EXPLORATORY AND ADVISORY Leadership TEAM | ENDORSEMENTS

Congressman Mike Bost

Mike Bost grew up working for Bost Trucking, a small business owned by his father and uncle. 

Small Business Owner

For over 2 decades, Mike and Tracy have been successful small business owners.  They know the value of balancing a budget, meeting a payroll, and making sure they don’t overspend. Mike lives by those “lessons learned” as a U.S. Representative for Southern Illinois. He’s always fighting for the federal government to live within its means and to prioritize your tax dollars. He knows what it means to live within a budget- just as your family does and just as Mike and Tracy Bost do managing their business and household.

A Marine and Firefighter Fighting For Southern Illinois Values

Mike has an extensive and dedicated tradition of public service. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps right after high school. He served as an electronic specialist and radar repairman – receiving an honorable discharge as a Corporal E-4 in 1982.

Mike served as a firefighter for the Murphysboro Fire Department, both part-time and full-time. He steadfastly answered the call of duty to protect families by answering hundreds of emergency calls and fighting a number of fires.

Mike has been an outspoken critic of government’s wasteful spending and the growing role of government in our everyday lives. He’s been a strong advocate for Southern Illinois’ coal industry, educational institutions, agriculture, public sector workers and protecting gun rights. Yes, sometimes even passionately on the House floor.

Mike believes it is vitally important to bring Southern Illinois values to Washington, not the other way around.

Governor Phil Bryant

Phil Bryant is a founding member of BSS Global where he provides strategic advice and business development services to some of the world’s largest industry leaders. Governor Bryant served two terms as Mississippi’s 64th Governor from 2012 to January 2020.

He also served as Mississippi’s lieutenant governor, as state auditor, and as a legislator in the Mississippi House of Representatives.

While serving as Mississippi’s chief executive officer, Governor Bryant largely focused his efforts on creating new economic opportunities. Under Governor Bryant’s leadership Mississippi saw its lowest-ever unemployment rate, its lowest-ever high school dropout rate, its lowest-ever teen pregnancy rate, its highest-ever number of jobs, its highest-ever number of graduating physicians, its highest-ever K-12 reading and math improvement scores, and its highest-ever high school graduation rate.

Governor Bryant’s dedicated focus on economic development yielded more than $8 billion in private sector investment in Mississippi as well as the largest economic project in state history— a landmark agreement with Continental Tire to build a major manufacturing facility in central Mississippi and create more than 2,500 new jobs.

From the outset of his first term as governor, Bryant relentlessly championed public education reforms, and his 2013 “Education Works” policy package implemented some of the most transformational changes ever seen in Mississippi’s public education system. 

Lt. Colonel Robert Mosier

Lieutenant Colonel Robert “Bob” Mosier serves as Chief Deputy, Administrative and Corrections Bureau, for the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.   

He most recently served as the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security for Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, where he also served on the Virginia Substance Abuse Services Council and Criminal Justice Services Board. 

He was elected twice as Sheriff of Fauquier County, Virginia, and previously served as Commander of Special Operations, the Patrol Division, and the Criminal Investigations Division there. 

He also worked for the U.S. Dept. of State and U.S. Dept. of Defense in support of international policing, and as Vice President of Investigations for the International Justice Mission.

Joel Anand Samy

Joel Anand Samy is an entrepreneur, think tank and broadcast media leader. Joel Anand is the Co-Founder of International Leaders Summit and America's Roundtable Broadcast Media. 

He served as a former Senior Executive at HarperCollins Publishers-Zondervan, News Corporation; Co-Founder of the JDN Group, founding executive at tech start-up; Vice President of Marketing, Jonathan and David, and Treasurer and Trustee of the Jonathan and David Foundation.

He was also involved in launching humanitarian and economic development initiatives in conflict and post-conflict zones including the Balkans, SE Asia and Eastern Africa, primarily in Rwanda.

Debra LaPrevotte, International Corruption Investigator

Retired SSA Debra LaPrevotte worked for the FBI for 20 years investigating the most corrupt world leaders.  She was instrumental in initiating the FBI’s Kleptocracy program and during her tenure, Debra seized over one billion USD. 

Debra not only seized assets and money, but she also was part of the FBI's Evidence Response Team and work at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico. 

She responded to bank robberies and major crime scenes and disaster scenes. Today, Debra continues to fight against human injustices, repression, corruption, atrocities and violence in the worst parts of the world! 

Debra has her own podcast "A Nation for Thieves,"  where you can learn more about her and Kleptocracy!

Pastor Jonathan Avendano, Appointed by Governor Glenn Youngkin, he serves as Vice-Chair of Virginia Governor’s Latino Advisory Board

Reverend Jonathan is a sought-after voice in public policy spaces, building partnerships with officials at the local, state, and federal levels. His tireless advocacy for religious liberty and Latino community empowerment has led him to consult and collaborate with leading policy organizations nationwide. Appointed by Governor Youngkin, he serves on the Virginia Governor’s Latino Advisory Board and was later elected Vice-Chair—becoming a critical bridge between the Commonwealth’s leadership and its growing Hispanic population.

Reverend Jonathan AG is a well-renowned leader here in Northern Virginia, the DMV Metropolitan Area, and across the nation. Reverend Jonathan is the Associate Pastor at Iglesia Mana Del Cielo, located in Northern Virginia. Jonathan is the first ever youngest Latino to be an Ordained Minister with the IPHC. He is a huge advocate for education and has shown that working in the public schools supporting Special Education, as Executive Director of MDC Bible Institute, teaching the next generation of clergy leaders biblical foundations, and the Education committee in the Virginia Governor’s Latino Advisory Board.

As a public thought leader, Reverend Jonathan has appeared on major platforms including Fox News, Univision, Washington Watch with Tony Perkins, and a range of radio and international news outlets. He regularly provides strategic faith-based consulting to government officials, nonprofit leaders, and even film executives, including those at Sony Pictures and Affirm Films.

Jonathan’s public presence as a faith ambassador has earned him national respect. He has delivered ceremonial invocations and benedictions for distinguished leaders, including Dr. Ben Carson and Former Vice President Mike Pence. In 2022, he made history as the first young Latino minister in Virginia to deliver the benediction at Governor Glenn Youngkin's gubernatorial inauguration.

Personally invited by Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears, he also led the invocation for the opening of the Virginia General Assembly that same year. Nationally, he serves on the Philos Project Advisory Board, advancing initiatives that promote support for Israel and Jewish communities around the world.