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Joseph Duncan is CEO and Chairman of Teranode Corporation, the leading innovator in experiment design automation software for Life Sciences.

Mr. Duncan has served in a variety of senior management positions including Chief Operations and Technology Officer at University of Washington's Cell Systems Initiative, CIO and VP of R&D for Critical Path, Senior Vice President at Oracle Corporation and senior management positions at Borland International, Lotus Development Corporation, and Wang Laboratories.

Marcie Polier Swartz is the Founder and Chairwoman Emeritus of ACNielsen EDI, the worldwide authority on motion picture box office grosses.

She is highly active on numerous boards and charities, including The Abraham Fund which funds co-existence education; The Rand Corporation Center for Middle East Public Policy; Parco Ecological, an ecologic Hymanal community for the poor in Brazil; the Museum of Tolerance; and The New Roads Foundation. Most recently, she brought the The People Loom project to the White House Millennium Council and mounted the event for America's Millennium to shine spotlight on co-existence in the new century. The weaving was signed by Ambassadors and representatives from over 60 countries and will be permanently hung at the Clinton Presidential Library.

Kirstie Lee Bellman, Ph.D. is a Principal Scientist at The Aerospace Corporation and the head of the Aerospace Integration Science Center (AISC). AISC's focus is on the development of advanced system and model integration methods, new analytic techniques, and evaluation tools for assessing the impacts of new technologies.

Dr. Bellman returned to the Aerospace Corporation after four years at The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)- the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense (DoD). At DARPA, she was a Program Manager for the Domain-Specific Software Architectures (DSSA) program, Prototech (rapid prototyping technology), projects in the Formal Foundations program, the large Computer-Aided Education and Training Initiative (CAETI), and several TRP programs. Upon completion of her term at DARPA she received an award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for excellence in her programs. She had the honor of working with Dr. Anita Jones, then DDR&E at OSD, with the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the White House, and a wide range of other government agencies.

Dr. Bellman has over thirty-five years of academic, industrial, and consulting experience in both laboratory research and the development of models and information architectures for large military and government programs. Her published research spans a wide range of topics in Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and Computer Science. In addition to playing a leading role in the development of programs in the error analysis and evaluation of Artificial Intelligence programs, her group did internationally recognized research in conceptual design environments, software integration and architectures, and 'enterprise evaluation'.

Her recent work focuses on the use of domain specific languages and formally based architectural description languages to design and analyze information architectures. In this work, she has also been developing methods for modeling organizational as well as technical aspects of complex systems. With a number of academic partners, she is also developing new mathematical approaches to the analysis of Virtual Worlds containing collaborating humans, artificial agents, and heterogeneous representations, models and processing tools. Lastly she has been working on reflective architectures that use models of them to manage their own resources and to reason about appropriate behavior. Recently with both national and international partners, she has been applying the above experience and methods to theoretical work and experiments on emotional agents, cybermedicine applications, bio-computation, and "biologically-inspired" architectures and operating systems.

Dr. Bellman holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience/Psychology from University of California, San Diego. Her recent Awards and Honors include: Appointed to National Academies of Science study on Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis for DoD Problems, 2004, Appointed as Associated Vice President for Professional Women's Development, Society for Computer Simulation Intl. 2002, Appointed to Industrial Advisory Board for UC Berkeley EE and CS, 2001 to present, Elected to Board of the Society for Computer Simulation Intl, Director at Large, 2000 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, for work in Complex Systems and Virtual Worlds. Awarded 2000.

Jim Spohrer, Ph.D. is the Director of Services Research at IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, CA, focused on innovations for IBM Global Services (IGS), a people-intensive, information-intensive business of over 170,000 professionals worldwide that accounts for half of IBM's yearly revenues. Human sciences, On-Demand Innovation Services (ODIS), deep industry knowledge of future trends, and operations technology are areas of active exploration.

From 2000-2003, at IBM, he was CTO of IBM's Venture Capital Relations Group, where he identified technology trends and worked to establish win-win relationships between IBM and VC-backed portfolio companies. Previously, Dr. Spohrer directed the IBM Almaden Research Center's (ARC) Computer Science Foundation Department, and before that was senior manager and co-strategist for IBM's User Experience/Human Computer Interaction Research effort.

From 1989-1998, at Apple, he was a DEST (Distinguished Engineer, Scientist, and Technologist) and program manager of learning technology projects in Apple's Advanced Technology Group (ATG). He lead the effort to create Apple's first on-line learning community and vision for anytime, anywhere e-learning. From 1978-1982, he developed speech recognition algorithms and products at Verbex, an Exxon Enterprises company.

Spohrer received a B.S. in physics from MIT in 1978 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale University in 1988. In 1989, Jim lived in Rome, Italy where he was a visiting scholar at the University of Rome La Sapienza, and lecturer at major universities across Europe. Jim has published broadly in the areas of speech recognition, empirical studies of programmers, artificial intelligence, authoring tools, online learning communities, open source software, intelligent tutoring systems and student modeling, new paradigms in using computers, implications of rapid technical change, as well as the coevolution of social, business, and technical systems. Jim has also helped to establish two education research non-profit web sites: The Educational Object Economy and WorldBoard: Associating Information with Places. Jim is a frequent advisor to the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, and other groups http://www.merlot.org & http://www.newmediacenters.org on the implications of rapid technological change to the future of education.

Honorary Advisors

Richard Saul Wurman: With the publication of his first book in 1962 at the age of 26, RSW began the singular passion of his life: making information understandable. He chaired the International Design in Aspen in 1972, the first Federal Design Assembly in 1973, followed by the National AIA Convention in 1976, before creating and chairing TED (Technology/Entertainment/Design) conferences from 1984-2002. He created and chaired the TEDMED and eg2006 conferences. A B.Arch and M.Arch 1959 graduate with highest honors from the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wurman’s nearly half-century of achievements includes the publication of his best-selling book Information Anxiety and his award winning ACCESS Travel Guides.

Each of his 81 books focus on some subject or idea that he personally had difficulty understanding. His most recent publications include UNDERSTANDING USA, Urban Atlas, Wall Street Journal Access, Information Anxiety2, Diagnostic Tests for Men, Diagnostic Tests for Women, Heart Disease & Cardiovascular Health and Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning, UNDERSTANDING Children and UNDERSTANDING Healthcare (January 2004).

He has been awarded several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Graham Fellowships, two Chandler Fellowships, and the Chrysler Design Award in 1996. In 1991, RSW received the Kevin Lynch Award from MIT and was honored by a retrospective exhibition of his work at the AXIS Design Gallery in Tokyo, Japan on the occasion of their 10th Anniversary. He received a Doctorate of Fine Arts by the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA, an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Art Center College of Design and an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Boston.

He is married to novelist and lyricist Gloria Nagy. He has 4 children and 6 grandchildren. He lives in Newport, Rhode Island with his dog Abraham.

Venture Capital and Finance Advisors

Brian D. Flucht, MBA, is currently a Principal of Blade Ventures Partners, joining the firm in 2007. At Blade he focuses on sourcing new investment opportunities and working with existing portfolio companies to create ongoing value. He has over 10 years of strategic, operating, and engineering experience including digital media, wireless technologies, GPS, and venture capital.

Prior to joining Blade Ventures he worked as a Senior Analyst for Shepherd Ventures, where he assisted the Managing Directors in investment screening, analysis and financial reporting. Prior to joining Shepherd Ventures, Brian was the Business Manager for the second generation Engineering, Analysis, Design and Development program at Science Applications International Corporation’s (SAIC) National Security and Space business unit. Formerly Brian served as a Systems Engineer at SAIC where he worked on the research and development of the next generation of GPS user equipment. Earlier in his career, Brian worked for the National Security Agency, researching and evaluating advanced microelectronic packaging technologies and managing high priority signals intelligence project..

Brian holds an MBA from the University of Southern California, with a concentration in corporate finance, and a degree in Material Science and Engineering, from Northwestern University.

Bryan F. Eleazar, MBA, is currently a Consultant in the Financial Intermediaries group at DLC. At DLC, he focuses on assisting companies entering into transactions or liquidity events by acting as a liaison point among investment bankers, prospective buyers, and auditors on behalf of the Company, offering assistance to the CEO by assessing the "as-is" situation and making recommendations regarding people, processes, and systems supportive of the acquirer's growth and profitability objectives. He has over 10 years of strategic, operating, and financial experience across various industries.

Prior to joining DLC, he worked in progressive roles at firms including AlixPartners and PricewaterhouseCoopers and has had direct controllership experience in the software industry and private equity industries.

Bryan holds an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA, with concentrations in strategy and marketing, and graduated cum laude from Georgetown University with a BSBA in Accounting and a minor in Classics.

Market Advisors

Guilbert C. Hentschke, Ph.D. is a former dean of the Rossier School and a professor in the Division of Education Policy and Administration. Professor Hentschke specializes in the study of emerging for-profit and non-profit educational enterprises and their impact on educational opportunities for urban youth. His most recent publications include "Changing Resource and Organizational Patterns:The Challenge of Resourcing Education in the 21st Century" (forthcoming), with Brent Davies; "Beyond Competing School Reforms: a Redefinition of Public in Public Schooling," in Education and Urban Society; and "Radical Reform Versus Professional Reform in American Schools: a View from Southern California," in Dear et al (eds.),Rethinking Los Angeles(Sage Publications, Inc.).

Professor Hentschke serves on boards of organizations whose primary missions are to improve the education of young people, especially those who reside in urban and metropolitan environments. Principal among these organizations are the National Center on Education and the Economy, Aspen Youth Services, WestEd Regional Educational Laboratory, the Galaxy Institute of Education, and Success Lab.

At the Rossier School of Education he directs graduate programs which seek to enhance business expertise within educational organizations.

Peter Yellowlees, MBBS, MD. is a professor of Psychiatry and Director of Academic Information Systems at UC Davis. After completing his medical training in London, Dr. Yellowlees worked in Australia for twenty years before coming to UC Davis to continue his research in telemedicine and eHealth.

He has an international reputation in telemedicine and long distance health and education delivery and is an experienced speaker who has given over 100 presentations in 20 countries in the past five years. He has a number of research interests and is presently working on projects involving robotic surgery, electronic record implementation, data mining and disease management protocols, Internet e-mail and video consultation services, the use of virtual reality for health education on the Internet, and electronic death record certification processes.

Dr. Yellowlees has worked in public and private sectors, in academia, and in rural settings. He has published three books and about 100 scientific articles and book chapters and has been regularly involved in media presentations. He has consulted to governments and private sector companies in several countries and has received about $5 million in research grants. His main interests are in improving access to health and education services using information technologies.

Beryl Bellman, Ph.D. is co-founder and Academic Director of the FEAC Institute and is also a tenured full Professor of Communication Studies at California State University at Los Angeles. He has been involved in teaching, research; publishing, consulting and project management in the fields of Enterprise Architecture, Knowledge Management, Organizational Communications/Behavior and distributed e-Learning for some forty years, and has an excellent reputation in both academe and professional consulting. He held faculty and research positions at the University of California at San Diego, SUNY Stonybrook, CUNY Graduate Center and California Institute of the Arts, and was Research Director of the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute prior to his current university position. In addition to academic positions he has twenty plus years concurrent consulting experience in both government and the private sectors, and has been a Principal Consultant and Project Manager with three major Enterprise Architecture consulting and tool vendor companies. He has consulted in Enterprise Architecture related programs in the public sector for the DoD, Departments of Agriculture, Forest Service, Energy, Justice/INS and the Whitehouse for the Executive Office of the President as well as was a contract consultant for NCR, AT&T, ASK, RAND and Digital Equipment Corporation - working for their internal and external customers. This included doing EA in the aerospace, financial, banking, pharmaceutical, entertainment and manufacturing sectors. He has published several books and over ninety articles. He is a frequent presenter at national and international professional and academic conferences.

Curt Robinson, Ph.D. is currently the Executive Director of the 1,100-member Geothermal Resources Council (GRC), headquartered in Davis, California. GRC has built a solid reputation as one of the world’s leading geothermal associations. The GRC serves as a focal point for continuing professional development for its members through its outreach, information transfer and education services. GRC has members in 30 countries and 33 states.

Curt served previously in four executive assignments in higher education and government and has twice worked in energy. He has also taught at six universities and colleges. Prior to his work at GRC, he was an Assistant Vice President at California State University, East Bay and also served several California state government agencies: the Department of Water Resources, State Teachers’ Retirement System Board, and Department of Education. He served as Director of Public Affairs, Deputy to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Assistant State Superintendent respectively. Before working in state government, he served as Director of Marketing and Public Relations at the University of California, Davis.

He earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees, all at the University of California, Davis.

