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Audra Parker is Chief Operating Officer/Executive Director of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound. Audra has been with the Alliance since early 2003. She has 20 years of experience in strategy and business management, has consulted to a wide range of industries, and is active in local community affairs. She holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Brown University. She lives in Osterville with her four children.

Robert Schulzinger is the Director of the International Affairs Program at CU-Boulder, and a College of Arts & Sciences Professor of Distinction. He born in Cincinnati, Ohio, received his B.A. degree magna cum laude from Columbia University, and his Ph.D., from Yale University. He also studied at the London School of Economics. He has taught at CU since 1977. Bob is the author or co-author of twelve books and over sixty articles on the history of U.S. foreign relations and recent American history. Among his books are* The Wise Men of Foreign Affairs: The History of the Council on Foreign Relation*, *Henry Kissinger: Doctor of Diplomacy*, *A Time for War: The United States and Vietnam, 1941-1975*, and *Present Tense: The United States since 1945*. His book,* A Time for Peace: The Legacy of the Vietnam War* will be published in 2006 by Oxford University Press. Bob is a past-president of the Society fo Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR). He has been the editor-in-chief of SHAFR's journal Diplomatic History since 2001. He was a member of the U.S. State Department's Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation from 1996 to 2005.

David Kaiser is an associate professor in MIT's Program in Science, Technology, and Society, and a lecturer in MIT's Department of Physics. He completed an A.B. in physics (1993) at Dartmouth College, and Ph.D.s in physics (1997) and the history of science (2000) at Harvard University. Kaiser's historical research focuses on the development of physics in the United States during the Cold War, looking at how the discipline has evolved at the intersection of politics, culture, and the changing shape of higher education. His physics research focuses on early-universe cosmology, working at the interface of particle physics and gravitation. Kaiser is author of the award-winning *Drawing Theories Apart: The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics* (2005), which traces how Richard Feynman's idiosyncratic approach to quantum physics entered the mainstream. He has also edited several books on the history of modern physical sciences, including, most recently, *Pedagogy and the Practice of Science: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives* (2005). Kaiser is author of the award-winning *Drawing Theories Apart: The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics* (2005), which traces how Richard Feynman's idiosyncratic approach to quantum physics entered the mainstream. He has also edited several books on the history of modern physical sciences, including, most recently, *Pedagogy and the Practice of Science: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives* (2005).

In February 2005, historian Allen Weinstein was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and began his service as the 9th Archivist of the United States, leading the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). From 1985 to 2003, he served as President of The Center for Democracy, a non-profit foundation that he created in 1985 to promote and strengthen the democratic process, based in Washington, DC. His international awards include the United Nations Peace Medal (1986) for "efforts to promote peace, dialogue and free elections in several critical parts of the world"; The Council of Europe's Silver Medal (twice, in 1990 and 1996), presented by its Parliamentary Assembly, for "outstanding assistance and guidance over many years"; and awards from the presidents of Nicaragua and Romania for assistance in their countries democratization processes. He was also University Professor and Professor of History at Boston University from 1985-89, University Professor at Georgetown University from 1981-1984 and, from 1981 to 1983, Executive Editor of *The Washington Quarterly* at Georgetown's Center for Strategic and International Studies. He served as a member of *The Washington Post* editorial staff in 1981. From 1966-81 he was Professor of History at Smith College and Chairman of its American Studies Program.

In 1975, Jim started EMI and over the ensuing years would build EMI into one of the most successful privately held independent power companies in America. He recruited and managed a team of dedicated and highly motivated professionals that were able to complete the myriad and complex tasks of creating state of the art power projects. Jim's sense of timing and grasp of political and regulatory directions allowed EMI to develop some of New England's first gas fired cogeneration and independent power projects as well as the first generation of merchant electric plants in the United States. Jim is a graduate of Boston University's School of Public Communications and worked for Warner Communications Corporation prior to founding EMI.

Jimmy Carter was the 39th US President. Significant foreign policy accomplishments of his administration included the Panama Canal treaties, the Camp David Accords, the treaty of peace between Egypt and Israel, the SALT II treaty with the Soviet Union, and the establishment of US diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. He championed human rights throughout the world. On the domestic side, the administration's achievements included a comprehensive energy program conducted by a new Department of Energy and major environmental protection legislation, including the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. In 1982, he founded The Carter Center. Carter Center fellows, associates, and staff join with President Carter in efforts to resolve conflict, promote democracy, protect human rights, and prevent disease and other afflictions. On December 10, 2002, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Carter "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."

Pete Peterson is an American businessman, investment banker, fiscal conservative, author, and politician whose most prominent political position was as United States Secretary of Commerce. He is Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Senior Chairman of the private equity firm, the Blackstone Group. In 1969, he was invited to chair a Commission on Foundations and Private Philanthropy, which became known as the Peterson Commission. Peterson is a co-founder of the prominent private equity and investment management firm, the Blackstone Group and was a co-founder of the Concord Coalition. He is founding Chairman of the Peterson Institute, and a Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development.

David Kennedy is the Vice President for International Affairs, University Professor of Law and David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations at Brown University. In addition he is the Manley O. Hudson Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and Director of the European Law Research Center. He teaches international law, international economic policy, legal theory, law and development, and European law. He joined the Harvard Law School faculty in 1981 after teaching in Germany. He holds a Ph.D. in international affairs from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a J.D. from Harvard. He is the author of numerous articles on international law, history and legal theory, and founder of the New Approaches to International Law project. Professor Kennedy's research uses interdisciplinary materials from sociology and social theory, economics and history to explore issues of global governance, development policy and the nature of professional expertise. He is particularly interested in the politics of the transnational regime for economic policy making. Kennedy has been particularly committed to developing new voices from the third world and among women in international affairs. As a practicing lawyer and consultant, Prof. Kennedy has worked on numerous international projects, both commercial and public, including work with the United Nations, the Commission of the European Union, and with the private firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton in Brussels. He has also advised a number of educational institutions on their law and graduate programs, including Brown University, the University of Quebec Lavalle and the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

Christopher Lynn "Kit" Bakke is an U.S. activist. In the 1960s, she actively fought for women's rights and civil rights and she protested the Vietnam War. In college, she helped to establish a new chapter of the Students for a Democratic Society. Later, she became a member of the Weathermen, also called the Weather Underground, a militant leftist group. After leaving the Weather Underground, Bakke moved to Seattle, Washington. In Seattle, Bakke became a mother and worked as a nurse for many years. In 2006, her bio-memoir *Miss Alcott's E-mail *was published.

Judith D. Hampton is an adjunct faculty member for the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. Ms. Hampton holds a bachelor of science degree from Columbia University and a master's degree from Hunter College. She has over thirty years of experience as an entrepreneur, trainer, seminar leader, facilitator, and university teacher. Ms. Hampton is also a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and guest lecturer. Ms. Hampton is now president of Judi Hampton Public Relations, a full-service firm with clients that include major corporations, institutions, health-care organizations, universities, and government agencies. In this capacity, she designs and executes marketing, publicity, and communications programs for clients. Ms. Hampton serves as President of the Board of Directors of Blackside, Inc., which has produced *Eyes on the Prize* and other award-winning documentaries on American historical and social issues for public television.