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Aaron Renier learned to contribute his drawings and comics to anything he could. He contributed to school papers, created school papers when the school didn't have a school paper, and making his own mini-comics. He is originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and went to art school in Milwaukee. His first book, *Spiral Bound*, was drawn in Portland, when he was living there. The American Library Association said of *Spiral Bound*, "The characters seem like real children, wholesome without being too sweet, and Renier's art is light and fun, a sort of Babar meets underground comix." Renier then lived in Brooklyn, which is where he drew his most recent book, *The Unsinkable Walker Bean*. He currently lives in Chicago (which he calls "pretty perfect"), where he is working on the next Walker Bean book. He is the recipient of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Talent Deserving Wider Recognition, and a nominee for best Children's Album in 2005.

Richman serves as chairperson on Worcester's Human Rights Commission.

Aaron S. Kesselheim, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a faculty member in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He graduated from Harvard College and received his postgraduate training at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Law School, and most recently at the Harvard School of Public Health. His research focuses on the effects of intellectual property laws and regulatory policies on pharmaceutical development, the drug approval process, and the costs, availability, and use of prescription drugs both domestically and in resource-poor settings. He is a member of the New York State Bar and is a Patent Attorney.

Schachter’s own experience as a field correspondent included Middle East reporting for The World for eight years. He covered the second Palestinian Intifada, reporting extensively from Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Schachter had the good timing to be in Iraq when the Hussein family was caught – Uday and Qusay during summer 2003, and father Saddam that December. He’s also reported stories from throughout Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan. His stories have won awards from the duPont Columbia School of Journalism and the Scripps Howard Institute. Before joining The World, Schachter worked in Los Angeles as editor, reporter, and host of the Marketplace Morning Report, and as a reporter for the Los Angeles bureau of National Public Radio. Schachter has served as a reporter and anchor at Colorado public radio in Denver, WBUR in Boston and WFCR, New England Public Radio, in Amherst, MA. When not chained to his desk or being the perfect father to his two boys, Schachter enjoys attempting to mountain bike, hike, backcountry ski and other hard guy activities he has no business participating in.

Aaron Schachter is the Executive Producer of WGBH News. He works with reporters to craft their stories for radio.

**Abby Goldenfarb** is the vice president for development at Trinity Financial, a leading affordable housing developer in Boston. One of her most recent projects was Boston East, a waterfront development project with 200 units.

Abby Maxman joined Oxfam America as president and CEO in 2017. With more than 30 years of experience in international humanitarian relief and development, she brings a strategic focus on addressing the policies and systems that perpetuate global poverty. Maxman has particular experience in gender and power in social change; humanitarian preparedness and response; and organizational development, behavior and culture. Throughout her career she has also focused on prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse within the aid sector, and currently plays an important role within the Oxfam Confederation and among US-based NGOs to improve safeguarding practices. Prior to joining Oxfam, Maxman served as Deputy Secretary General of CARE International in Geneva, providing leadership across the CARE confederation. She previously served as Vice President of International Programs and Operations for CAREUSA, and in other country and regional leadership roles in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. Before CARE, Maxman had assignments with the U.S. Peace Corps, German Agency for Technical Cooperation, UN World Food Programme, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She has a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from Colorado College and a Masters of International Administration from The School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont.