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Cella Irvine became president and CEO of The About Group in July 2008 and has over 25 years of digital industry experience. Before joining The About Group, Ms. Irvine was the chief administrative officer of Digitas Inc., where she was responsible for operational, administrative and governance functions. Before Digitas Inc., she was global head of strategic planning and then chief operations officer for a business unit of Marsh, Inc. Ms. Irvine was also general manager of New York Sidewalk for Microsoft Corporation from 1996 to 2001, where she built, launched and scaled the business that became the 25th most heavily trafficked Internet site. Additionally, she has previously held various management roles at Hearst New Media & Technology and Prodigy. Early in her career she worked in educational and entertainment software. Ms. Irvine holds a B.A. from Cornell and an M.B.A. from Harvard. She lives in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan with her husband, daughter and son.

Janet L. Robinson became president and chief executive officer of The New York Times Company on December 27, 2004. As C.E.O., Ms. Robinson has primary responsibility for overseeing and coordinating all of the Company's operations and business units and for working closely with the chairman to chart the future direction of the Company. Previously, she had served as chief operating officer and executive vice president since February 2004. From February 2001 until January 2004, she served as senior vice president, newspaper operations for The New York Times Company. In this role, she led the operations of all of the Company's newspaper properties, which include The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune and the regional newspapers. She also held the position of president and general manager of The New York Times newspaper from 1996 until 2004. Ms. Robinson was elected a director of the Company in December 2004. During her tenure, Ms. Robinson has directed the acceleration of advertising and circulation revenue growth at all properties and the improvement in profit margins through expense controls, operating efficiencies and pricing initiatives. She has overseen the completion of The Times's conversion to color and section expansion, the creation and implementation of the national expansion of the newspaper and the transition from an era of print journalism to one in which The New York Times Company distributes news and information in an increasing array of new mediums. Prior to joining the newspaper, Ms. Robinson served as group senior vice president for the advertising sales and marketing unit of The New York Times Company Women's Magazine Group (which has since been sold) from January 1992, and vice president of the group since September 1990. From June 1983 until August 1990, she held several sales management positions with Golf Digest and Tennis Magazine that were formerly owned by The New York Times Company. Before joining the Times Company in June 1983, Ms. Robinson was a public school teacher in Newport, Rhode Island, and Somerset, Massachusetts. Ms. Robinson received a B.A. degree in English from Salve Regina College, Newport, RI, where she graduated cum laude in 1972. She was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Business Administration degree from Salve Regina University in May 1998. In 1996, she completed the Executive Education Program at Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H. Ms. Robinson is vice chair of the board of the Liberty Science Center and serves on the boards of the Newspaper Association of America and the Presidential Board of Trustees of Salve Regina University. She serves on the board of New England Sports Ventures, and in 2008, she joined the advisory board for New York Women in Communications (NYWICI). Ms. Robinson is also a member of the Leadership Committee for The Lincoln Center Consolidated Corporate Fund and a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, where she is chairman of the planning and finance committee and a member of the investment committee.

Scott Heekin-Canedy was named president and general manager of The New York Times in February 2004. He is responsible for all of the business operations of the Times newspaper, including advertising, circulation, marketing, production, systems, human resources, finance, strategic planning, labor relations and New York Times News Services. Previously, he served as The Times's senior vice president of circulation since 1999, after having served as vice president, strategic planning since 1997, and as group director since 1994. Before that, Mr. Heekin-Canedy served first as project manager and then as project director in strategic planning since 1993. Mr. Heekin-Canedy left The Times in 1989 to hold positions as circulation accounting manager and financial planning manager at the Los Angeles Times, but returned in 1992 as an assistant manager in the financial planning department. Before leaving, he had been a circulation systems support manager since January 1989. He joined The New York Times in August 1987 as a circulation market planning analyst. Previously Mr. Heekin-Canedy held financial and corporate planning positions at Dow Jones and Doubleday. Mr. Heekin-Canedy received a B.A. degree in political science from Williams College in 1974, a doctor of laws degree from Northeastern University School of Law in 1979, and an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from Columbia University in 1985.

James M. Follo became senior vice president and chief financial officer for The New York Times Company in January 2007. Before joining the Times Company, Mr. Follo served as chief financial and administrative officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. from 2001 to 2006, and as senior vice president, finance and controller from 1998 to 2001. From 1994 to 1998, he was with General Media International, Inc., a diversified publishing company, first as vice president, finance and operations, and later becoming executive vice president, CFO and treasurer. Before that Mr. Follo was with Grant Thornton, an independent public accounting firm, from 1984 to 1994, leaving as a senior audit manager. Mr. Follo received a B.S. in accounting from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 1981. He is a certified public account and a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a member of the Board of Directors of HSN, Inc.

Joseph Seibert joined The New York Times Company as chief information officer in October 2008. Previously, Mr. Seibert served as chief operating officer of Marc Ecko Enterprises, a global apparel company, from 2006 to 2008. Previously, he was chief operating officer of Home Décor Products from 2005 to 2006, and served as chief information officer of GSI Commerce from 2003 to 2005. Before that, he held various positions at CBS and Viacom from 1993 to 2002, leaving Viacom as chief information officer with global responsibility for more than 1,200 information technology professionals. He received a B.A. degree in business administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1984.

Catherine J. Mathis was named senior vice president of corporate communications for The New York Times Company in December 2007. Previously, Ms. Mathis served as vice president, corporate communications since April 2000. Ms. Mathis' responsibilities include investor relations, media relations, public relations, crisis communications, corporate speechwriting, employee communications and the Company's Internet and Intranet sites. She is a member of the Company's senior management team and serves on its Disclosure Committee. Ms. Mathis joined the Company in February 1997 as director of investor relations. In December 1997, the Association for Investment Management and Research awarded The New York Times Company the "Most Improved Investor Relations Program" designation in the publishing industry. In 2002 The New York Times received an honorable mention for "Best Senior Management Communications" from Investor Relations Magazine, based on an independent in-depth survey of portfolio managers and buy-side and sell-side analysts. Also in 2002 the YWCA of New York City selected Ms. Mathis as one of its Women Achievers. In 2006 Ms. Mathis was named Communicator of the Year by the New York chapter of International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). The award is the chapter's highest award, recognizing integrity and excellence in everyday communications or in response to specific crises or challenges. From 1992 until 1997, Ms. Mathis was vice president of corporate relations at the Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. where she was responsible for investor relations, media relations, public relations, employee communications and event planning. Previously she held various management positions at International Paper Company. Ms. Mathis graduated with a B.S. degree in business administration and an M.B.A. degree in marketing and management information systems from the University of Minnesota. Ms. Mathis serves on the Board of the National Investor Relations Institute. Previously, she served on the Board of NIRI's New York Chapter from 1995 until 2004 and is a past president. She is a member of the Investor Relations Association, The Wisemen, the Arthur W. Page Society and the Public Relations Society of America. She recently served as a trustee of the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms.

David Norton was named senior vice president, human resources for The New York Times Company in February 2006. Mr. Norton is responsible for all human resources functions of the Company, including compensation and benefits, diversity programs, performance management, staff development and succession planning. Previously, Mr. Norton, served as executive vice president, worldwide human resources at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., which he joined in 2000. From 1990 until 2000, he held various positions with PepsiCo, Inc., including senior vice president, human resources for Frito-Lay North America from 1997 to 2000, and senior vice president, human resources, Pepsi Food Systems, from 1995 to 1996. He began his career in 1977 at The Quaker Oats Company. Mr. Norton received a B.A. degree from Michigan State University in 1977 and completed the Advanced Management Program at Northwestern University in 1993.

James Lessersohn became senior vice president, corporate development for The New York Times Company in January 2007. Previously, Mr. Lessersohn served as vice president, finance and corporate development of the Times Company since November 2001. He served as vice president and treasurer since September 1999 and as vice president of corporate planning since February 1997. Before that, he served in a number of positions at the Company including: managing director, strategic planning, 1994 to 1997; director of corporate planning, 1991 to 1994; manager of corporate planning, 1989 to 1991, and project manager, strategic planning, 1987 to 1989. Before joining the Company, Mr. Lessersohn was the corporate planning manager for Affiliated Publications, The Boston Globe's parent company, from 1984 to 1987 and he had been manager of market research services at The Globe since 1982. Before that, he was a planning analyst and planning projects manager at The New York Daily News from 1979 to 1982. Mr. Lessersohn began his newspaper career in 1978 as an intern in marketing research at The Boston Globe. Mr. Lessersohn received a B.A. degree in government from Harvard College in 1977 and an M.B.A. degree from the Harvard Business School in 1979.

Desiree Dancy was named vice president, diversity and inclusion for The New York Times Company in October 2006. In this position, Ms. Dancy is responsible for developing, recommending and leading the implementation of diversity and inclusion program initiatives. Before joining the Times Company, Ms. Dancy spent 12 years in corporate diversity with major investment banks in New York, including Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs. She is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and sits on the Executive Committee of the American Advertising Federation’s Mosaic Council. She is also a member of the Newspaper Association of America’s Media Diversity Networking Group. Ms. Dancy received a B.A. degree from Audrey Cohen College in 1994 and a M.S. degree from The New School University in 1998.

Jennifer C. Dolan was named vice president, forest products, in February 2002 and has overall responsibility for managing the Company's paper purchasing activities and equity investment in two paper mills. Previously she served as executive director of the Forest Products Group since May 2000 and was acting director of the Group since 1999. She served as the director of finance since 1996 and was the group controller from 1989 through 1995. Ms. Dolan served in a variety of other financial management positions since joining the Company in 1979 as the controller of Times Books. Prior to that, she was a senior accounting analyst at Union Pacific Corporation from 1976 to 1979, and a senior accountant at Price Waterhouse from 1970 to 1976. Ms. Dolan received a B.B.A. degree in accounting, graduating cum laude, from the University of Miami in 1968 and an M.B.A. degree in finance from New York University in 1970. She is a certified public accountant.

Kenneth A. Richieri became general counsel of The New York Times Company in January 2006. Mr. Richieri was promoted to senior vice president in December 2007. Mr. Richieri served as deputy general counsel from 2001 until 2005, and was promoted to vice president in December 2002. He served as assistant general counsel for The New York Times Company since January 1993, handling electronic publishing, intellectual property and business issues. Previously, he was senior counsel since January 1989. He joined The New York Times Company in January 1983 as legal counsel. Before joining the Times Company, Mr. Richieri was an associate at Cahill Gordon & Reindel from October 1976 through December 1982. Born in Jersey City, N.J., Mr. Richieri received an A.B. degree in political science from Brown University in 1973 and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School, graduating cum laude, in 1976. He is married, has three children and lives in New York City.

Laurena Emhoff was named vice president, treasurer of The New York Times Company in March 2008. Previously, Ms. Emhoff served as assistant treasurer since July 2005. Before that she had been director-treasury of the Times Company since 2001. From 1999 until 2001, Ms. Emhoff was a consultant and principal consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Before that, she served in a number of treasury department positions at the Times Company since joining in 1992. Prior to that, Ms. Emhoff worked at JP Morgan & Company from 1991 to 1992. Ms. Emhoff received a B.S. degree in finance from New York University in 1991 and an executive M.B.A. degree from New York University in 1997.

Michael Zimbalist joined The New York Times Company as vice president, research & development operations of in January 2006. Mr. Zimbalist leads the development and management of the Company's newly formed R&D group. He clarifies and sets the group's vision to build a vibrant, long-term innovation capability for the Company. He also oversees mobile technology initiatives for the Company. Before joining the Company, Mr. Zimbalist headed the Online Publishers Associations. He joined the OPA in 2001 as acting executive director and advanced to executive director and then president in 2004. Previously he was executive vice president of marketing and business development at ePod Corporation from 1999 until 2001. From 1997 until 1999 he was a general manager of online services at United Media, and from 1995 until 1997 he was a director of development and production and creative director for the Multimedia Group at Capital Cities / ABC. From 1993 until 1995 he was a senior producer at AT&T Downtown Digital, and from 1990 until 1993 he was a writer/producer at Walt Disney Imagineering. Before that, he was a freelance writer and producer since 1982. Mr. Zimbalist received a B.A. degree in chemistry and philosophy from Brown University in 1979.

Susan J. DeLuca became vice president, organization capability for The New York Times Company in January 2007. In this position Ms. DeLuca leads the Times Company's organization capability practice, which includes performance management, employee development planning, career planning and talent management, as well as management and leadership development, training and selection. Most recently, Ms. DeLuca was vice president of human resources for The New York Times Company Regional Media Group, leading performance management, succession planning, multi-media sales training and leadership development for the Group's 15 newspapers and related properties. She joined the Company in 2001 as the director of organization development in the corporate human resources group. Ms. DeLuca has worked for five Fortune 500 companies, managed a start-up company and worked as a consultant within a variety of industries. Susan has worked in both line and staff positions throughout her career. She began her business experience as a high volume equipment representative at Xerox and a medical representative at Pfizer. At Avon Products she managed a multi-million dollar sales division and was promoted to a corporate role as world manager of sales training. She subsequently joined Development Dimensions International (DDI) as a senior consultant, where she managed projects specializing in leadership development, culture change, and team-based organization design. Ms. DeLuca held key leadership and organizational development roles at Glaxo Wellcome where she managed the Glaxo Business School and directed Executive Education. At SmithKline Beecham she was the director of human resource and organization development for consumer healthcare, North America. Ms. DeLuca received her B.S. from Bowling Green State University and her M.Ed. from Wright State University.

Vincenzo DiMaggio was named vice president and assistant controller for The New York Times Company in April 2008. Previously, Mr. DiMaggio had been vice president, corporate accounting and reporting, since 2006. He has held the positions of executive director, director, manager and supervisor in the corporate controller’s department. Before joining the Company in 1999, Mr. DiMaggio was a senior accountant with the audit firm BDO Seidman, LLP from 1996 to 1999. He received a B.S. degree in accounting from St. John’s University in 1996, where he graduated cum laude. He is a certified public accountant.

Mr. Golden was appointed vice chairman of The New York Times Company in October 1997. He was also elected to the Company’s Board of Directors in 1997. In March 2009, Mr. Golden added to his portfolio the responsibilities of president and chief operating officer for The New York Times Regional Media Group. Mr. Golden served as publisher of the International Herald Tribune from November 2003 to January 2008. From 1997 to 2003, Mr. Golden served as chief administrative officer for the Company, and before his appointment as publisher of the Tribune, Mr. Golden served on the newspaper’s Board of Directors from 1997 to 2002. Previously, Mr. Golden served as the Company’s vice president for operations development from January 1996 to 1997. He was executive vice president and publisher at the Company’s Tennis magazine from October 1994 to January 1996. Before that, he served as executive vice president and general manager of the Company’s Women’s Publishing Division from September 1991 to October 1994. The Times Company sold its Women’s Publishing Division in 1994. Mr. Golden earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in 1971 and a master’s degree in education in 1974 from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Penn. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1977 and an M.B.A. in 1984 from Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., where he achieved membership to the national honorary business fraternity.

