Francis Gary Powers
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Francis Gary Powers

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Born June 5, 1965, Gary is the author of Enemy Territory (2022), Spy Pilot (2019), Letters from a Soviet Prison (2017), Berlin Airlift (2024), Cold War Virginia (2024), and Protecting America: Cold War Defensive Sites (2024). He is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Cold War Museum located at Vint Hill, VA and was the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Cold War Theme Study which assisted the National Park Service to identify historic Cold War sites for preservation. Gary was not only the President and CEO for the Vienna Regional Chamber of Commerce between 2000-2005 but was instrumental in the creation of the Tysons Chamber of Commerce during that time period. In 2015, he consulted for a Steven Spielberg thriller, Bridge of Spies, about the 1962 spy exchange between KGB spy Rudolph Abel and CIA U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, Sr. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy and Master's Degrees in Public Administration and U.S. History. Gary lectures internationally, appears regularly on C-SPAN, the History and Discovery channels. He is married with one son.
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