John Wood Jr.

• Founder & President

John Randolph Wood Jr. is a former nominee for congress, former vice-chairman of the Los Angeles GOP, opinion writer for USA Today, radio show host for KBLA 1580 in Los Angeles, former national ambassador for Braver Angels (America's largest grassroots, cross-partisan organization dedicated to political depolarization), and founder and president of The OmniAmerican Society: a media enterprise dedicated to transcending the culture wars by re-weaving the American identity. An advisor and contributor to multiple scholarly and civic initiatives, and a recognized authority on race relations and philosophical nonviolence in the tradition of Martin Luther King, Wood is a widely acclaimed speaker, public intellectual and civic activist who is considered a leading figure in the movement to bridge the divide. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children..