audio clip of Velshi saying, "...the mood of the country. It's not great...". This audio clip was taken from the August 30, 2017, edition of MSNBC's The 11th Hour (news program) when Velshi was a guest host. His full transcript was: "A new Fox News poll gives us an even closer look at the mood of the country. It's not great." Memberships and non-profit work Velshi is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, the New York Financial Writers Association, The Paley Center for Media, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Chicago History Museum, a member of the Board of Trustees of Seeds of Peace, and a member of the Grand Challenges Advisory Committee of the National Academy of Engineering. He is also on the Board of Trustees of the X Prize Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that designs and manages public competitions intended to encourage technological development that could benefit humanity. See also Broadcast journalism Gujarati people Indians in the New York City metropolitan region New Yorkers in journalism References External links Real Money with Ali Velshi Samantha Ettus interviews Ali Velshi Ali Velshi on Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG, November 17, 2014 1969 births Al Jazeera people Canadian expatriate journalists in the United States Canadian people of Indian descent Canadian Ismailis Canadian Muslims Canadian people of Gujarati descent Gujarati people People from Gujarat Kenyan people of Indian descent People from Nairobi Canadian television news anchors CNN people Living people Kenyan emigrants to Canada Kenyan people of Gujarati descent MSNBC people Journalists from Toronto Queen's University at Kingston alumni Khoja Ismailism