As former President, Spirit of America Foundation, Colonel JACK KINGSTON advises executives, corporations and government agencies at the highest levels. Kingston is also a motivational speaker, author, multi-media commentator, and adjunct professor of history, diplomacy and religion. His academic credentials include a Masters in National Security from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, as well as, a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and a Bachelor of Science Degree, both with distinction, from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Kingston's numerous media appearances as an international expert include CNN's Crisis in the Gulf; CNN's Prime Time News with Wolf Blitzer; CBS Prime Time News; NBC Evening News; the Aviation Digest; the Voice of America; WNTR's Battleline Radio; SONNTAGSBLICK, Switzerland’s largest Sunday news magazine; Europe's dynamic magazine "NEWS" and Vienna's leading newspaper "Neue Kronen"; Israel’s Born In Battle military journal, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, as well as Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian and Slovenian television. He is listed in Washington’s Yearbook of Authorities and Experts. His predictions of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the US Capitol were aired live on on CNN television news as long ago as 1991 as was his hard-hitting commentary regarding the OK BOMB tragedy as it unfolded live on CNN in 1995.

Additionally, Colonel Kingston has been an eyewitness to the incredible tragedies and travesties of American military, intelligence and peacekeeping operations in ongoing regional conflicts worlwide. A combat arms soldier since 1969, Colonel Kingston is a Senior Aviator qualified in Cobra gunships; he qualified as a Green Beret in the Vietnam-Era of SOF in 1971, is a Commandant's List Graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College, and is a 1994 graduate of the elite Army War College. Jack Kingston has served in SOCSOUTH, SOCCCENT and SOCEUR; has completed six tours of the Balkan War Zone since 1992, and has played key roles in multi-national operations in England, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Estonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Croatia, Costa Rica, Panama, Korea, Cyprus, Russia, Macedonia, and Georgia.

Since 1980 Kingston has authored, or edited, a multitude of innovative articles and reports recommending reforms and initiatives in international affairs, including: The Middle East: Geo-Political Fault Line, Air-Land Battle 2000, The Impact of Television in Vietnam, Back to the Future: U.S. War-Fighting Capability to 2020, and America Must Lead. His work in high-technology combat developments in the 1970-1980's earned him numerous awards and the title of Honorary Editor, US Army Aviation Digest for his cutting-edge "combat power" articles; “Restructuring the War-Fighting Capability of the United States” and “America Must Lead." Most remarkably, Colonel Kingston’s innovative articles and recommendations contributed to the Secretary of Defense's Commission on Roles and Mission of the Armed Forces.

During the Presidential Elections of 1984 Jack won the support of President Reagan, Newt Gingrich and the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee to run as the Republican candidate for Congress in Florida's 19th District of Miami-Dade. Tom Fielder, Political Editor of the Miami Herald, described Jack's"Peace Through Strength" and "Running for America" congressional campaign during the Reagan Revolution and National Defense build-up as - "the most sophisticated, high-tech campaign challenge mounted in South Florida history."

In 1995, he was nominated to the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as Strategic Planner and was attached to the US Military Academy, at West Point, as Deputy Director of Operations and Plans. His last active military assignment was as Deputy Chief of the Joint Military Commission for Task Force Eagle in Bosnia and he was selected for promotion to Colonel prior to retirement in 1997.

Accordingly, the Heritage Foundation has identified him as a public policy expert in International and Domestic Affairs. His most recent diplomatic missions were: in Kosovo - as Head of the Situation Center, for the Head of Mission, OSCE in UNMIK; in the Republic of Georgia as Operations Manager for the Military Reform Program and in Sudan and Kenya as Field Commander of the VMT patrols in Equatoria.

He is married to Jannetta Alexandra nee' Maljarowa, former Master of Sports and National Gymnastics Champion of the Soviet Union. Native to Alpine Austria - Kingston is fluent in German and Serbo-Croatian, speaks Russian, Spanish, and Polish, and studies Latin.