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Jack Levin, PhD, is the Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University in Boston, where he co-directs its Center on Violence and Conflict and teaches courses in the sociology of violence and hate. He has authored or co-authored 30 books, including *Mass Murder: America's Growing Menace, Why We Hate, The Functions of Prejudice, Hate Crimes Revisited, The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder, Domestic Terrorism, Serial Killers and Sadistic Murderers Up Close and Personal*, and *The Violence of Hate*. Dr. Levin has published more than 150 articles in professional journals and newspapers, such as *The New York Times, Boston Globe, Dallas Morning News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post*, and *USA Today*. He appears frequently on national television programs, including *48 Hours, 20/20, Dateline NBC, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Oprah, The O'Reilly Factor, Larry King Live*, and all network newscasts. Dr. Levin was honored by the Massachusetts Council for Advancement and Support of Education as its Professor of the Year. He has spoken to a wide variety of community, academic, and professional groups, including the White House Conference on Hate Crimes, the Department of Justice, the Department of Education, OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (a membership of 59 countries) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

Janice Bourque has been Senior Vice President and Group Head-Life Sciences for Comerica Bank for the past 3 years. She is responsible for leading Comerica's national strategy for the life sciences, delivering value to the industry and generating portfolio growth in the Northeast positioning Comerica to be the "Bank of Choice" for the life sciences. Formerly, Ms. Bourque was President/CEO of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MBC) for 12 years where under her leadership the MassBiotech 2010 was released which provided a blueprint for Massachusetts to remain at the forefront of the biotechnology revolution. She has held several previous senior managerial positions, including CFO/controller of Cambridge Medical Technology Corporation, senior public accountant for Coopers & Lybrand Emerging and Middle Market Group, and as a NASA Space Science grant project manager for the first satellite payloads to be repaired by the space shuttle missions. Ms. Bourque is currently on the Board of the MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Board Chair of the Boston History and Innovation Collaborative, treasurer for National Foundation for Family Homelessness and board member of the Women Entrepreneurs in Science & Technology (WEST). She has won numerous awards and was a Boston Magazine 100 most influential woman. Ms. Bourque received her MBA degree in finance and accounting and her BS degree in veterinary science from the University of New Hampshire.

Martha J. Kanter currently serves as Chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, one of the largest community college districts in the country, serving more than 44,000 students. Prior to her tenure at De Anza College, Kanter served as Vice President of Instruction and Student Services at San Jose City College where she formerly worked as a teacher and created the school's first program for students with learning disabilities. Kanter also served as a Director, Dean and subsequently Vice Chancellor for Policy and Research of the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office in Sacramento. Kanter earned her bachelor's degree from Brandeis University, a master's in education from Harvard University and a doctorate in organization and leadership from the University of San Francisco. Kanter has taught across the country and currently serves as National Chair of the Community College Advisory Panel of The College Board.

Steve is the President and CEO of ML Strategies, where he manages a team of consultants in Boston and Washington D.C. and advises a range of clients from Fortune 100 companies to entrepreneurs on a wide range of issues. He also currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts. Steve was Chairman of the Board of Higher Education in Massachusetts from 1999 to 2006. From 1993 to 1997, Steve served as Executive Director and CEO of the Massachusetts Port Authority. Prior to that, he was Massachusetts Secretary of Economic Affairs and also served as Special Assistant to both Governor William Weld and Governor Paul Cellucci. As one of Governor Weld's and Governor Cellucci's most trusted advisors, he earned a reputation as an aggressive problem-solver and strategist. During his years of service to the Commonwealth, he was involved in a host of major growth initiatives, including the new Fleet Center, the state track facility and many bio-chemical development projects. Prior to entering state government, Steve founded his own public-sector consulting firm, and served as president of The Strategy Group, the management consulting arm of a public accounting firm. Steve earned a B.S. degree in pharmacy and chemistry from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. He was awarded a CSS for graduate work in administration and management from Harvard University (1989). Steve also received an honorary Ph.D. in humane letters from Nichols College (2001).

Jonathan Raymond is the Chief Accountability Officer in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, NC, a district with more than 126,000 students in 150 schools. Previously, he served as president and CEO of the Boston based Commonwealth Corporation, a non profit organization with a mission of building stronger communities through innovative education and workforce development programs.

Linda Nathan is the founding headmaster of the Boston Arts Academy, the city's first and only public high school for the visual and performing arts. BAA sends over 95 percent of its graduates to college all residents of the city of Boston. Under her leadership, the school has won state, national, and international recognition and awards. These include a Massachusetts Compass Award, a Breaking Ranks award from the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and a Mentor School award from the Coalition of Essential Schools. Linda was instrumental in starting Boston's first performing-arts middle school, and was a driving force behind the creation of Fenway High School, recognized nationally for its innovative educational strategies and school-to-work programs. She is also a co-founder and board member of the Center for Collaborative Education in Boston, a nonprofit education reform organization dedicated to creating more equitable and democratic schools. She has served on the National Academy of Science's Commission for the Science of Learning. She was named Teacher of the Year by Chronicle on Channel 5, ABC's affiliate in Boston. In 2003, Linda received the Nadia Boulanger Educator's Award from the Longy School of Music for her work in arts education. In 2006 she received the first Fidelity Inspire the Future Award given to community leaders who excel in encouraging the next generation of artists and arts advocates. She was named a 2007 Barr Foundation Fellow, and spent June 2007 in South Africa and Zimbabwe as part of this fellowship. Linda received the Massachusetts College of Art and Design's Morton R. Godine Medal for Service to the Community at the college's commencement ceremony in May 2009. Linda's articles have appeared in Phi Delta Kappan, Educational Leadership, Horace, and other publications. Fluent in Spanish, she has worked on issues of school reform in Puerto Rico, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. In 2006, she presented to the first UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education in Lisbon, Portugal. Linda is a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she teaches the course, Building Democratic Schools. She has written a book about teaching and leadership in urban schools, The Hardest Questions Aren't On the Test, that will be published by Beacon Press in September 2009. Linda earned a bachelor's degree at the University of California, Berkeley; a master's degree in education administration at Antioch University; a master's of performing arts at Emerson College, and a doctorate in education at Harvard University. She is married to Steve Cohen, a professor at Tufts University and they have three children ages 22, 19, and 15.