Our Mission
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in an active campaign to sabotage America. Their goal is nothing less than world dominance.
The Chinese government in Beijing is carrying out a sophisticated plan designed to exert control over America’s economy, food supply, lawmaking, and education. One crucial element of the CCP’s blueprint for domination is to infiltrate the United States.
From buying up farmland to influencing legislative outcomes by directly lobbying lawmakers, the Chinese government will stop at nothing to exert control in the United States.
China’s threat is comprehensive. The CCP’s focus is not just Washington, D.C. – they desire influence at the state and local levels as well. Lawmakers must not allow foreign adversaries to take over local economies or write our laws.
The Protecting America Initiative is a coalition of concerned American citizens and public policy experts who are committed to stopping Chinese influence. Our mission is to stop the threat of Communist China. By protecting American independence now, we will safeguard our American future for generations to come.
Our Team
RICHARD GRENELL, Senior Advisor
Former Ambassador to Germany and Acting Director of National Intelligence in the Trump Administration
Richard Grenell is an American diplomat who most recently served as Acting Director of National Intelligence in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet. Grenell served as the United States Ambassador to Germany from 2018 to 2020 and as the Special Presidential Envoy for Serbia and Kosovo Peace Negotiations from 2019 to 2021. Grenell also ran the U.S government's global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality in the 69 countries where it is a crime to be gay. Grenell was named Acting Director of National Intelligence by President Trump in February 2020, officially making him the first openly gay person to serve in a President's Cabinet. On April 26, 2018, Grenell was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 56 to 42 as Ambassador to Germany and presented his credentials to the President of Germany on May 8, 2018. Grenell was a U.S. State Department spokesperson at the United Nations for 8 years during the George W. Bush administration and was a voting member of the United Nations Security Council. Grenell also was the foreign policy and national security spokesman for the 2012 GOP Presidential nominee. Grenell has been placed on the Iranian government's sanctions list for his work in promoting human rights, something they call "promoting homosexuality". Grenell received the U.S. National Security Medal, the nation's highest security award, as well as the nation's highest Medal of Honor from Kosovo and from Serbia. Grenell is the co-creator of an Artificial Intelligence technology for chronic patients which was formed from his 2013 diagnosis of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Grenell has a B.A. from Evangel College and an M.P.A. from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
CHAD WOLF, Senior Advisor
Former Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
Chad F. Wolf is President and Founder of Wolf Global Advisors (WGA) and Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI). As President of WGA, Wolf advises on geopolitical issues facing business leaders, growth trends, and market forecasts. Wolf provides strategic communications advice and works alongside government capture teams with key insights and unique perspectives.
At AFPI, Wolf is responsible for the day-to-day management and strategic direction of the institute with a focus on setting policy goals and research priorities, specifically on national and homeland security issues. Wolf ensures AFPI’s resources, talent, and strategy are marshaled to advance the America First movement.
Wolf has over 25 years of government and public policy experience, having served in two presidential administrations, on Capitol Hill, and in the private sector. Wolf was a founding member of the Transportation Security Administration in 2002 and helped stand up the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) beginning in 2003. From 2017- 2021, Wolf served in numerous executive positions at DHS, including serving as the Acting Secretary from 2019-2021. During his time at DHS, Wolf successfully navigated global and domestic challenges to the nation’s security, including COVID-19, civil unrest, cybersecurity threats, border and immigration crises, historic natural disasters, and threats to global aviation security.
Wolf is a former Visiting Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, currently a Member of the Texas Public Policy Foundation Border Security Coalition, and an advisor to a start-up that combats human trafficking. Wolf writes and speaks extensively on national and cable news outlets on national security, border security, immigration, Chinese influence, and counterterrorism issues. He has received the U.S. Secretary of Transportation 9/11 Medal, the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal, and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal.