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Juan Carlos Bonilla was previously Conservation International's senior director for central Africa.

Augustine Conduah practices orthopedic surgery, with a specialty in sports medicine. His academic history includes a fellowship at Hughston Sports Medicine Hospital and a medical degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Rhonda Wilkins earned her doctorate in higher education from Georgia State University. Over the last 15 years, she has served as a program coordinator, dean of students and assistant professor of teacher education. Georgia Perimeter College is a large, multi-campus, two-year institution located in metropolitan Atlanta.

Willie Smits is also the chairman of the Masarang Foundation, which strives to save the environment through the active role of the local population. Smits was born in The Netherlands but is now an Indonesian citizen. He is a former personal advisor to the Indonesian minister of forestry and team leader of the Tropenbos tropical forestry research project.

Damien Doute practices orthopedic surgery. He received his medical degree from Harvard University in 1993. His residency was at Johns Hopkins University. He was certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery in 2001.

Barbara Brown Taylor teaches religion at Piedmont College in rural northeast Georgia and is an adjunct professor of spirituality at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA. She is the author of twelve books. An at-large editor for *The Christian Century*, Taylor lives on a working farm with her husband and a yard full of animals.

John Cassidy is one of the country's leading business journalists. He has been a staff writer for *The New Yorker* since 1995, writing articles on topics such as the current economic crisis, Alan Greenspan, and the Iraqi oil industry. Previously he was Washington bureau chief, then business editor of *The Sunday Times* (London) and deputy editor of *The New York Post*. His first book, *Dot.con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era*, was published in 2002.

R.A. Salvatore is one of the fantasy genre’s most successful writers. His books regularly appear on *The New York Times * best-seller lists and have sold more than 10,000,000 copies. Born in 1959, Salvatore is a native of Massachusetts and resides there with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Bryan, Geno, and Caitlin. The family pets include three Japanese Chins and four cats.

Christopher Kimball founded *Cook's* magazine, a national magazine for cooking hobbyists, in 1980 and served as publisher and editorial director through 1989. In 1984, Chris founded the Who's Who of Cooking in America, to honor leading American chefs, restaurateurs, vintners, food writers, and food producers. In 1993, Chris relaunched Cook's magazine as* Cook's Illustrated* and in 2005 founded *Cook's Country*. Chris serves as publisher and editor of both magazines. Chris is also the host of *America's Test Kitchen*, a public television cooking show now in its eighth season. He is also the host and executive producer of a new TV show, *Cook's Country*, which aired with its first season in September 2008. Chris is a regular contributor to *NBC's The Today Show* and *The CBS Early Show* and has been featured in many publications, including *The New Yorker*, *The Wall Street Journal*, *The New York Times*, *People* magazine, *The New York Times Book Review*, *The Washington Post*, and *The Los Angeles Times*. Chris is also a columnist for the Boston-based TAB newspaper group. He was inducted into the Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America in 1996. He is also the author of *The Cook's Bible*, *The Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook*, *Dear Charlie* (Christopher Award Winner), *The Dessert Bible*, and *The Kitchen Detective*. He lives in Boston and Vermont with his wife, Adrienne, daughters Whitney, Caroline, and Emily, and son, Charles.

Psychologist Paul Von Ward is known internationally for his studies on reincarnation and the concept of natural spirituality based in an evolving, self-learning universe. His academic degrees come from Florida State Univeristy and Harvard University, American University, and the University of Southern California.

Jack Bishop is the editorial director of *America's Test Kitchen*. He joined the staff of *Cook's* magazine in 1988 and helped with the launch of *Cook's Illustrated* in 1993. He established the tasting protocols used in *America's Test Kitchen* and has authored dozens of articles for the magazine. Jack directed the launch of *Cook's Country* magazine and oversees editorial operations at both magazines. He is a cast member of *America's Test Kitchen*, the top-rated public television cooking show now in its eighth season. He is also a cast member of the new TV show *Cook's Country*, which aired with its first season in September 2008. Jack edited *The Best Recipe* (1999) and established the books division at *America's Test Kitchen*. He is the author of several cookbooks, including *A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen*, *Vegetables Every Day*, *The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook*, *Pasta e Verdura*, and *Lasagna*. Jack's wife, Lauren Chattman, is a cookbook author and former pastry chef. They have two daughters.