Akram R. Elias, 33°, is very active in the Grand Lodge of Free And Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia and the Scottish Rite Valley of Washington, DC.  He is recipient of the Valentine Reintzel Medal for outstanding service to Freemasonry awarded by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia.  In addition, Mr. Elias is a member of the various York Bodies of Freemasonry, the Ancient Arabic Order of the Noble Mystic Shrine, and The Royal Order of Scotland.

Mr. Elias, who is a naturalized citizen of the United States of Lebanese origin, has authored numerous articles on Freemasonry and is world speaker on the topic of “Freemasonry and the American Great Experiment”.  He is the winner of 3 Telly Awards for having written the treatment for and co-produced the documentary entitled Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington with Academy Award Winner Richard Dreyfuss in 2001.