May 15, 2025

Al Alborn is a retired Regular Army Officer, Retired Fortune 200 Executive, entrepreneur, political and social activist, community volunteer, Conservationist, and writer.  After serving a twenty-two year career in the Army retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer 4, he successfully transitioned to the private sector.  Al has held senior positions with three Fortune 200 Companies: Engineering Project Leader with GE Aerospace (Fortune #1), Chief Engineer for Texas Instruments software Federal (Fortune 100), and Vice President/Division Manager/Senior Scientist for SAIC (Fortune 200).  Al left SAIC to start my own business, Al Alborn & Associates, in 2002.  He retired from the business world in 2006.

In retirement, Al pursued journalism.  He is a member of the Virginia Press Association and  an award winning freelance columnist.  Al is active in Prince William County Government, and have been a member of four budget committees as well as the 2008 and 2012 PWC Strategic Planning Teams.  He graduated of the Leadership Prince William Program and the Prince William County Police Department Citizens Police Academy.  Al completed a Bachelors of Science, Computer Science from American Technological University and a Masters of Science, Systems Management from the University of Southern California.  He  spend his free time fly-fishing in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, working with Wounded Warriors, and advocating for outdoor conservation issues. You will find more information about Al Alborn on his website alborn.net and linkedin/Al Alborn.

Stephen Kent is a writer, media commentator, and public relations specialist at the Consumer Choice Center. He’s appeared on Fox News, Fox Business, WUSA 9, and guest hosts for NewsNation's show, "Rising". His work has been featured in outlets like the Washington Examiner, USA Today, and Reason Magazine. He formerly hosted "Right Now with Stephen Kent" on Al Jazeera’s Rightly network and is the author of How The Force Can Fix The World by Hachette Publishing and writes about philosophy and pop culture for GeekyStoics.com.

Hello, I’m Uriah Kiser, an entrepreneurial journalist who worked in television and newspapers and later found a love for reporting on the web. I launched PotomacLocal.com in 2010 to cover my hometown.

We’ve since expanded and now reach nearly 150,000 readers each month through our digital platforms. We focus on local, community, can’t-get-it-anywhere-else news, information, and events. Ripe for local advertisers, we provide small businesses in our community a cost-effective, targeted advertising and marketing option for reaching a locally engaged audience.

I’ve served as a founding member, and on the Board of Directors for the national local news nonprofit LION Publishers, working to help other local independent online news publishers and entrepreneurial journalists across the U.S. and internationally find sustainable business models to ensure the future of local news.

I am also privileged to serve on the Volunteer Prince William Board of Directors, a dedicated group of people who help connect hundreds of selfless volunteers to the people who need them most in Prince William County, Virginia.

Here are some other accomplishments that make me proud:

• I married my wonderful wife in 2011 who gave me a beautiful baby girl in February 2020.

• 20 years of local journalism experience.

• Won Virginia Press Association’s 2012 1st place Government Reporting Award.

• PotomacLocal.com was named Virginia’s #1 online-only news website, as judged by its peers at the Virginia Press Association.

• Wrote for NBC 4 Washington, NBCWashington.com.

• Covered breaking news, transit issues, police, fire, and rescue at News & Messenger newspaper and its companion website Insidenova.com in Prince William County, Va.

• Covered the execution of “D.C. Sniper” John Allen Mohammed.

• Wrote, reported and produced for Mills TV, recipient of a Telly Award for outstanding feature reporting.

• Reported for News Channel 8 in Washington for 68/98 Student Stories series and worked at WVVA-TV in Bluefield, W.Va. as a studio technician.

Dr. Maurine Kwende, is a learning and leadership connoisseur, an executive leadership coach, speaker, trainer, consultant, educator, author, and podcast host. She is the CEO and Founder of EMK Learning Solutions which provides executive leadership coaching, leadership development, leadership cohort programs, leadership programs design, training and instructional design. EMK Learning Solutions’ signature Workforce Leadership Academy equips leaders with the skills to become leaders people want to work for. She is also a certified DISC Consultant and a FACET 5 Practitioner. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning Technologies Design Research and a Chief Talent Officer Executive Certification both from George Mason University. Her research interests include artificial intelligence, decision-making, user experience design and emerging technologies.

When Dr. Maurine is not architecting learning and leadership greatness, she empowers young girls and women in her community, to dream big, take action, and reach their full potential through her non-profit called Girls Can Dream Big 2. Be inspired by her podcast, research, videos, writing and newsletters online at https://maurinekwende.com https://emklearningsolutions.com

Bruce has been publisher of InsideNoVa and the weekly InsideNoVa/Prince William newspaper since it was founded in 2013. He previously was publisher of the Potomac News and Manassas Journal Messenger (later combined into the News & Messenger). He has worked as a reporter, editor, corporate executive and publisher in Virginia journalism since graduating from Washington & Lee University in 1985.

As publisher, Bruce oversees all editorial and business operations of InsideNoVa, including marketing and sales. He also serves as chief operating officer of InsideNoVa's parent company, Rappahannock Media LLC.