Bio:

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is a Cornell University junior majoring in government and upon graduation will be commissioned in the Navy ROTC.  He was born in St. Petersburg in the former Soviet Union and emigrated with his family to the United States as the USSR collapsed. He appeared on a Glenn Beck special program, “Behind the Iron Curtain,” as well as on a 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) panel, “Saving Freedom from Tyranny – Real Life Experiences”. He has helped arrange appearances at Cornell by leading conservative spokespeople through his chairmanship of the Cornell College Republicans. He helped re-establish the Young Republican chapter in Tomkins County, N.Y., and serves on its Board of Directors.  He has obtained leadership training through programs of Young America’s Foundation.

School: CORNELL UNIVERSITY