Tony Benten became senior vice president, finance and corporate controller of The New York Times Company in April 2008. Previously, Mr. Benten was vice president and corporate controller since January 2007. Before that he served as vice president and treasurer of the Times Company since November 2003, after becoming treasurer of the Company in November 2001. He served as assistant treasurer since September 1997 and as director of treasury since January 1997. Before that, he held various positions at the Company including: manager of finance and pension investment, 1993 to 1996; supervisor of financial analysis and pensions, treasury department, 1992 to 1993; senior financial analyst, Forest Products Group, 1991 to 1992, and financial analyst, treasury department, 1989 to 1991. Before joining the Company, Mr. Benten was an accountant at Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1987 to 1989. Mr. Benten received a B.S. degree in finance from Louisiana State University in 1985 and earned an M.B.A. degree from Rice University in 1987, with concentrations in accounting and finance.

Adam Weissman is a collective member of the Activism Center at Wetlands Preserve, a volunteer-run activist organization working to build alliances between movements for human, earth, and animal liberation, while actively campaigning in each of these areas. Current projects include Freegan.info, which works to expose waste, over-consumption, and destructive realities behind consumer goods; Greening the Comics Industry, an effort to shift the comic book industry to the use of recycled paper, Ducksave, a city-wide coalition of animal rights groups working to ban the cruel delicacy, foie gras; and the NYC Peoples Referendum on Free Trade, a diverse alliance of interest groups opposed to free trade agreements that jeopardize animal, labor, and environmental protections.Previously, Adam founded four campus animal and environmental advocacy organizations; launched a regional network of student animal advocacy groups; served on the National Council of the War Resisters League; founded and served as president of the League of Humane Voters of New York City; worked as a paid organizer for environmental groups Rainforest Action Network, ForestEthics, and the Wetlands Environmental and Social Justice Activism Center; and served on the steering committee of the Global Sweatshop Coalition, a city-wide alliance of labor solidarity organizations. His writings have been published in journals including Satya, Earth First! Journal, No Compromise, How On Earth! , Freedom Voice , and Animals Voice. He is frequently interviewed by local, national, and international media outlets, including Fox News Channel, Inside Edition, Fox News Radio, The New York Times, Associated Press TV, Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio, and ABC World News Now.

Amanda Hawn is Program Manager to The Ecosystem Marketplace as of January 1, 2006. She studied ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University with Steve Pacala and completed graduate work in the same through a Princeton fellowship at the University of Cape Town 's Percy FitzPatrick Institute with Morne du Plessis. She has lived and studied in South Africa, Botswana, Tanzania, the Netherlands Antilles and the United States and has held jobs photographing chimpanzees, teaching math and science to first year university students and researching the population dynamics of coral reef fish. Prior to joining the Ecosystem Marketplace, she worked as a science writer, authoring articles about conservation, development and ecology for a variety of publications. Her work has appeared in a number of publications, including The Economist, The New York Times, Conservation in Practice and, The Ecosystem Marketplace.

Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now! , a national, daily, independent news program that airs on more than 420 public radio and TV stations in North America, as well as on Dish Network and DirecTV and the Internet. Goodman is an investigative journalist who has reported most recently from Doha and London. She has also reported from East Timor, Nigeria, Mexico, Haiti and Cuba. Goodman is the co-author with her brother, journalist David Goodman, of the New York Times best seller, The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that Love Them.

Professor Hill began her law career as an Associate with the Washington, D.C., firm of Wald, Harkrader & Ross. She has worked as special counsel to the assistant secretary of the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and served as advisor to the chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Professor Hill is the author of numerous articles on international commercial law, bankruptcy, and civil rights, all areas in which she has taught. She presents on commercial law as well as race and gender equality, and her commentary is regularly published in Newsweek, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe. She has served on numerous boards of directors for nonprofit organizations and is the author of Speaking Truth to Power, which chronicles her experience as a witness in the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Dr. Hill is Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women's Studies at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management.

Anthony apologizes for the following litany of resume-speak. For his work as Cofounder/Publisher of the online magazine Crisp, Anthony was commended as one of the Top 7 Web Publishers in the World by Virtual City magazine (a Newsweek publication) and featured in the book, International Who's Who in Information Technology. Anthony and Paul's groundbreaking book, Online Markets for Writers: How and Where to Get Published Online and Paid for It, was first published by Henry Holt & Company, and blurbed by chairperson of the National Writers Union Journalism Division, Cate T. Corcoran, as "The best market guide for writers I've ever seen, with juicy details about pay rates, contracts, and the inside workings of Net media companies that can take professional writers years to learn." The latest edition is out - click for reader reviews, a free excerpt and information about its $250 Paid & Published Guarantee . In 1997, Anthony wrote WRITER'S MARKET's very first chapter about writing for online markets for its 1998 edition, and he's gone on to give expert writing advice and resources to hundreds of thousands of its readers through WRITER'S MARKET's 1999, 2000, and 2002-2007 editions. He's also helped writers through other publications, including The Writer magazine, Details and The Boston Globe. As a guest instructor, Anthony's taught both suburban and inner-city student writers at high school, college and graduate programs. He cofounded the Student Publishing Program, which was selected as one of the top high school writing programs in the country by Web del Sol, the largest nonprofit publisher of periodical contemporary literature in the United States. Web del Sol's Words Work Network (http://www.wow-schools.net/) has only given this distinction to 11 other high school writing programs. As a guest speaker, he's taught adult writers at many of the nation's largest writer conferences, including those of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the National Writers Union, and the National Conference of Editorial Writers. Anthony also teaches and advocates for writers on radio shows such as "Connections" on National Public Radio affiliates, and television news shows such as "Money Talks," on ABC in New York and its affiliates worldwide, where he represented the side of writers against the New York Times Company in its Supreme Court case debating electronic rights, and then, after writers won the case, he again represented the side of writers in creating a solution to remedy damage the defendants had done to the livelihood of writers. Anthony's almost done with his bio. He cofounded the Presidential Youth Debates with calls to Clinton and Dole in 1996, produced it again in 2000 with Bush and Gore, and then, with herculean help from Martha Sager, again in 2004 with Bush, Kerry and Nader, and principal sponsorship from New Voters Project. Click here to view The New Voters Project Presidential Youth Debate.

Audrey Hall is a professional photographer based in Livingston, Montana. She is widely published with pictures having appeared in many publications including The New York Times, Architectural Digest, and the Big Sky Journal. Most recently, her series of images for the documentary "Frontier House" were described as breathtaking by PBS television in New York and Wall to Wall Television in London. A Rotary Scholar, Hall has a degree in architecture from Montana State University and studied photography at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland. She was recently awarded the Canon Emerging Professionals Scholarship and is recognized as a photographer of national merit.

Bernadette Budde is regarded by many as the dean of Congressional campaign watchers. She is that rarest of political entities: an astute observer, possessed of unblemished integrity, who has maintained a finger on the pulse of the Congressional continuum for a remarkable 15 consecutive election cycles. Thousands of Congressional candidates have passed through Bernadette's office seeking entree to the American business community. For many, it is the first stop on the campaign trail. Why? Business and industry provide an average of $50-80 for every campaign dollar BIPAC contributes - and Bernadette Budde's incisive political analysis drives that first business dollar and virtually all that follow. In more than 30 years at BIPAC, Bernadette's sometimes unpopular, but historically accurate, advice has earned her the apt reputation among candidates as "steel covered in pearls and silk." Among business leaders, media heavyweights and her political peers, her legendary command of campaign and candidate numbers and nuance have earned her the role of trusted "source" and frequent counsel. Bernadette guides the development of all BIPAC's respected political analysis programs, and she initiated "Forward Thinking" and "Thinking Anew," among many firsts on business' road to contemporary political effectiveness. Her voice often leads the organization's conferences and briefings. It is heard frequently in the popular press as well -- whether on ABC News NIGHTLINE challenging the trial bar's political aspirations and the separation of powers, in The New York Times, The Washington Post, or "Business Week" magazine on the sum and substance of candidates and campaigns, or as a power panelist on national radio and television, providing keen commentary on the political contour de jour. Bernadette joined BIPAC as a research analyst in 1970, and was promoted to Director of Political Education in 1974. Ten years later, she became Vice President of Political Education, and was elevated to Senior Vice President in 1993. She is a native of Wisconsin, and holds degrees from Marquette University (from which she graduated Magna Cum Laude) and the University of Maryland. Bernadette can be reached at 202-833-1880 or via e-mail at budde@bipac.org budde@bipac.org .

