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Shri Frank Islam

Frank Islam is a successful entrepreneur, philanthropist, civic leader and thought leader with a special commitment to civic, educational and artistic causes.  He currently heads the FI Invest Group a firm that he established after he sold his information technology firm, the QSS Group in 2007.

Frank serves on number boards and advisory councils including the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Woodrow Wilson Center, and the Brookings Institution.  He also serves on various boards and councils at more than half-dozen universities including Johns Hopkins, University, American University, and George Mason University.

Frank has written two well regarded books on the American condition, Working the Pivot Points:  To Make America Work Again (2013).  Renewing the American Dream: A Citizen’s Guide for Restoring Our Competitive Advantage (2010).