During the 1980s and 1990s , Leslie provided political counsel to presidential and statewide campaigns in the United States , Latin America , Asia and Africa . Leslie served as a communications crisis advisor to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in the immediate aftermath of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and to American Airlines following the attacks of September 11 , 2001 . Following the September 11 terrorist attacks , he testified before the House International Relations Committee on U.S. public diplomacy programs directed at the Muslim world . Leslie is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations , and served as a member of the group 's Task Force on Terrorism and Public Diplomacy . He is also a member of the CuriosityStream Advisory Board
1993 World Trade Center bombing
1993 World Trade Center bombing
Jack Leslie (public relations executive)