Michelle Marquard, Director, Human Resources Operations, Cisco. She joined Cisco in February 1996; serving in a variety of leadership roles in Manufacturing Operations and Talent Development Operations. In 2000 Michelle transitioned to a leadership role in Learning Strategy and Development supporting Cisco’s global manufacturing presence including desktop support for the technology applications leveraged in the organization. The transition was career changing and the resulting interest in Human Capital Management motivated a transition to Human Resources in June 2003. The primary catalyst for the transition to Human Resources was the opportunity to design, develop, and implement Cisco University programs.

Prior to Cisco, Michelle held other leadership positions in Customer Account Management and Supply Chain Management at Flextronics International, XMR, Inc. and Micro Power Systems.

Michelle graduated from Notre Dame de Namur University with a Masters in Business Administration (M.B.A.) with a concentration in eBusiness and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. Michelle is currently pursuing a doctorate in Educational Technology at Pepperdine University in Southern California.

Marshall H. Raskind, Ph.D. is former Director of Research and Special Projects at Schwab Learning in San Mateo, California. Immediately prior to his position at Schwab Learning, he served as Director of Research at the Frostig Center in Pasadena, California. He is Associate Editor of Intervention in School and Clinic, Consulting Editor to the Journal of Learning Disabilities, Learning Disability Quarterly, Annals of Dyslexia and the Journal of Special Education Technology. Dr. Raskind is a Fellow and Vice President of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities, a member of the Research Committee of the Council for Learning Disabilities, and a former member of the Professional Advisory Board of the National Center for Learning Disabilities.

Dr. Raskind has served on the faculty of Claremont Graduate University and California State University, Northridge. He is also former head of the Learning Disabilities Program and the Computer Access Lab at California State University, Northridge.

His research interests are in the areas of technology as well as of learning disabilities across the lifespan. His research has been cited in the media, including Time Magazine, Fortune Magazine, and The New York Times, as well as on MSNBC.

Dr. Raskind is a frequent presenter at international learning disability conferences and is the author of numerous professional publications on learning disabilities. Dr. Raskind has a Ph.D. in Education, with a focus on Learning Disabilities, from Claremont Graduate University.

Gary Kosman is Founder and CEO of America Learn. Gary has dedicated himself to improving the practices of tutoring and academic mentoring. "If we're going to tell our communities' most marginalized children that we're going to provide them with supplemental help," Gary often says, "we need to do whatever it takes to ensure that help is of the highest quality."

Gary was named among the ten best emerging social entrepreneurs worldwide by Echoing Green, the global social venture foundation. In September 2007, former President Bill Clinton recognized Gary in his latest book, Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World. Gary, along with Grace Chiu , received an iParenting Media “Excellent Products of 2007” award for his work developing the parenting book., Bonding While Learning: Activities to Grow Your Relationship While Preparing for Reading Success.

James W. Stigler, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at UCLA, Director of the TIMSS video studies, and former CEO of LessonLab, a Pearson Education Company. He is co-author of two books: The Teaching Gap (with James Hiebert, Free Press, 1999) and The Learning Gap (with Harold Stevenson, Simon & Schuster, 1992). Dr. Stigler received his A.B. from Brown University in 1976, a Master's in Education from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977, and a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1982. Before moving to Los Angeles in 1991, he served eight years on the faculty of the University of Chicago. He has received numerous awards for his research, including Guggenheim Fellowship in 1989 and the QuEST award from the American Federation of Teachers in 1995. Dr. Stigler is best known for his observational work in classrooms, and has pioneered the use of multimedia technology for the study of classroom instruction.

Technical Development Advisors

Christopher Landauer, Ph.D. is a mathematician in the Aerospace Integration Science Center of The Aerospace Corporation, working on new theories, methods, and practices in software and system integration.

Dr. Landauer is co-architect of the Wrapping approach to intelligent system integration infrastructure with Dr. Kirstie Bellman of The Aerospace Corporation. It is a new kind of information based infrastructure for system integration that leads to substantial improvements in large-scale integration of software systems, including a new programming paradigm called the Problem Posing Interpretation: it separates the problem requests from the resources that can satisfy the request, as should any other declarative mechanism, but it also allows complex processes to mediate the selection and combination of resources at all meta-levels. Another application of this idea is to begin a software system reuse project without changing the source code at all.