Bruce Hurwitz, Vice President, joined JHP in 2003 having served as Director of Development at Aging in America, Inc. a Bronx-based geriatric facility. At AIA he created the first full-service Development Department, ultimately tripling annual revenue and garnishing unprecedented media coverage for the agency. His marketing efforts at AIA, in conjunction with Time-Warner, were the focus of a feature in The NonProfit Times. He was the host and producer of AIA's award-winning live half-hour call-in program on Bronxnet Television, Aging Well, interviewing New York political leadership, decision makers, authors, and practitioners in geriatrics and senior services. He has close to two decades experience in the non-profit sectors in Canada, Israel, and the United States focusing on administration, strategic planning, annual campaigns, planned giving, marketing and public relations. Bruce, an honors graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he earned his doctoral degree, is the author of over 80 publications ranging in topics from international law and the Middle East, to fundraising and non-profit management. His academic publications have been quoted in research conducted at the Graduate Institute of International Studies at the University of Geneva, the United States Air Force Academy Institute for National Security Studies, and the University of Malaya, on topics ranging from Middle East peace, to biosafety, to national defense. A Contributing Writer for the New York Nonprofit Press, his most recent contributions have appeared in Fast Company and Inc. magazines. The Bronx Advisory Board of VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired named him recipient of their 2003 Community Service Award. Most recently, he has been invited to speak on a wide range of topics including working with executive recruiters; hiring and retaining top professionals; non-profit compensation; and the hiring process.

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Since coming to MagnaCare in April of 2000, Craig has directed MagnaCare's Law Department and also served as MagnaCare's Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer. A 1988 graduate of New York Law School, where he received the American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Medicine, Craig has held senior level management positions at Olsten Health Services, where he was Senior Counsel for Managed Care, American Medical and Life Insurance Company, where he served as Director and Vice President, General Counsel and NextStage Healthcare Management, Inc./MDNY Healthcare, Inc., where he was Vice President and General Counsel. Craig is frequently called upon to speak on managed healthcare legal issues and has published articles in various national publications, including The New York Times, New York Law Journal and American Heritage. Craig also serves as an American Health Lawyers Association arbitrator in national consumer and commercial healthcare disputes and as Counsel To The Settlement Administrator in several nationwide healthcare antitrust class action lawsuits.

Dan Michalski is a seasoned journalist who has written for The New York Times, Texas Monthly, Newsweek, Men's Health, The Dallas Morning News, and the Dallas Observer. He has reported on air-quality issues and has extensive experience covering technological, as well as legal, matters. Mr. Michalski's extensive knowledge of the industry, in concert with his keen understanding of the media, makes him an invaluable resource for developing a positive public image for your company. His ability to provide effective damage control in light of any negative press assures that your company will be equipped to withstand and manage any adverse publicity, avoiding any significant consequences. His main objective is to prepare our clients for the unexpected.

David Burnham began his investigative career as a reporter for The New York Times. He has written extensively on the criminal justice system, the Internal Revenue Service, government secrecy and privacy issues. His most recent book, Above the Law: Secret Deals, Political Fixes and Other Misadventures of the U.S. Department of Justice was published by Scribner in 1996. Burnham is now co-director of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a non-profit data-gathering, research and distribution organization associated with Syracuse University.

With nearly 20 years of experience in public relations and marketing communications, Eileen Leveckis' expertise is in shaping the technology story that goes well beyond the initial product launch to become both compelling and relevant in scope and dimension. Having worked with a wide variety of both established and emerging-tech clients in the security space, including Network Associates, Trend Micro, and Security Dynamics, Eileen excels at corporate and product branding, strategic communications, media and analyst relations, crisis communications, and corporate messaging and identity campaigns. Prior to Trainer, Eileen directed the technology practice for Grant Butler Coomber, serving clients including Global Market Insite and NetReflector, an online market research services and CRM company, where she steered the strategic direction for a global public relations practice that spanned most of Europe. Prior to GBC, Eileen consulted with Porter Novelli, Copithorne and Bellows, and Clarity Communications on accounts such as McAfee, HP, and Sprint. Eileen's consulting days were prefaced by a tenure as account supervisor at Weber Shandwick, where she helped to bring Lotus' Agenda information management software to life, as well as security, productivity software, and networking accounts. Eileen "cut her teeth" as a journalist for Systems Integration Magazine, where as news editor, she gained a solid understanding of products ranging from PC hardware and software to gateways, routers and networking devices. Appreciating the unique needs of emerging technology companies in such a competitive market, Eileen's broad technology experience across the security, storage, enterprise software, and semiconductor industries enables her to develop programs that are both strategic and results-driven, as evidenced by coverage in top-tiers such as The Wall St. Journal, the New York Times, BusinessWeek, and Fortune. Eileen is a graduate of Bates College with a B.A. in English. In her spare time, Eileen plays piano and is learning how to play guitar, which she considers to be an experience that is almost as humbling as being taught how to do a "layup" by one of her two sons. When she's not immersed in reading the latest technology publication cover-to-cover, Eileen also enjoys cycling, reading anything by David Sedaris, and wondering exactly what her cat really does all day.

Eric Hardy is the Director of Research for Longitudes Group, LLC, and manages the Longitudes research office in Stillwater, OK. Eric has conducted market analyses, site location studies, sales force productivity research and travel market studies for an impressive list of golf equipment brands, resort destinations and non-endemic companies interested in utilizing Golf as a marketing vehicle. As a professional geographer, Eric utilizes GIS (Geographic Information Systems) to analyze business and participation trends and spatially identify strengths and weaknesses in clients' business patterns at both macro and micro levels. He has maintained a close affiliation with Dr.'s Rooney and Tweedie for nearly fifteen years, applying geography to generate ideas, promote understanding, and provide solutions for business clients, both in and out of sports. Eric's prior experience includes employment with Golf Digest from 1992 to 2004, first as a New York Times Fellowship recipient while in graduate school, then as a Research Analyst and Database Manager for The Database of Golf in America. Focused primarily on the supply and demand of golf, his work has included data collection and management, learning multiple GIS and database software packages, helping clients develop their own databases from product registration data, evaluating and creating sales territories, drawing golfers to resorts, professional tournaments, and demo days, administering primary research surveys at numerous golf facilities and events, and analyzing potential sites for pro tournaments, courses, driving ranges, and off-course golf retailers.

Harrie is responsible for launching Subaru's first ever Asian segment pilot program. She also directs AdAsia's Shiseido, The New York Times and PNC Bank accounts. Harrie's outstanding international experience includes seven years at Leo Burnett Korea as an Account Supervisor for Kellogg's and Proctor & Gamble, where she introduced such brands as Special K and Vidal Sassoon to Korean market. Harrie completed marketing programs at Baruch College, CUNY and has been with AdAsia since 2001.

