Tim Redmond is executive editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian and AAN first amendment chair.

Harlan Mandel is deputy managing director of Media Development Loan Fund, a mission-driven investment fund providing low-cost financing to independent news media in countries with a history of media oppression. MDLF has provided over $85 million in loans and equity financing to more than 70 print, broadcast and on-line news outlets in 25 countries, helping journalists in challenging environments build sustainable businesses around professional, responsible, quality journalism. More than 32 million people on four continents get their news from MDLF's current clients. Prior to joining MDLF in 1998, Mandel served as Deputy General Counsel of the Open Society Institute, after practicing law in the New York and Los Angeles offices of Morrison & Foerster.

Ron Reason     Chicago-based design consultant Ron Reason is advising Creative Loafing Media on rethinking editorial and advertising strategies in its various markets. He has worked with an odd array of daily and weekly newspapers and magazines in places like Dubai, London, Chicago, New York, Dallas, Nairobi, Orlando, New Delhi, Santa Fe, Sao Paulo, Reykjavik, Lisbon (Ohio), Venice (Fla.) and Walla Walla (Wash.) He is a visiting faculty member at The Poynter Institute, where he previously served as fulltime Director of Visual Journalism for five years. His email is ron@ronreason.com, and his websites are www.ronreason.com and www.artwithinreason.com

Jan van der Hoop spent more than fifteen years in senior human resources positions with a number of leading corporations, including Hilton International Hotels, PepsiCo and Office Depot. Through his work, Jan developed a clear understanding of the issues and challenges people face in the corporate trenches, along with some insights into how he could help organizations work smarter. As a result in 1998, Jan founded The People Factor -- a training and coaching organization that worked with companies to build their organizational capacity, grow their people and improve their bottom line performance. In eight years, he built an impressive client roster across North America, including Nissan Canada, Procter & Gamble, State Farm and Sleep Country Canada. In 2006, Jan partnered with Tim Brennan to launch HiringSmart in response to a demand from his clients to improve their bottom line results by changing the way they hire.

Patricia Martin is an author and noted expert on commerce and culture. She is CEO and founder of LitLamp Communications, an award-winning marketing boutique acclaimed for using culture as a medium to connect brands with communities of consumers. Author of the book "Renaissance Generation: The Rise of the Cultural Consumer and What it Means to Your Business," she pioneered the point of view that the convergence of art, technology and entertainment is remaking the American consumer. A keynote speaker in demand, Patricia brings C-level executives to their feet when she casts the American consumer in a new light and sets the stage for marketing in the 21st Century. Before founding her firm in 1995, Patricia created the first-of-its-kind sponsorship marketing division for the American Library Association. While there, she partnered with some of the world's most recognized brands, including Microsoft, where she built the blueprint for what is now the Gates Library Foundation. Patricia has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, NPR, the Wall Street Reporter, Market Watch, Harvard Business Review, and Advertising Age. She is a frequent contributor to Advertising Age and Huffington Post and lives near Chicago with her daughter, Grace.

Raven Zachary is president of Small Society, working with big brands, established companies, investors, and startups on iPhone strategy and product development. Raven directed the Obama '08 for iPhone application for the Obama Campaign, and has worked with companies such as Whole Foods Market®, Zipcar℠, CLIF BAR®, and Air New Zealand℠ on iPhone application initiatives. He is the founder of iPhoneDevCamp, a not-for-profit iPhone developer conference. Raven is also a Contributing Analyst with The 451 Group, an IT industry analyst firm and works closely with O'Reilly® Media on iPhone and mobile technology related events and coverage. He is regularly quoted by the press about the iPhone market and is a frequent conference speaker on the topic.

Brian Gentry has been working in the fields of software architecture and application development for 15 years. He has led development efforts to push computing to mobile handsets for clients in the transportation, insurance, financial, and medical industries, integrating legacy systems with modern mobile hardware. He currently is the president of Trestle Development Inc, a software consulting firm, and a founding partner of Chilly Primitive, LLC, a company developing innovative applications for the iPhone, iPad, and other mobile devices.

Susan Percy is the founder of Toronto-based MacGrercy Consultants, providing business-skills training and meeting facilitation. Susan helps teams and individuals to become more productive, creative and effective at work. When facilitating group sessions, Susan helps to create a fun atmosphere that encourages collaboration to quickly generate ideas and make plans.