He has over forty years experience in applying mathematical methods to computing problems, with over 150 related publications in mathematics, computer science, computational semiotics, and applied linguistics, including (in no particular order): intelligent integration infrastructure in heterogeneous computing systems; computational reflection in autonomous software systems; computational semiotics and new theories of symbol use by computers; software agent architectures; model-based software and system architecture development; applications of the problem posing programming paradigm to generic programming; formal specification and verification of communication protocols and database semantics; discrete event simulation, analysis, and modeling of concurrent and distributed computing systems; algebraic coding theory and combinatorics; pattern detection and tracking from noisy sensor data; statistical information retrieval from natural language text; exploratory pattern analysis and recognition systems; and knowledge-based system integration and verification.

Dr. Landauer received his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology (finite group theory) in 1973 and B.A in Mathematics, UCLA, 1969.

Professional Positions: Aerospace Integration Science Center (AISC), 1997-NOW; Adjunct Faculty, University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computing Systems (UMIACS), 1994 - NOW; Member of the Technical Staff, The Aerospace Corporation, December 1981 - NOW; Research Scientist, System Development Corporation, Santa Monica, California, September 1979 - December 1981. Senior Staff, Pattern Analysis and Recognition Corporation (PAR), Rome, New York, August 1975 - September 1979; Instructor, Mathematics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, August 1973 - August 1975.

David Glick is currently the Chief Architect of Transmit Consulting, Inc, a software architecture and systems integration firm based in San Diego, CA. In this capacity, Mr. Glick has championed leveraging leading edge technologies and modern development processes to increase productivity and decrease defects in both client and internal projects. Mr. Glick has applied the very techniques he has evangelized to bring large, complex enterprise projects successfully to completion, on time, on budget, for various clients, both Fortune 500 and others, in industries as diverse as retail, telecom, logistics, real estate, etc.

Previously, Mr. Glick was Vice President of Integration Services, Dataskill Inc, San Diego, CA. He created and developed the Web Integration Group. Group charter was to provide web development and integration services for B2B and B2C opportunities, targeting e-commerce in B2C and digital exchanges in B2B.

Mr. Glick has acted as enterprise architect, lead developer, and system administrator for projects of high complexity to those that lacked sufficient resources. His technical responsibilities have included project oversight, staff development and mentoring, project management, and technical evaluation. His administrative responsibilities have included department organization, creation of processes and procedures, hiring, training, and budgeting.

His technical expertise involves Java, J2EE, XML, EJB, JSP, Servlets, C++, Unix Shell script, UML, Rational Unified Process, Agile processes, operating systems, Linux, Solaris, AIX, OS/400, and Windows 95/98/NT/XP/2000. Mr. Glick holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from San Diego State University.

Martin Koning-Bastiaan, M.Ed. is currently the Supervising Systems Director for the USC Institutional Review Board (IRB). His group is reponsible IRB computer systems, including development, maintenance, and support. This system instantiates the business process for the oversight and management of all human subjects research at USC, the USC Health Science Campus, and Children's Hospital Los Angeles. He has been a software development manager with over 10 years of software development experience.

Mr. Koning-Bastiaan has proven experience in managing all aspects of the software development lifecycle. He has managed and deployed innovative Web Services and Business Process Management systems to thousands of users in universities around the world. He played a key technical role in a global consortium defining requirements, use cases, architecture and business outcomes for Federated Search environments.

Mr. Koning-Bastiaan has participated in key international standards efforts for metadata. He was recently invited speaker at the National Institute for Multimedia Education, Japan on the practical application of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for an international integration solution.

Prior to USC, Martin was Director of MERLOT Technology at California State University, Office of the Chancellor in Long Beach, CA. In this capacity he was responsible for MERLOT software products. Martin was also a research scientist in the Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer. In this capacity he managed the technical development and growth of the Educational Object Economy (EOE) Foundation, a non-profit founded to support online communities under the direction of James Spohrer. The EOE was one of the first online learning communities, focused on enabling educators, software developers, and businesses to locate useful online technology, share contributions, and discuss effective means for use of learning technology.

Martin has a Master's degree from Stanford in Education, and a Bachelor's degree from UC San Diego in Philosophy.

Roy Montibon is an Information Architect. Roy has been a producer, creative director and designer of digital media since 1983. His work has been featured in the Graphics Design Annual, ID Magazine of International Design, Computer Graphics, MdN, the Communication Arts Illustration Annual, The Los Angeles Times and many other publications.

