William F. Alenson, AAdvertising Inc., Tucson, Ariz. A veteran with more than 30 years experience in airline advertising and promotion; retired from United Airlines in 1996.

Budd Blume, Charlotte, N.C.; a former broadcast and advertising executive who went on into the television documentary field; with Producers Group Ltd., Hollywood, wrote a trio of educational films on Hungary, Czechoslovakia and East Germany as they “came out” of Soviet captivity.

Dave Boire, Ringmaster at dB Audio Inc. in Toronto, Canada, a recording studio / creative boutique specializing in producing radio advertising and creative audio content for the Internet. A graduate of music studies at York University, he also plays bass guitar in the innovative Son Roberts NuBlues Band.

Corinne Burns Bruno, Managing Director of Corinne Burns Bruno Service company, is a Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., native who settled in Rome, Italy, and started producing TV commercials for Italians; previously headed Film Master Service; in 2003, joined forces with her brother-in-law, Antonio, and currently runs her own service company while teaching Production at an Italian film school.

Geoffrey Charlton-Perrin, former director of Marketing for The Chicago
Convention and Tourism Bureau; educated at the University of Birmingham, England, and the Stratford-upon-Avon Institute of Shakespearean Studies.

Sophia Dilberakis, president and founder of SD Communications, a Chicago marketing communications practice specializing in packaging, plastics, food, personal care, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and the environment; former editor and publisher of Food & Drug Packaging magazine.

Robert W. Heitzman, Vice President/Publisher, Packaging Digest, Oak Brook, Ill.; Editor Paper, Film & Foil Converter and American Boxmaker (1962-1996).

Kevin J. Hersh, Director, New Media, Mfx, Inc., Caldwell, NJ; co-founded Mfx and served as a computer consultant, university design instructor as well as an illustrator for major corporations and agencies.

Shannon B. Kelly, Account Director – Meredith Integrated Marketing, Culver City, CA. She is a graduate of Clemson University and holds a master's degree in communication management from the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California.

Benson Lam, vp-marketing creative, imedia Shanghai Media Advertising Co.Ltd. He was formerly with Grey Worldwide Shanghai.

Liu Libin, president of International Advertising Press. chief-editor of International Advertising Magazine and deputy chairman and secretary-general of China Advertising Association of Commerce; doctoral advisor of communication University of China and director of International Advertising Institute; published works include "A Technique Course in Photographic Advertising," "Art Conception and Display of Photographic Advertising."

William J. Ludwig, Chairman & CEO at Campbell-Ewald, Warren, Mich.; inducted into the American Advertising Federation Advertising Hall of Achievement in 1994; a member of the Wall Street Journal’s Creative Leaders and serves on the Ad Council.

David Lyle, Managing Director of Lyle Bailie International, Belfast; a prolific creative award winner in Northern Ireland, including four Grand Prix accolades in 1988, 1997, 2001 and 2002; a copywriter member of the Design and Art Directors Association.

Jim Martin, General Manager, BBS Midwest, previously SVP of Broadcast
production & Advertising services for DraftFCB Chicago. Now Jim analyzes
production process procedures and explains production cost management to
large television advertisers for Bird Bonette Stauderman Inc., a global advertising production\consulting firm.

Jere Mikes, Director, Association of Communications Agencies of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic; first president of the Czech Advertising Standards Authority (RPR) and a member of the Board of European Association of Communications Agencies and coauthor of the book "Reklama" (advertising).

Nicole Phillips, Worldwide Commercial and Feature Segment Marketing Manager,
Kodak's Entertainment Imaging Division; previously with Disney Consumer
Products, as well as Mott's Applesauce; MBA, with major in International Business and Minor in Marketing, from Cornell University.

John Ruhaak, President, Ruhaak & Associates, Chicago, Ill.; editorial board of Henry Stewart Publications.

V Shantakumar, CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi India, has spent more than three decades in marketing and advertising and launched Saatchi & Saatchi in India. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and a master's degree in Business Administration. He helped create the campaign that launched India's most successful car, Hyundai Santro.

Hirohisa Sugizaki, Executive Producer and Managing Director of International Business Relations of Taiyo Kikaku Co., Ltd.; member of International Committee of All Japan Radio & Television Commercial Confederation and a board member of IQ, International Quorum of Film & Video Producers.

Donna Svanberg, Executive Producer and Company Director, CAPITOL Productions, Sydney, NSW, Australia; more than 20 years in commercial production industry; the Australian representative to the International Quorum of Film & Television Producers (IQ).

Diane Toops, news and trends editor, new product reviewer and section editor for Food Processing, Wellness and Food Creation magazines, Itasca, Ill.; a member of the International Futurists Society, the International Association of Culinary Professionals

Joan Warner, Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Radio, the industry body for commercial radio in Australia; has held senior management positions with Axiss Australia (Australian Centre for Global Finance).