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Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Presidential Candidate

Alexandra Morton is the founding President of NPO Global LLC where she works with individuals, companies, government institutions and Non Profit organizations to achieve their goals.

Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave was born in Washington, D.C. the daughter of former United States Ambassador and Mrs. Henry S. Villard and spent most of her formative years living abroad in such countries as Norway, Libya, Switzerland and Senegal.

NBC NEWS CHIEF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT

Andrew Bennett has a decade of experience as a corporate executive, 20 years as a leadership and organizational performance coach and consultant, and over 40 years as a world-class magician.

Andrew Carroll is the editor of several New York Times bestselling collections of letters, including Letters of a Nation and War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars, as well as the critically-acclaimed Behind the Lines: Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters, And One Man's Search to Find Them....

Armstrong Williams is called "one of the most recognizable conservative voices in America" by The Washington Post. Williams is a pugnacious, provocative and principled voice for conservatives and Christian values in America's public debates.

Editor-at-Large for United Press International and Legendary News Veteran

Nationally renowned business, communications and people skills expert and author who speaks and consults professionally.

Arthur Esch is an authority on digital and analog communications networks.

Benjamin L. Ginsberg represents numerous political parties, political campaigns, candidates, members of Congress and state legislatures, Governors, corporations, trade associations, vendors, donors and individuals participating in the political process.

Senior Counsel at WilmerHale Law Firm; Former Senior VP-General Counsel for General Electric

Founding Anchor, CNN Reliable Sources Veteran Journalist (CBS, NBC and New York Times) Former State Department Spokesperson.

Bill Geist is an Emmy award-winning correspondent for CBS.

Bill McCollum is the 36th Attorney General of Florida, elected in November 2006.

Bill Paxon was a member of Congress from 1988 until 1998. While in Congress, Paxon served as chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Bob Levey is a prize-winning journalist who has covered the Washington scene since the Johnson Administration.

Bob Schieffer has received virtually every award in broadcast journalism, but the greatest honor was bestowed upon him in March 2005 when his alma mater, Texas Christian University, created the Schieffer School of Journalism.

Legendary Political Journalist

Brian is a unique blend of consultant, speaker, writer, producer and humorist.

Professor Bruce Hoffman has been studying terrorism and insurgency for thirty years and is widely acknowledged as the world's foremost authority on these subjects.

The Capitol Steps are a troupe of Congressional staffers-turned-comedians who travel the States satirizing the very people and places that once employed them. The Steps perform over 500 shows a year all over the country.

Carl M. Cannon is White House correspondent for National Journal, Washington's authoritative, non-partisan weekly journal on politics and government.

Carol Pineau knows something about Africa that American business needs to know - Africa may be a continent of wars and disasters, but it is also a continent with the world's fastest growing stock markets, the highest return on direct foreign investment, and savvy entrepreneurs who seem able to surmount the most unbelievable hurdles.

Carson Porter is the author of Your High Credibility Formula.

Celinda Lake is one of the Democratic Party's leading political strategists, serving as tactician and senior advisor to the national party committees, dozens of Democratic incumbents and challengers at all levels of the electoral process, and democratic parties in several Eastern European countries and South Africa.

Charles Bierbauer has built a highly respected career in broadcast journalism.

Syndicated Columnist for the Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize Winner

3 Time Superbowl Champion and Successful Businessman

Charles Rossotti is currently Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group, a worldwide private equity firm, where he works on evaluating investments and advising managements of portfolio companies, primarily in the fields of information technology and business services.

Charley Casserly, 16-year veteran National Football League General Manager and 24-year NFL executive for the Washington Redskins and Houston Texans, joins CBS Sports as an 'NFL Insider' for the CBS Television Network's NFL pre-game show, THE NFL TODAY.

Chip Reid is NBC's Congressional Correspondent, covering both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Chris Gordon has been a TV anchor, reporter, and interviewer for more than 25 years.

Photographer Chris Jordan trains his eye on American consumption.

Distinguished Film Producer in Residence and Director of the Center for Environmental Filmmaking School of Communication, American University.

USA Today Sports Columnist, Television Analyst and Best-selling Author

Christine is the managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

Professor of Journalism at Georgetown University

Vice President And Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief for CBS News

Dr. Dale A. Masi is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, and President and CEO of Masi Research Consultants, Inc.

Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

LTG (Ret.) Daniel W. Christman is senior vice president for International Affairs at the United States Chamber of Commerce.

Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, and Author

Dara Duguay, the Director of Citigroup's Office of Financial Education, has been involved with the issue of financial literacy for over a dozen years.

Washington Post columnist David Ignatius has had a distinguished and wide-ranging career in the news business, serving at various times as a reporter, foreign correspondent, editor, and columnist.

David E. Morey, founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of DMG, Inc., and partner in Core Strategy Group, is one of the leading strategic communications consultants in America.

Georgetown Cupcake was founded by sisters Katherine Kallinis Berman and Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne. Katherine and Sophie traded careers in fashion and private equity to pursue something a little sweeter ' their passion for artful cupcakes. Watch Katherine and Sophie in action in DC Cupcakes, their TV series on TLC!

Deborah Perry Piscione is a bestselling author, on-air political commentator, and president of Choose to Lead Women's Foundation.

