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January Meeting - Thursday, Jan. 16
GUEST SPEAKER:
KENNETH STRANGE
"A Cop's Son: One G-Man's Fight Against Jihad, Global Fraud and the Cartels"

Kenneth Strange Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1955. A former FBI Special Agent with the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), DOJ Special Agent in Charge, former PI and current author, Ken came out in 2023 with an award-winning true crime memoir, A Cop’s Son: One G-Man’s Fight Against Jihad, Global Fraud, and the Cartels.

This true crime memoir has not only been hailed as ‘gripping’ and ‘compelling’ by Ray Kelly, former two-time NYC Police Commissioner, and Bill Bratton, former NYC Police Commissioner and LA Police Chief, but described as “required reading” by the former Assistant Inspector General of the CIA.

Strange served with three distinct and distinguished federal agencies (FBI, US Agency for International Development and the Department of Justice) during a highly decorated 21-year career.

Kenneth Strange has both an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona and a master’s in liberal studies from SUNY New York. He speaks Spanish and Basic Arabic.

Kenneth Strange has appeared on numerous cable TV channels and podcasts as a law enforcement Subject Matter Expert (SME). He has also been a contributing writer to The Hill and Daily Caller. Strange’s third book, Land of Sand, scheduled to debut in late 2025, is a coming of age love story set in the Middle East.

In his spare time, Ken enjoys hiking, reading and traveling. He is married to an RN, has twin adult children and lives in Ventura County, California. He recently became a grandfather for the second time.