National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA)

Rod D. Martin is President of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, a noted futurist and an advocate for the eradication of poverty and the expansion of liberty throughout the world. A writer, speaker and technology entrepreneur, he is also a past Chairman of The Arlington Group's National Security Team, a member of the Board of Governors of the Council for National Policy, and founder of TheVanguard.Org.

Dr. Martin is an active investor and is a director of several technology companies. He has previously served as a senior advisor to PayPal.com founder Peter Thiel, most notably during PayPal's IPO and subsequent merger with dot-com giant eBay, and as Director of Policy Planning and Research for former Arkansas Governor (and Presidential candidate) Mike Huckabee. He is deeply involved in charitable work aimed at alleviating global poverty, has raised significant sums for private K-12 scholarships for disadvantaged children in the United States, and serves on the boards of several foundations, including Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY), Rescue a Million, and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Dr. Martin studied political and economic thought at Cambridge University in Great Britain and was elected student body president at Baylor Law School. He has served as faculty for the Alliance Defense Fund's Blackstone Fellowship program, belongs to the Federalist Society and the Sons of the American Revolution (General Joseph Martin Chapter, named for his fifth great grandfather), and holds Life Membership in the Gun Owners of America and Patron Life Membership in the National Rifle Association. He has also been named player of the week on TV's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Dr. Martin edited and co-authored Thank You President Bush along with numerous leading conservatives such as Ed Meese, James Dobson, Phyllis Schlafly and Grover Norquist, and has three additional books forthcoming. His writings have appeared in such publications as Human Events, WorldNetDaily, The American Spectator, World magazine, the Manchester Union-Leader, the San Francisco Examiner and Diario Las Américas. He lives on Florida's beautiful Emerald Coast with his wife Sherri, with whom he dotes on their three beloved children.