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Roberta M. Berry is Associate Professor and Director, Law, Science & Technology Program. Her research focuses on the legal, ethical, and policy implications of life sciences research and biotechnologies. In 2001, Prof. Berry was named Outstanding Faculty Member by the Georgia Tech Student Government Association. In 2004, she received the Ivan Allen Jr. Faculty Legacy Award and in 2005 she received the Class of 1940 W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher Award. Prof. Berry is writing a book under contract with Routledge on the ethical and policy implications of genetic engineering of human beings. She has published a co-edited interdisciplinary book on health care law, ethics and policy, and a number of articles focusing primarily on the implications of genetic knowledge and technologies. She has also delivered a number of papers on the legal, ethical, and policy issues posed by life sciences research and biotechnologies, and, in 2000, she served as Executive Director of the transatlantic workshop Shaping Biotechnology Policy in the 21st Century: A Joint European and American Workshop on Policy, Legal, and Ethical Issues.

Henna Inam is Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer. She brings to CIBA Vision a track record of business growth, innovation and experience in general management, sales and marketing to customers and influencers. Henna has been with Novartis' Consumer Health Division (CIBA Vision is a part of this division) for 9 years, most recently serving as General Manager, Mexico for Gerber. As General Manager Gerber Mexico, Henna demonstrated strong sales and share growth as well as growth in operating income. Her work in Mexico included successful R&D pipeline commercialization, strengthening the organization, and working closely with key opinion leaders and influencers in the children's nutrition field. Prior to joining Novartis, she worked at Procter & Gamble, where she held positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of Finance and Marketing. Henna graduated from The University of Texas with a degree in Business Administration. She continued her education with a Master's of Business Administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She has also completed several executive education programs with Harvard University.

Prioleau Alexander attended College at Auburn University. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division and 1st Armored Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. Alexander is the author of *You Want Fries with That? A White-Collar Burnout Experiences Life at Minimum Wage*.

Although Barbara Walters would later downplay her relationship with the feminist movement, her early career is marked by a number of moves that were in part responsible for breaking down the all-male facade of U.S. network news. A *Today Show* regular for 15 years, including two years as the show's first official female co-host, she was a visible presence in, at first, the program's "feature" segments, then going on to covering "hard news"--including serving as part of the NBC News team sent to cover President Richard Nixon's historic visit to the People's Republic of China in 1972. Her most controversial first involved her decision in 1976 to leave Today to co-anchor the ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner (the first time a woman was allowed the privileged position of network evening anchor) for a record-breaking seven-figure salary. Public reaction to both her salary and approach to the news, which critics claimed led to the creeping "Infotainment" mentality which threatens traditional reporting, undercut ABC News ratings, and she was quickly bumped from the anchor desk. After this public relations disaster, Walters undertook a comeback on ABC with The Barbara Walters Specials, an occasional series of interviews with heads of state, newsmakers, sports figures and Hollywood celebrities that have consistently topped the ratings and made news in themselves. In 1977, she arranged the first joint interview with Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin; she has since interviewed six U.S. Presidents, as well as political figures as diverse as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, U.S. presidential contender Ross Perot, and Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin. In 1984, ABC returned her to an anchor desk as co-host of the newsmagazine *20/20*. Walters began her career in broadcast journalism as a writer for CBS News.

Melissa Delbridge has published her writing in *Atlanta Press, Crescent Review, *and *Southern Humanities Review.* She was one of the winners of the 1999 Southern Women Writers Conference's Emerging Writers competition. She works as an archivist in Duke's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. *Family Bible*, the trilogy of essays from which this introduction is excerpted, was written during the year she served as the first Library Fellow for Duke University's John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute. The essays appear in their entirety in *Southern Humanities Review*.

Shirley Franklin is the 58th mayor of Atlanta. She is also the first female mayor and the first African American woman to serve as mayor of a major southern city. Her term ends in 2009. Franklin served as one of the co-chairs of the 2008 National Democratic Convention. She has held leadership roles in the US Conference of Mayors as the chair of the women's caucus, co-chair of the tourism task force and a member of the environmental committee. She was the first Atlanta mayor to serve as president of the Georgia Municipal Association, which is the only state organization that represents the 502 local governments in Georgia.

Mr. Weiner is a reporter for *The New York Times*. He has written on American intelligence for twenty years, and won the Pulitzer Prize for his work on secret national security programs. He has traveled to Afghanistan and other nations to investigate C.I.A. covert operations firsthand. *Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA*, is his third book.

Jovita Moore anchors the 5 p.m. newscast on Channel 2 Action News. Jovita joined WSB-TV in 1998. Before moving to Atlanta, Jovita worked as weekend anchor/reporter at WMC-TV in Memphis, Tenn. Jovita began her career as a reporter at KFSM-TV in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 1990. Jovita is a native New Yorker. She earned a Master's Degree in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major in literature, from Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Jovita made the 2007 list of 40 Under 40 by Georgia Trend magazine and is member of Leadership Atlanta's Class of 2007. She currently sits on the Boards of the Center for the Visually Impaired, Dress for Success and the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra. She's a past Vice President/Broadcast for the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists. She's a sustaining member of the Junior League of Atlanta and a former member of the Board of Directors of the YWCA of Greater Atlanta. Dedicated to helping communities around the metro Atlanta area, Jovita donates countless hours working with civic associations, hosting events for community agencies and mentoring students. Jovita is a member of Outstanding Atlanta's Class of 2004 and has also been featured in Jezebel's 50 Most Beautiful. Jovita is an Emmy award winner and has been awarded by the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists.