George J. Marlin, Chairman of Aid to the Church in Need U.S.A., is a former Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. A contributing editor to TheCatholicThing.org, an online publication, he is the author/editor of twelve books including Christian Persecutions in the Middle East: a 21st Century Tragedy, The American Catholic Voter, and Fighting the Good Fight: A History of the New York Conservative Party.