Paul Goldenberg

President and CEO @Cardinal Point Strategies

Following a series of highly publicized incidents of domestic terrorism and hate crimes, the NJ State Attorney General appointed Mr. Goldenberg as the first state Chief of the Office of Bias Crimes and Community Relations.In 2004, Mr. Goldenberg spearheaded an international law enforcement mission for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), during which he operated in over 10 European nations including Ukraine, Hungary, Kosovo and Croatia advising government and NGO agencies on topics such as community conflict and emergence of transnational extremism. In his work domestically and internationally, Mr. Goldenberg frequently operated out of hostile surroundings and carried out highly sensitive works. Mr. Goldenberg has testified before the U.S. Congress, Presidential Commissions, the British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, EU, Helsinki Commission, and appeared as an expert panelist and guest speaker at transnational security forums, both in the U.S. and abroad. He has been profiled, interviewed and has also contributed to leading shows and publications worldwide, including Newsweek, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Der Spiegel and, along with news programs and specials on the BBC, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. Mr. Goldenberg has received numerous tributes while working as a police officer in urban Essex County, New Jersey, and as recipient of South Florida’s most distinguished citation for valor, Officer of the Year. He was selected for his work after serving as one south Florida’s longest-term undercover agents then assigned to the South Florida Strike Force. His on the ground works ultimately led to over 150 arrests. In 1986 Mr. Goldenberg returned to New Jersey as part of the Organized Crime and Narcotic Task Force where he headed a major investigation targeting members of one of New Jersey’s most notorious crime families.