Dumisani Washington is the Founder and CEO of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI). He is also the former Diversity Outreach Coordinator for the over 10-million-member Christians United for Israel (CUFI), having served at CUFI nearly seven years. He is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and director of The Zion Academy of Music in Stockton. Dumisani is a pastor and author whose latest book is entitled Zionism & the Black Church: Why Standing with Israel will be a Defining Issue for Christians of Color in the 21st Century. He and his wife, Valerie, have been married 31 years and have six children ages 18 to 29.