Jack Parsons is a photographer with over 20 years experience documenting the cultures and landscapes of the American Southwest. His book credits include True West (Clarkson Potter, Inc.), Native America (Clarkson Potter, Inc.), Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico (Rizzoli), Santa Fe Style (Rizzoli), as well as Straight from the Heart: Portraits of Traditional Hispanic Musicians, and Land and Cattle (both University of New Mexico Press). Additional books include Spanish New Mexico and The Chile Chronicles: Tales of a New Mexico Harvest (both Museum of New Mexico Press), and Low n Slow: Lowriding in New Mexico (Museum of New Mexico Press). Over the years, Parsons has built up a large library of stock photography with an emphasis on the American Southwest. Among his clients for stock and assignment photography are both national and international publications such as Elle, Forbes, German Geo, Actuel (France), Capital (Italy), The L.A. Times and The New York Times. Among his corporate clients are the Ford Foundation, Time-Warner, Warren Papers, and Phillip Morris, Inc. A Native of New York City, Parsons has B.A. and M.A. degrees in English literature from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He was trained in England as a filmmaker at the London School of Film Technique. As a cinematographer, his credits include the nationally acclaimed A Weave of Time, about a family of Navajo weavers, and The New Range Wars, an Audubon special on grazing issues in the American West. He has also shot, and in some cases produced, over a dozen films on Southwestern history and culture.

James H. Wendorf is Executive Director of the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), which seeks to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work, and life. He directs NCLD's efforts to provide essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities; to promote research and programs that foster effective learning; and to advocate for policies that protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities. NCLD's Get Ready to Read! initiative, a national campaign to screen four-year-olds for skills critical to success in reading, is the largest single program in this effort. For the past two decades, Mr. Wendorf has worked in the not-for-profit sector to build national and international partnerships supporting learning and literacy programs. Prior to joining NCLD in 1999, Mr. Wendorf served as Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Reading Is Fundamental, Inc., the nation's largest nonprofit children's literacy organization, based in Washington, DC. Mr. Wendorf serves on the National Institutes of Health Director's Council of Public Representatives, as well as the advisory board of the National Center on Educational Outcomes, National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities, the Home School Institute, and previously with a variety of civic and education organizations. He is frequently called upon by the news media to comment on policies and programs affecting individuals with learning disabilities; recent appearances include C-SPAN, the New York Times, the Associated Press, and the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media (Teachers College, Columbia University). Mr. Wendorf earned a B.A. degree from Yale College, and graduate degrees in English Language and Literature from the University of Cambridge and Cornell University.

James won several awardsa "investigative, business features, and photographya "before moving on to magazine publishing. In the early 1990s he launched a new publication for the automobile industry, then moved an existing corporate-identity journal from regional distribution to international circulation. It was at this time James began working on the Web, creating online versions of these publications. He switched to video and film work, where he produced a number of corporate videos before writing feature-length scripts and directing his own short films for festival competition. He couldna t completely ignore the call of journalism, however, so James became new media director for the Philanthropy News Network, which published nonprofit-focused news, features, and technology tutorials on the Web every business day. While at PNN he headed a team of writers and programmers, and also led seminars on how schools and colleges, community organizations, and other nonprofit groups can use technology to further their missions. Since then James has consulted for groups ranging from GlaxoSmithKline to the New Museum in New York, Elsevier Scientific Publications to the EPA. Hea s now a proud member of the mStoner team. Oh, and if you ever saw The Zimmermans, Chisel, Smack Rabbit, or JudyNude playing at your local punk bar, James was the bass player.

In November of that same year, Mr. Guarascio was offered the position of Crime Prevention Director for the Wilmington Housing Authority. The Authority is a Public Housing Agency consisting of nine tenant-based developments and fourteen-hundred Section 8 Apartments, housing over 4,000 families and 142 employees. In 2001, as the City of Wilmington suffered though a 17% crime increase, Mr. Guarascio effectively lowered violent crime 68 percent within his first six months, then maintained a 36 percent decrease in overall crime within the public housing areas. In addition, he consulted with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop crime prevention, neighborhood watch and domestic violence prevention programs. He has been a guest speaker at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington and Cape Fear Community College. As President and Chief of Police for Inter-Pol Special Police Services, Mr. Guarascio offers his knowledge and proven experience to commercial and residential property owners.

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Weinert came to Spectrum after 18 years at The Press of Atlantic City, where for his last eight years he was responsible for the newspaper's intensive coverage of the casino industry. His work has appeared in numerous gaming-related publications, he is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and he is regularly quoted in regional and national media.

Jude Deveraux is the author of thirty-one New York Times bestsellers, including Wild Orchids, Forever and Always, Forever..., The Mulberry Tree, The Summerhouse, Temptation, and A Knight in Shining Armor. She lives in North Carolina with her young son, Sam.

Kael has photographed the cultures, politics and conflicts in the Balkans and the Middle East from 1996-2003, during which she lived in Bulgaria, Kosova, Macedonia and Serbia. In 2003 and 2004, she worked in Iraq documenting the US-led invasion, the rise of Iraqi resistance, and the turmoil that followed the US occupation. Her work is included in a national touring exhibition based on a book titled: Unembedded: Four Independent Photojournalists on the War in Iraq. Currently based in New York and Atlanta, Alford has a master's degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism (where she met Jennifer) and has taught photojournalism at the American University of Bulgaria. She is represented by Panos Pictures in London, and her work has been published in Time, Newsweek, US News and World Report, The New York Times, Times (London), The Guardian, The San Francisco Chronicle, NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands), Vanity Fair, and others. After many years of photographing far ranging subjects, particularly violent conflict, she is glad to join Jennifer Loomis in 2005 with her life affirming work of pregnant women. Her portfolio will be posted soon.

Kasim Reed served as campaign manager for Mayor Shirley Franklin's first and second campaigns. Following her election in November 2001, Mayor Franklin selected Kasim Reed to serve as one of two Co-Chairs for the Shirley Franklin Transition Team. In this capacity, Kasim Reed chaired the search committee for selecting Mayor Franklin's cabinet-level staff, including the city of Atlanta's Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, City Attorney, Chief of Police and Commissioner of Public Works. Senator Reed's civic leadership and service has been nationally recognized in publications such as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Washington Post , The New York Times, Ebony and Black Enterprise. He was selected as one of Georgia Trend magazine's "40 under 40 Rising Stars" in 2001, as one of the Fulton County Daily Report 's "Lawyers on the Rise" and as one of "10 Outstanding Atlantans" in Outstanding Atlanta. Kasim Reed is a member of the Leadership Georgia Class of 2001 and is a Board Member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund.

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Dr. Mel Levine is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Medical School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Levine is also the founder of All Kinds of Minds, a non-profit institute for the understanding of differences in learning. In addition, he serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of this Institute with the financier Charles Schwab. Dr. Levine's major research and clinical interests are focused on learning processes and the specif-ic dysfunctions that impede the education of many children and adolescents. He advocates a non-labeling approach, one that pinpoints and manages students' specific breakdown points, strengths and affinities without stigmatizing or oversimplifying them. Dr. Levine was the Medical Director of the Brookline Early Education Project and the Principal Investigator in the Middle Childhood Project, a research program to elucidate problems with academic productivity among older elementary and junior high school students. He initiated and is currently collaborating in Schools Attuned, a national project designed to enhance the capacity of teachers to deal with children and adolescents having academic difficulties. He also has been instrumental in establishing diagnostic and follow-up programs, called Student Success Centers that offer precise non-labelling assessments and management plans for students with learning dif-ferences. Dr. Levine is the author of numerous books and articles. He is the author of A Mind at a Time, which was number one on the New York Times bestseller list and The Myth of Laziness, dealing with children who endure output problems. His recent book, Ready or Not, Here Life Comes, is about individuals with what he calls "work life unreadiness" and how we can prepare kids to become more productive and gratified adults. In addition he has completed work on a public television documentary and an extensive video library in conjunction with WGBH in Boston. Throughout his career Dr. Levine has been actively involved in the design and validation of new diagnostic procedures and training programs that integrate neurological, behavioral, develop-mental and health findings in children with learning difficulties. In 2005 he was named by Scholastic Press as the Most Admired Person in Education. During his leisure time, Dr. Levine is widely known for raising more than 30 varieties of domestic and wild geese, whose behavior and learning he studies and writes about. He also cares for (at last count) 18 donkeys, 10 swans, 40 pheasants, 9 peacocks, 6 dogs and 8 Maine coon cats on Sanctuary Farm.