Roy's digital fine art work has been exhibited in several shows, including exhibitions at the University of Oregon Museum of Art, Modern Museum of Art, LA Freewaves, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the SIGGRAPH Conference Art Show, La Sierra University and the Bowers Museum.

Mr. Montibon has taught at the UCLA Extension since 1987. During this time, Roy has taught Computer Graphics, Interactive Media and Information Architecture courses to over 3000 students. He was honored as the 1999 Instructor of the Year in the Computer Graphics. Mr. Montibon has also served as a panelist and lecturer on digital media at Chapman University, UC Irvine, the University of Southern California, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Coro Foundation, and The American Film Institute.

Roy has developed online marketing programs for PacBell, Pacific Telesis, AirCal, Texas Instruments, JVC, RainBird International, UCLA, Northern Telecom, American Express, Yonex, Prodigy, BBDO, Toyota Motor Sales, GE Credit Corporation, CalFed Bank, ModaCad, Hyundai Motor America and CarsDirect.com.

He has also contributed his time and expertise to pro bono projects for the The Orange County Performing Art Center, Mozart Camerta, Opera Pacific, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the Streb/Ringside Dance Company of New York. Roy is a graduate of Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California.

Kevin Nikkhoo, MS, MBA, is President & CEO of Simplex Inc., a management consulting firm focused on business strategy and financial planning for younger enterprises. In this capacity Kevin has helped a wireless ISP with new funding strategies and a Chinese IC design house with pre-IPO investments. Prior to Simplex, Kevin was President & CEO of Vertex Systems, Inc., a technology consulting firm. Under Kevin’s leadership, Vertex became the leading technology consulting and system integration firm with unparallel reputation as the "go-to" Microsoft and Oracle Partner. Vertex was acquired in 2004.

Kevin is a regular speaker at many technology shows and conferences internationally. He serves on the board of Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC). He was awarded “2004 Businessman of the year” by NRCC. Kevin served on Microsoft Partner Advisory Council for ten years (1992-2002). He also has served on a number US government and private sector delegations to China. Kevin is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and Gerson Lehrman Group Technology Council.

Kevin received his M.S. in Computer Engineering from California State University and his MBA from the University of Southern California.

David Shernoff, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor, Northern Illinois University, Leadership, Educational Psychology & Foundations. Dr. Shernoff is an educational psychologist broadly interested the relationship between human development and education. He is originally from Claremont, California. He completed his doctoral studies at the University of Chicago and the Sloan Center for Working Families, where he applied Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's theory of flow and Experience Sampling Method (ESM) to the study of engaging educational contexts. From 2000 - 2003, he served as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His present research interests include student engagement and motivation, adolescent development, and mentoring. His long-term interest includes the application of Positive Psychology to the field of education. He and his wife, Elisa Shernoff, reside in Geneva, IL.

Education: Ph.D. University of Chicago (2001), Ed.M. Harvard University (1991), B.S. Cornell University (1989)
Advanced Certificate-2002, University of Wisconsin, Madison in Teaching and Learning Scholarship (TALS)

Susan Y. Bookheimer, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Brain Mapping Center at UCLA School of Medicine. She has been a member of the UCLA Brain Mapping Center since 1993. Her research uses functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) to understand the cortical organization of language and memory systems including emergent systems such as social communication and emotion. Clinical applications of her work includes pre-surgical mapping of critical functions; understanding developmental disorders of language such as dyslexia, autism and William's syndrome; and early detection of functional brain abnormalities in individuals at-risk for Alzheimer's disease

Yue-Ming Huang, Ed.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. She is also the Director of Operations at the UCLA Simulation Center where she helps develop curricula using simulation and technology-based educational tools to teach healthcare professionals.

Her interests lie in patient safety, simulation research, and new educational design and innovations. She received a Doctor of Education from the Educational Leadership Program at UCLA and a Master's of Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. She also completed a two-year medical education fellowship program at UCLA.

Eric Hyman, Esq., is a patent attorney and a partner in Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman, one of the most prominent intellectual property firms in the United States. The firm's practice emphasizes the protection of intellectual property: patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and related agreements and litigation.

Born in Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 1979, California; 1980, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1984, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1994, U. S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Education: University of Southern California (B.S.E.E., 1972; M.S.C.Sci., 1975); Western State University (J.D.,1979). Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of California.