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).
He is the founder and national coordinator for the Medical Privacy Coalition (2001-present). He is the co-founder and National Director of the Liberty Coalition, 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 American Conservative Defense Alliance , which works to promote a traditional conservative foreign and defense policy (2008- present).
Mr. Ostrolenk is the Vice President of HSLEADER (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.
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 & Turner law firm, Arlington Institute, EdWatch and Eagle Forum.
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 Transpartisan Center in Washington DC.
Mr. Ostrolenk is a founding member of the Integral Institute as well as an associate of the MAPping Alliance.
He was a program manager for the Natural Health Research Institute (2007) and is Senior Political Analyst for Global Health Media (2006-present)
Mr. Ostrolenk is also a policy fellow for the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy and the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics. Michael sits on the Steering Committee for Openthegovernment.org
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.
He has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and is presently studying Krav Maga