Michele Willens is a founding member of City Lights Youth Theatre. She is a long time journalist, including numerous pieces for the New York Times on raising teenagers. In 1976, she served as press secretary in California for President Jimmy Carter. She is the author of a children's play Dear Maudie, which premiered at the Tri-Arts Theatre in October, 2004. She is the mother of two children, including a daughter who has been a part of City Lights for the past 9 years.

Nick Corman has an extensive background in journalism, publishing, and new media. He has led business development and product design teams at two technology companies: Comet Systems, where as the second employee he conceived and launched several of the company's most successful viral marketing programs, and Vindigo, where he oversaw content licensing partnerships with high-profile media companies like the New York Times and the Washington Post. As an undergraduate at Harvard, he served as editor of the Harvard Crimson and managing editor at the best-selling Let's Go travel guides. He has worked as a freelance writer for publications such as Newsweek and The New York Observer, and is co-author of Nice Job! The Guide To Cool, Odd, Risky, and Gruesome Ways to Make a Living. At Memorystone, Nick runs the content department, working with designers and writers to create great original material for our books. He also oversees editorial and marketing decisions for new book titles. Nick received a BA in English from Harvard College, and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He has played the piano throughout his life and is working on the official Memorystone song.

Paul Hornung is a member of the high school, college and pro football halls of fame. He broadcasts Notre Dame games nationally on Westwood One radio. Hornung is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Golden Boy, which chronicles his life and career. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

Peter Applebome has been a reporter and editor for The New York Times since 1987. He was born in New York City and grew up in Great Neck. He graduated from Duke University in 1971 and received a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University in 1974. After working at Texas newspapers in Corpus Christi and Dallas and at Texas Monthly magazine, he joined the New York Times as a national correspondent and then bureau chief in Houston. He moved to Atlanta as Southern Bureau chief in 1989, served in that job for five years. Since then he has covered education and culture and is now Deputy Metropolitan Editor.

Peter D. Kramer, M.D., recently named host of the national, weekly public radio series, The Infinite Mind, is "possibly the best-known psychiatrist in America," as The New York Times put it. Peter Kramer received his M.D. from Harvard and is the best-selling author of Listening to Prozac, Should You Leave?, Spectacular Happiness, and Moments of Engagement. His latest book is Against Depression. In 2004, two programs of The Infinite Mind hosted by Kramer won top media awards: a Gracie Allen Award from the American Women in Radio and Television for an examination of "Domestic Violence" and a National Mental Health Association Media Award for "Between Two Worlds: Mental Health for Immigrants. Kramer has written for The New York Times Magazine and Book Review, The Washington Post Book Review, The Washington Post, the (London) Times Literary Supplement and U.S. News & World Report, among other publications. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where he is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University, and has a private practice.

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Renee is also a prolific media contributor, appearing frequently in gardening and cooking periodicals such as Sunset, Fine Cooking, Organic Gardening, The Gardener, Fine Gardening, and Country Living. She has authored two kitchen garden cookbooks, Recipes from a Kitchen Garden and More Recipes From a Kitchen Garden , and is finishing a third cookbook with her cooking partner Fran Raboff. Renee is a long time board member of the National Gardening Association. She lectures widely at national and regional garden shows, such as the Seattle, San Francisco and Philadelphia Flower and Garden Shows, and is a featured speaker at numerous gardening conferences. In addition to her passions for gardening and cooking, Renee loves trail riding her horses Patches and Ruby, agility training with her dog Mr. Peabody and walking in the Santa Cruz mountains. She has many community and environmental interests and is currently the Chair of the Planning Commission for Santa Cruz Co, California.

Robert L. Shapiro, one of the nation's best-known attorneys, is a co-founder of LegalZoom. He is currently a partner of Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, LLP, a full-service law firm with approximately 120 attorneys. As Co-Founder, Mr. Shapiro provides LegalZoom with the ex-perience gained from over 31 years of legal practice. He is actively involved in public relations, marketing and legal consulting for the company. The highlights of Mr. Shapiro's legal career are numerous and include serving as lead counsel in United States of America v. Samango, the leading 9th Circuit case on grand juries, and such high-profile cases as People v. Christian Brando and People v. O.J. Simpson. Although known for his representation of celebrities, Mr. Shapiro has also represented corporate clients such as Mobil Oil, Northrop and Lawrence Engineering. Mr. Shapiro is also a noted lecturer and has made presentations at major universities, before the Practicing Law Institute, California Trial Lawyers Association and California Public Defender Association. He is also the author of "On Second Thought" (California Lawyer Magazine, 1997), "For the Defense" (Loyola Law Review, November 1996), The Search For Justice: A Defense Attorney's Brief on the O.J. Simpson Case (1996), "When The Press Calls: A Lawyer's View" (California Litigation, Fall 1991) and Misconception (June 2001). He received his law degree from Loyola University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from UCLA. Mr. Shapiro is a member of the California Bar and is admitted to practice in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Federal Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California.

In 1977, Mr. Bruder founded Brookhill as a real estate developer/owner/ manager specializing in shopping centers, office buildings and multi-family properties. Since inception, Brookhill has acquired properties in 21 states, totaling in excess of $750 million. In the 1980's Brookhill changed its focus to concentrate on the development of distressed shopping centers. In 1995, Mr. Bruder formed Dames & Moore/Brookhill, the first national entity to acquire, remediate and redevelop environmentally contaminated properties. In affiliation with Dames & Moore, a leading multi-billion dollar engineering company, a methodology was created to limit environmental liability, enabling the debt on these assets to be sold in the public marketplace. Dames & Moore/Brookhill acquired properties throughout the United States valued in excess of $200 million. In 1981, Mr. Bruder created Devon Petroleum Company, a developmental drilling organization that drilled for oil and gas throughout the Appalachian Basin in the United States. This company's operations utilized the greater precision and science that was prevalent in deeper exploratory drilling to create greater yields. Mr. Bruder sold his interest in Devon and affiliated oil entities in 2002. Mr. Bruder is also Chairman of Brookhill Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which develops new medical products and devices. He is Chairman of Asperger Foundation International (formerly The Life Sciences Foundation, created in 1963) which funds research and provides information about Asperger Syndrome (a form of Autism). In 2003, Mr. Bruder founded the Education for Employment Foundation (www.EFEfoundation.org) and serves as its Interim CEO. The EFE creates technical and vocational schools with direct linkage to jobs in Islamic countries. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Lighthouse International, a 100-year old foundation that aids the visually impaired. Mr. Bruder is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Roundabout Theatre Company, which produces Broadway and Off-Broadway plays and provides education and training in theater arts. Mr. Bruder is a contributing author to numerous publications, among them: The New York Times, The New York Law Journal, The American Banker and The CPA Journal. He is also a member of the University and Friars Clubs in New York City. Mr. Bruder has attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He has been the subject of a Discovery Channel feature on redeveloping contaminated real estate, and has been profiled by Forbes Magazine. Mr. Bruder holds a B.A in Economics from Adelphi University, an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University.

