolenk is also a policy fellow for the <a href="http://www.realisticforeignpolicy.org/">Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy</a> and the <a href="http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/">Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics</a>. Michael sits on the Steering Committee for <a href="http://openthegovernment.org">Openthegovernment.org</a> <br /> He has written for a wide variety of publications ranging from USA Today to The American Conservative Magazine. He has also done dozens of talk radio interviews on national security related issues.<br /> <br /> He has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and is presently studying Krav Maga.