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Blackford Middleton is Director of Clinical Informatics Research & Development, and Chairman of the Center for Information Technology Leadership at Partners Healthcare System, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. As Director for CIRD, he leads product management for the Partners EMR, patient portal, enterprise clinical decision support and knowledge management services, supports enterprise clinical systems strategy development, and conducts clinical informatics research. He was a founder of CITL at Partners in early 2002, and leads its research in value-based technology assessment. In 2004, CITL and CIRD joined the NLM sponsored Boston-area Informatics Research and Training Fellowship Program, where Dr. Middleton serves as Fellowship Program Director for CIRD and CITL NLM Fellows. Dr. Middleton serves on the National Committee of Vital and Health Statistics and also on the Steering Committee of Connecting for Health at the Markle Foundation, the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Aligning Forces for Quality, and several Editorial Boards. Dr. Middleton is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Medical Informatics, and the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society.

Judith B. Tankard is a landscape historian, author, and preservation consultant. She received an M.A. in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and has taught at the Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, since 1987. In 2000, she was awarded a Gold Medal by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for her role in the advancement of historic New England gardens. She is the author or co-author of seven illustrated books on landscape history, including her most recent publications, *Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens*, *Public Landscapes and Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement: Imagination and Reality.* *A Place of Beauty: The Artists and Gardens of the Cornish Colony* won a Quill and Trowel Award from the Garden Writers Association in 2001 and *The Gardens of Ellen Biddle Shipman* was recipient of a 1998 book award from the American Horticultural Society. Judith's articles and book reviews have been published in *Antiques*, *Apollo*, *Arnoldia*, *Country Life*, *Horticulture*, *Hortus*, *Landscape Architecture*, *Old-House Interiors*, *Old-House Journal*, *Pacific Horticulture*, and other publications, and for ten years she served as editor of *the Journal of the New England Garden History Society*. She is currently publications editor of *the Beatrix Farrand Society*.

Dorchester native Peter Meade will be the founding president and CEO of a newly created institute named for Senator Edward M. Kennedy that will be housed on Columbia Point. Meade, a close friend and ally of the state's senior senator, is presently the managing director of the Boston-based public relations firm Rasky Baerlein. Meade has been an influential voice in the region's political and business worlds for decades. He cut his teeth in the trenches of Dorchester's wards and precincts working in the administrations of former Boston mayor Mayor Kevin White, including a term as Commissioner of Parks and Recreation. More recently, he was the executive vice president of corporate affairs at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and has worked as a radio and TV broadcaster at WBZ.

Cynthia Close is the executive director of Documentary Educational Resources.

Louise Rosen is a media executive with over 25 years experience in the international television and film business, project development, production and distribution. She has worked with a wide range of program genres and formats and set up major international co-productions. Her reputation as a talent-spotter has grown steadily, built upon her association with numerous award-winning projects. Louise was based in Europe for 8 years and has particular interest in the cross-cultural aspects of television/film. She has taken an active role in many productions; overseeing research, editorial and budgeting as well as location- and post-production. Her experience also includes management, operations, marketing and business affairs. She has been honored to have among her projects Oscar, Emmy, Sundance, Prix Italia, International Emmy and other award-winning films.

In addition to her extensive experience as a private investment manager, Kim is co-chair of Hampton's International Film Festival, Films of Conflict & Resolution, where she oversees an international advisory board in the development and production of a juried section of films from conflict zones of the world. She is also involved with the festival's Science in Films section, and works with Children's Media Project to facilitate student participation in the festival. She has also served as a grants maker for the Threshold Foundation, where she designated funds to non-profit organizations that focus on peace and national security issues; as author of numerous policy and position papers, grants proposals and freelance articles; and as a reporter for *East Side Express* and *The Philadelphia Inquirer*.

Michael J. Cudahy is an entrepreneur, business executive and philanthropist. Along with Warren Cozzens, he founded Marquette Electronics in 1965 and served as chairman and CEO. The company went public in 1991. After starting with only $15,000 in capital, the company went on to have over $350 million annually in sales. His company put together the nation's first central electrocardiographic system at Northwestern University Medical School. This machine has since become standard in hospitals throughout the United States. The company was also noted for having one of the first on-site day care centers in the nation. In 1982, he and Warren bought the failing Patient Monitoring Business Unit from GE (then known as General Electric Medical Systems Division) and combined it with the existing business (primarily diagnostic equipment). In 1998, he sold Marquette Electronics (by then known as Marquette Medical Systems) to GE. The company exists today as part of the Clinical Systems division of GE Healthcare, a subsidiary of the American conglomerate. After stepping aside at his company, Cudahy focused his energies on philanthropy and serving on the boards of other companies. In 2002 he told the story of the founding of Marquette Electronics in the book *Joyworks*.

Brian Worobey currently serves as the CEO and President of openairboston.net. Brian has been involved in openairboston.net since before its formation. He co-authored the Boston Foundation report, "Boston Unplugged", served on Mayor Menino's Wireless Task Force and helped start up openairboston.net by participating in its advisory board/kitchen cabinet and serving as its COO before taking over as CEO in January 2009. Prior to joining OAB, Brian was Vice President and CIO of the Museum of Science, responsible for the creation and implementation of Museum-wide information systems strategy. Since he started at the Museum of Science in 1996, Brian was instrumental in creating strategic partnerships with leading technology companies, as well as providing strategic, architectural, and fundraising support for the Museum's technological and educational initiatives. Prior to joining the Museum, Brian was the Director of MBA Technology Services at Harvard Business School and Assistant Director for Network Services at Boston College. Brian graduated from Clark University in 1984 with a B.A. in Management. He is involved in the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council and served on the steering committee for its Tech Trends events, and writes on wireless technology in education. In addition, he is a performing musician, playing saxophone in area R&B bands. Brian is the proud father of a 2-year old daughter.

James Honan is Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Education. Honan's teaching and research interests include financial management of nonprofit organizations, organizational performance measurement and management, and higher education administration. At Harvard, he is Educational Cochair of the Institute for Educational Management and is a faculty member in a number of Executive Education programs for educational leaders and nonprofit administrators. Honan has served as a consultant on strategic planning, resource allocation, and performance measurement and management to numerous colleges, universities, schools, and nonprofit organizations, both nationally and internationally.

Daniel Ramirez obtained his PhD in American Religious History from Duke University in 2005. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies. His areas of research and teaching include religions of the Southwest borderlands and migration, with a special interest in the history of religious contact, conflict, and conversion in the Americas and in the transnational and cultural dimensions of religious practice.