Tad Williams is a New York Times and London Sunday Times bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction, with novels published in twenty languages and a global readership. He hosted a syndicated radio show for over a decade, co-created the first completely interactive televison program, and has worked in many forms of media, including film-making, theatre, televison, and singing for several years in a rock n roll band. He lives quietly with his wife, children and cats in the redwood mountains above Silicon Valley. He writes at least one novel a year: his form is the epic, and Tad writes long, multi-book series. Also, he always has a number of other projects in development. Currently these include children's books, toys and this website.

Thomas P.M. Barnett is a strategic planner who has worked in national security affairs since the end of the Cold War. Author of the New York Times best-selling book, The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004), he is a nationally known public speaker who's been profiled on the front-page of the Wall Street Journal. Tom is in high demand within government circles as a forecaster of global conflict and an expert of military transformation, and within corporate circles as a management consultant and conference keynoter on issues relating to international security and economic globalization. An award-winning teacher, Tom has written for Esquire, WIRED and The Washington Post, and has been interviewed by Rolling Stone. Appearing on numerous national TV shows since 9/11, Tom's been described by U.S. News & World Report's Michael Barone as "one of the most important strategic thinkers of our time." In addition to his teaching and consulting, Tom is a prolific blogger on current global events at his website. His thousands of regular readers include representatives from all of the major U.S. military commands, virtually all U.S. federal departments, foreign governments, and major research and corporate entities throughout the world.

A specialist in the area of promotions and communications for nearly 45 years, Warren G. Jackson is founder and chairman, of Circulation Experti, Ltd., a 35-year-old, wholly black-owned public relations and advertising firm. Mr. Jackson began his career as the first black circulation inspector for the New York Times in the early 1950s. He left the paper in 1963 as assistant circulation manager and went on to become, in succession, the circulation director of The Amsterdam News and the first black circulation director of a major New York newspaper, the now-defunct New York Knickerbocker. As the newspapers' representative in the black community during the turbulent '60s, Jackson saw firsthand the problems that existed, but he also saw opportunity. In 1967, having served as a consultant to the Kennedy and Humphrey presidential campaigns as well as to several Fortune 500 companies, he founded Circulation Experti to forge what he believed could be a meaningful link between the community, the media and the world of Corporate America. In the years since its inception, Circulation Experti has stayed true to Jackson's vision. He and his staff have been able to show clients how being involved in the ethnic communities can generate both publicity as well as a greater market for their products. In turn, they have demonstrated to community service groups and organizations that Corporate America can be a valuable friend. A man of wide and varied interests, Jackson sits on the board of directors of a number of organizations and institutions including Manhattan College, his alma mater, White Plains Hospital Medical Center and the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foun-dation. Additionally, Jackson is Vice Chair of the Jackie Robinson Foundation. A former syndicated columnist, Jackson has also written a series of articles for GannettIs Westchester/Rockland Newspaper Group as well as for The Boston Globe and Chicago Sun-Times. Additonally, Warren has been a featured speaker at various organization and university settings throughout the United States, the Caribbean and in parts of Africa.

Warren Leary is a science correspondent for The New York Times based in Washington, D.C. A science writer for more than 30 years, he is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and received an M.S. degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. Leary began his science writing career with the Associated Press, creating the science beat in the Boston bureau of the news agency from 1971 through 1976, and continuing as a senior science writer for the AP in its Washington bureau from 1976 until 1989, when he joined the staff of The Times. As an award-winning science writer based in Washington, Leary covers space flight, technology, engineering, aeronautics, and medical science, as well as policy issues. He is a member and former officer of the National Association of Sciences Writers.

Andrew M. Rosenthal became editorial page editor of The New York Times in January 2007. Mr. Rosenthal had been deputy editorial page editor of The New York Times since August 2003. Before that, Mr. Rosenthal had been assistant managing editor since September 2001 and foreign editor since May 1997. He also served as national editor of The Times for six months in 2000, supervising coverage of the presidential elections and the post-election day recount. Previously he served as The Times’ Washington editor since November 1992 and as a Washington correspondent since joining the Company in March 1987. While in Washington D.C., Mr. Rosenthal covered the Bush administration, the 1988 and 1992 presidential elections and the Persian Gulf War. He also supervised coverage of the 1994 and 1996 national elections. Before joining The Times, Mr. Rosenthal worked at the Associated Press, where, since July 1986, he had been its Moscow bureau chief. His other assignments with the AP included correspondent in Moscow from June 1983 until July 1986, editor on the foreign desk in New York from April 1982 to June 1983 and reporter in the Denver bureau from October 1978 to April 1982. Mr. Rosenthal graduated from the University of Denver with a B.A. degree in American history in 1978. While at college, Mr. Rosenthal was a sports stringer for the AP from January to April 1976 and a part-time police reporter for The Rocky Mountain News from October 1976 to June 1977.

Bill Keller was named executive editor of The New York Times in July 2003. Previously Mr. Keller had been an Op-Ed columnist and senior writer for The New York Times Magazine as well as other areas of the newspaper since September 2001. Before that, he served as managing editor from 1997 to September 2001 after having been the newspaper's foreign editor from June 1995 to 1997. He was the chief of The Times bureau in Johannesburg from April 1992 until May 1995. Prior to that, he had been a Times correspondent in Moscow from December 1986 to October 1991, the last three years as the newspaper's bureau chief. In 1989, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Soviet Union. Mr. Keller joined The New York Times in 1984 as a domestic correspondent based in the Washington bureau. Before coming to The Times, Mr. Keller had been a reporter for The Dallas Times Herald since 1982. From 1980 until 1982, he was a reporter for the Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report in Washington, covering lobbyists and interest groups. He was a reporter for The Portland Oregonian from 1970 to 1979. Mr. Keller graduated from Pomona College with a B.A. degree in 1970 and completed the Advanced Management Program at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. He is currently a member of the board of trustees of Pomona College.

Cathi Hanauer is the author of two novels, Sweet Ruin (Atria/Simon & Schuster, June, 2006) and My Sister's Bones (Delacorte, 1996), and the editor of the New York Times bestselling essay collection The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood and Marriage (William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2002). She has written articles, essays, and/or reviews for Elle, O, Self, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Parenting, Child, Redbook, McCall's and other magazines; she was the monthly books columnist for both Glamour and Mademoiselle and wrote the monthly advice column "Relating" in Seventeen for seven years. She has taught writing at The New School, in New York, and at the University of Arizona, in Tucson, as well as privately. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband, writer and New York Times "Modern Love" editor Daniel Jones, and their daughter and son.

Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. was named chairman of The New York Times Company on October 16, 1997. As the Company’s senior executive, he is responsible for its long-term business strategy. Mr. Sulzberger, who became publisher of The New York Times in 1992, continues to run the Company’s flagship enterprise on a day-to-day basis. Over the past decade, he has shaped and implemented innovative print, broadcast and online initiatives that are enabling the Company to compete successfully in the 21st century global media marketplace. These include: Transforming The Times into a national newspaper, Developing a major Times company presence on the Internet, which now includes NYTimes.com, the No.1 newspaper-owned Web site in the world, Boston.com, About.com and IHT.com Acquiring the International Herald Tribune, Becoming a minority partner in New England Sports Ventures, which includes the Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park and 80% of the New England Sports Network. During Mr. Sulzberger’s tenure as publisher, The Times has earned 34 Pulitzer Prizes and provided its readers with innumerable examples of momentous journalism such as its breakthrough series “How Race is Lived in America,” its internationally acclaimed coverage of the September 11 terrorist attack in a “A Nation Challenged” and “Portraits of Grief,” “Class Matters,” a 11-part series exploring class in American society, “Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts,” an expose of the Bush Administration’s use of wiretaps and “China Rises,” a four-part, multimedia series. It should also be noted that The New York Times Company has been repeatedly cited for its commitment to excellence, innovation and social responsibility. Before coming to The Times, Mr. Sulzberger was a reporter with The Raleigh (N.C.) Times from 1974 to 1976, and a London correspondent for The Associated Press from 1976 to 1978. He joined The Times in 1978 as a correspondent in its Washington bureau. He moved to New York as a metro reporter in 1981 and was appointed assistant metro editor later that year. From 1983 to 1987, he worked in a variety of business departments, including production and corporate planning. In January 1987, he was named assistant publisher and, a year later, deputy publisher, overseeing the news and business departments. In both capacities, he was involved in planning The Times's automated color printing and distribution facilities in Edison, N.J., and at College Point in Queens, N.Y., as well as the creation of the six-section color newspaper. Mr. Sulzberger played a central role in the development of the Times Square Business Improvement District, officially launched in January 1992, serving as the first chairman of that civic organization. He also helped found and serves as chairman of the New York City Outward Bound Center. Mr. Sulzberger earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Tufts University in 1974. He is also a 1985 graduate of the Harvard Business School's Program for Management Development.

Daniel H. Cohen was elected to the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company in 2007. Mr. Cohen serves as president of DeepSee, LLC, an oceanic exploration and submarine leasing company. Prior to that he was president of Dan Cohen & Sons, LLC from 1999 to 2006. Mr. Cohen was senior vice president, advertising for The New York Times from 1996 to 1999. During his 16 years with The Times, he was also vice president, advertising from 1995 – 1996, group director of promotion from 1993 to 1995, managing director of sales from 1992 to 1993, and held various positions, including circulation sales development manager, northeast circulation manager and corporate planning analyst from 1983 to 1992. Prior to joining The Times, Mr. Cohen was vice president, business affairs at Fort Worth Productions from 1981 to 1983, and a broadcast journalist and director at WESH-TV from 1976 to 1980. He was a management trainee at Multimedia Corp. from 1974 to 1976. Mr. Cohen is the treasurer and 50% owner of the not-for-profit Deep Search International and serves on the Tufts University Board of Overseers for Arts and Science. He is also a board member of the Professional Children School and the Rainforest Alliance, and is the chairman's council at Conservation International.

David E. Liddle was elected to the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company in 2000. Since 2000, Dr. Liddle has been a partner at U.S. Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Between 1992 and 1999, he served as president of Interval Research Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based laboratory and incubator for new businesses focusing on broadband, consumer devices, interaction design and advanced technologies. Previously, Dr. Liddle founded Metaphor Computer Systems in 1982 and served as its president and CEO. He has also held executive positions at Xerox Corporation and IBM.

Dawn G. Lepore was elected to the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company in 2008. Ms. Lepore has served as president, chief executive officer and chairman of drugstore.com since October 2004. Previously, Ms. Lepore served as vice chairman, technology, active trader, operations, business strategy and administration of The Charles Schwab Corporation and Charles Schwab & Co. from 2003 to 2004. During her 21 years at Charles Schwab, she held a wide range of senior executive positions in applications development, technology, general operations and business strategy. She is also a member of the board of directors of eBay Inc.

Doreen A. Toben was elected to the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company in 2004. Ms. Toben has served as executive vice president of Verizon Communications, Inc. since February 2009. Previously, she served as Verizon’s chief financial officer from April 2002 through February 2009 and was responsible for its finance and strategic planning efforts. Prior to April 2002, Ms. Toben was senior vice president and chief financial officer with responsibility for finance and strategic planning for Verizon's Telecom Group. Ms. Toben is a 30-year telecommunications veteran. She began her career at AT&T Corp. and over the years held various of positions of increasing responsibility primarily in treasury, strategic planning and finance both there, and beginning in 1984 at Bell Atlantic Inc. Her later positions at Bell Atlantic included vice president and chief financial officer, Bell Atlantic-New Jersey in 1993; vice president, finance and controller in 1995; vice president and chief financial officer, Telecom/Network in 1997, and vice president and controller in 1999. Ms. Toben also serves on the board of directors of Verizon Wireless.

Ms. Lynn Dolnick was elected to the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company in 2005. Ms. Dolnick served as the associate director for Exhibits and Outreach for the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park in Washington, DC, from 1998 until 2004. During her eighteen years with the Zoological Park, Ms. Dolnick also served as the head of the Office of Exhibits and founded and served as the first director of NOAHS Center (New Opportunities in Animal Health Sciences), which worked to apply biomedical advances in reproduction, veterinary medicine, and genetics to the conservation of wildlife. Committee Memberships: Finance and Foundation

Raul E. Cesan was elected to the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company in 1999. Mr. Cesan is the founder and has served as the managing partner of the investment firm, Commercial Worldwide LLC since 2001. Previously, Mr. Cesan served as president and chief operating officer of the Schering-Plough Corporation from 1998 until 2001, culminating a 24-year career at the company. He joined Schering-Plough, which is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical and health care products worldwide, in 1977 as director of finance and administration for the company's Latin American region. He subsequently held positions of increasing responsibility, including president of operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and was appointed president of Schering-Plough International in 1988. In 1992, he became president of Schering Laboratories, the U.S. pharmaceutical marketing arm, and in 1994, became president of Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals. Committee Memberships: Audit (Chair) and Finance

Scott Galloway was elected to the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company in 2008. Mr. Galloway is the founder of Firebrand Partners, an operational activist investment firm. In addition, he is a clinical associate professor at the NYU Stern School of Business where he teaches brand strategy to second-year MBA students. In 1997, Mr. Galloway founded Red Envelope, an Internet-based branded consumer gift retailer. In 1992, he founded Prophet, a brand strategy consultancy that employs over 100 professionals in the United States, Europe and Asia. Mr. Galloway was elected to the World Economic Forum’s “Global Leaders of Tomorrow,” which recognizes 100 individuals under the age of forty “whose accomplishments have had an impact on a global level.” He serves on the board of eco-America, an environmental non-profit, and received a B.A. from UCLA and an M.B.A. from UC Berkeley.

Thomas Middelhoff was elected to the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company in 2003. Dr. Middelhoff has served as founder, partner and executive chairman of Berger Lahnstein Middelhoff & Partners LLP since March 2009. Prior to that, Dr. Middelhoff served as chief executive officer of Arcandor AG, a German retailer, from May 2005 through February 2009. Previously, Dr. Middelhoff served as both the non-executive chairman of Arcandor AG, which he became in 2004, and a managing director at Investcorp Ltd., the global investment firm, which he joined in 2003. From 1997 to 2002, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Bertelsmann AG, which he joined in 1986. Dr. Middelhoff also serves as the non-executive chairman on the supervisory boards of Senator Entertainment AG, a German company; and Thomas Cook Group plc and moneybookers.com, both of which are United Kingdom companies. He is also co-chairman of Germany1 Acquisition Ltd. (Guernsey). He is on the advisory boards of BHF-Bank and NRW.Bank, the economic advisory board of RWE AG, the VW marketing advisory board of Volkswagen AG (all of which are German companies) and the advisory board of Fitch Ratings, a U.S./U.K. company, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fimalac S.A., a French company. Dr. Middelhoff is a member of Naturallianz (Natural Alliance), which is an environmental initiative for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in Germany and throughout the world. He also serves as a member of the advisory council of the University of Münster in Germany.

Geneva Overholser, a 1986 Nieman Fellow, holds the Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting for the Missouri School of Journalism, in its Washington, D.C., bureau. She was formerly editor of the Des Moines Register and ombudsman at The Washington Post.