The Grand Commander of the Ancient Gnostic Order of Knights of the Temple of Solomon resides in the Washington DC area of the United States and is a long time friend and Masonic Brother to Grand Master David de Paul. The Grand Commander of the AGOKT in America is the eminent Sir Knight Keith Schaffer. Grand Commander Schaffer has held a life long interest in both the Occult and the Esoteric Orders and has pledged himself to the utmost service of the Ancient Order of Knights of the Temple of Solomon. Grand Commander Schaffer also comes from German, Scottish and English Hereditary lineage and has spent much of his life work dedicated to the transmission of the Gnosis.

Grand Commander Schaffer has also been a life long member of the Secret Brotherhood. It is the contention of Grand Commander Schaffer that the Order of the Temple of Baphomet has been re-instituted based upon the actual beliefs and traditions of the Ancient Knights of the Temple. Prior to his acceptance of the honored title of Grand Commander he has served as Master of the Temple of the Secret Brotherhood for a number of years.

He is a Initiate of the Ancient Mysteries and Guardian of the Secret Brotherhood here in the United States. He is also Junior Warden of his Masonic Blue Lodge and actively on track for completing the qualifications to preside in the East for 2013. He is very active with the Masonic Lodge and Fraternity and has a number of years experience in Esoteric and Occult Ritual and in the research and practice of the Ancient Knights Templar. In October 2007 he was conferred and Knighted as Grand Commander of the Ancient Order of Knights of the Temple of Solomon and the Order of Baphometic Brotherhood by Grand Master de Paul in Ancient and Due form. Together with Grand Master de Paul, he was instrumental in the formation of the Baphomet Preceptory which has been duly instituted here in the United States of America.