Keeping the Pulse of the National Public Opinion

As a Focalpoint principal, Don Neal provides high-level strategic counsel to clients, with a focus on brand marketing and integrated customer communications, in the business-to-business and business-to-consumer environments.

Veteran Democratic Political Strategist; Contributor, CNN and ABC News

Doug Dayton is nationally recognized as a "techno-marketing" guru and a best selling author.

Gene D. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. is the first Director of the Center on Aging, Health & Humanities (established 1994) at George Washington University (GW), where he also holds the positions of Professor of Health Care Sciences and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Dr. Chimerine is well versed in economic trends and development, having consulted to a wide range of corporations, organizations and trade associations. His clients included such notable companies as IBM and his experience ranges from private business to governmental agencies....

Ed Rollins has long been known as one of America's premiere political strategists and communications experts.

NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE POLITICAL EDITOR

Elizabeth Drew is a highly-acclaimed observer of the Washington scene, who writes a nationally-syndicated column and serves as a commentator for NBC's Meet the Press.

Flynt Leverett is an expert on the Middle East and international energy issues with insider credentials and a willingness to be outspoken.

Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., is president and CEO of the American Gaming Association (AGA).

Radio Show Host and Author

Gene Randall's professional broadcast journalism career can be measured by the major stories he covered; among them: the Solidarity strikes in Poland in 1980, the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, and daily coverage of three U.S. Presidential Campaigns: 1988, 1992 and 1996.

Former Senate Majority Leader

Gross National Product (GNP) is noted to be the "Capitol's satirical gang.always funny" by The Washington Post.

Mr. Norquist, a native of Massachusetts, has been one of Washington's most effective issues management strategists for over a decade.

Reporter. Foreign Correspondent. Bureau Chief. News Editor. Chief Political Correspondent.

Founding Editor of Slate's DoubleX; Atlantic Contributing Editor; Author of the upcoming book "End of Men"

Ivo H. Daalder, special adviser on national security at Center for American Progress, is also senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he holds the Sydney Stein Jr. Chair in International Security.

J.C. Herz literally wrote the book on the video game industry, Joystick Nation: How Videogames Ate Our Quarters, Won Our Hearts, and Rewired Our Minds (Little, Brown).

CNN Political Analyst Jack Germond has been providing analysis for the network since the 1992 presidential campaign.

Jackie Judd is Vice President and Senior Advisor for Communications at the Kaiser Family Foundation. She joined the Foundation in 2003 as a Senior Visiting Fellow.

Executive Chef of the award winning restaurant "L'Auberge Chez Francois" in Northern Virginia

James K. Glassman (born January 1, 1947 in Washington, DC) is an American libertarian conservative editorialist, journalist and author.

Jim Hall, former chairman of the National Transportation and Safety Board, is one of the nation's leading authorities on transportation safety, intelligent transportation systems, crisis management, and government relations.

James John "Jim" Hoecker served as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from June 1997 to January 2001.

James Rosen is a Washington correspondent for FOX News Channel. He joined FNC in 1999.

Jason Collins, a player for the Washington Wizards, is the first openly gay active male professional athlete in a major team sport.

Jeff Birnbaum is an award-winning author, television commentator, and a columnist for the Washington Post.

Jeffrey and Sallie Buben, husband and wife partners in the Fully-Baked Restaurant Group have owned and managed Vidalia Restaurant in Washington, D.C. for seven years.

A world figure and widow of the late Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat, Madame Jihan Sadat has been active in the women's movement both in her country and in the world.

Jim Lehrer didn't always aspire to be a writer -- when he was 16, he wanted to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

"Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan", PBS

Joe Andrew is the former National Chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Creator, Executive Producer and Host of The McLaughlin Group

Foremost Authority on Alliances

Expert on the Future of Society, Technology & Work; Author, The International Handbook on Innovation

Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (2000-2003) Commander, U.S. European Command (2000-2003) Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (1996-2000)

Josette Shiner is managing editor of The Washington Times.

Judith Kipper is co-director of the Middle East Studies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

Julia E. Sweig is the Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow for Latin American studies and director of Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Economist, Author, Activist, CEO

Karen Feld, a veteran of more than thirty years in print and broadcast journalism, is the voice and soul of Capital Connections.

As President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Karen Ignagni is the voice of health insurance plans, representing members that provide health care, long-term care, dental and disability benefits to more than 200 million Americans.

Kate O'Beirne is National Review's Washington Editor, writing principally about Congress, politics, and domestic policy.

A 21-year veteran of Washington television news, Kathleen Matthews anchors News 7 on WJLA-TV, the ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C., where she began her television career in 1976 as a news and public affairs writer-producer.

A former army colonel, is a well-known commentator on ethics, leadership, and international security issues, and is a military analyst with MSNBC and NBC News, as well as a regular columnist for MSNBC.com.

BUILDING A STRENGTHS-BASED ORGANIZATION

Kevin Bennear was born in Elk Garden, a small coal mining town in West Virginia.

Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce; President, Irving Information Group; Internet Pioneer,Technology Strategist and Futurist

Syndicated Radio Host, Political Analyst and Best-selling Author

LEONARD GARMENT's first career was as a jazz saxophonist, working with such luminaries as Billie Holiday and Woody Herman.