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Robert F. "Bob" Gray
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

Wally Klemp
CEO, Tyrell, Inc.

Steve Latham
President, Founder, Spur digital, Inc.

BOK Business Development Team

William B. Baun, EPD, FAWHP
Manager, Wellness Programs-MD Anderson

Don Clayton
President, Intertech Consulting, Inc.

Alicia Goodrow
Associate, Phillips and Reiter, PLLC

David Meyer
Partner, Gorry, Meyer, and Rudd, LLP

Michael Odom
President, BookPros

Jeff Organ
Operations - consultant, Body of Knowledge, Inc.

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Partner, The Source Store, LLC

Laura Pennino
President, Pennino and Partners

John Phillippe
CEO, Zephyr Salvo Studios

Cynthia Stipeche
Consultant, Design and Information Architecture

BOK Medial and Science Team

Jenna Anding, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.
Extension Associate Department Head - Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Texas A&M University

Phillip Beckett
Director - Patient Clinical Services, Clinical Application Development Services,
Baylor College of Medicine

John P. Foreyt, Ph.D.
Professor - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences / Department of Medicine,
Baylor College of Medicine

Rohit Kashyap, M.D.
Partner, IKP Family Medicine

Kenneth Goodrick. Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Family & Community Medicine Department,
Baylor College of Medicine 

Suzanne Kneuper, MS
Senior Research Assistant - Family and Community Medicine,
Baylor College of Medicine

Carmen Mikhail Ph.D.
Director - Eating Disorders Clinic, Texas Childrens Hospital
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine 

Wendell Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Behavioral Sciences and Health Promotion School of Public Health
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research,
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Ross Shegog
Assistant Professor, Center for Health Promotion & Prevention Research,
UT-School of Public Health

Richard R. Suminski, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Physiology, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences 

William W. Wong, Ph.D., F.A.C.N.
Professor - Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Director - Gas-Isotope-Ratio Mass Spectrometry Laboratory,
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center

Abraham Winkelstein, M.D.
Partner, Digestive Specialists, PA

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Overseas Printing

William Baun
Manager - Wellness Programs, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Richard Buday
President, Archimage, Inc.

Beth Carls
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Dominica Catelli
Author, “Mom-a-licious”

David Chisholm
CEO, Chisholm Capital Management LLC

Thomas Conlon
President, Conlon Organization

Pat Crawford
Co-Director - Center for Weight & Health, Coop. Extension Specialist,
University of California at Berkeley

Michael Crouch
Primary Care - Research, Baylor College of Medicine

Jennifer Evans
Vice President - External Affairs, The Health Museum

Rod Evans
Health and Fitness Magazine

Amy Grable
Grable Vineyards

Michael Grable
Thomas Weisel Partners

Patricia Gras
Host of “Living Smart” - PBS

Steve Greenberg
Attorney at Law

Drew Kahn
CEO, Houston Northwest Medical Center

S. Keith Klein IV CCN, CN
CEO, Institute of Eating Management

Jeff Knyal
COO, Wireless Capital Partners, LLC

Rose Haggerty
Manager - Health and Physical Education Department,
Houston Independent School District

Jonathan Hochman
Account Director, Design Reactor

Catherine Kruppa, MS, RD, LD
Nutritionist, Advice For Eating

Jonathan Lack
Executive Director, Houston Wellness Association

Mark LeBlanc
President, The Wellfit group

Rebecca Lee
Assistant Professor - Health and Human Performance / Health Education Departments, University of Houston

Walter LeLux
Principle, Health Task

Herb Lipsman
CEO, The Health Club Company

Amy Looper
Mind Oh

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CEO, Six Foot Studios

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Executive Director, Leibow Studios

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CEO, Leyh Publishing

Deborah Mansfield
Development Director - Life Sciences Program, Houston Technology Center

W. Mark Moore
President and CEO, IT'Z, L.P.

Sean Mosser
Director - Mechanical Systems, Goodman Co.

Mark Natoskie, M.D., M.B.A.
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Humana Houston Operations

Chau Nguyen
Reporter, Channel 11 News KHOU

Mark Peacher
New Business Development - Protechnics Division, Core Laboratories

Phil Ralston
CEO, MacuCLEAR

Terry Rayner
CEO, The Great American Press

Jim Rutheford
CEO, Quality Infusion, Inc.

Emmannuelle Schuler
Office of Intellectual Property Management, University of Houston

Benjamin Schulman
Executive Chef, St. Luke's Episcopal Health System

Ron Schultz
CEO, Smart Group Houston

Scott Shaw
Partner - VP Business Development, Six Foot Studios

Pat Smith
Freelance writer and researcher, White Horse Productions

Neal Spruce
CEO, Apex Fitness

Don Sweat
President & CEO, Galleria Chamber of Commerce

Evin Thayer
Owner - Photographer, Evin Thayer Studios

Sandy Welchell
National Writers Association - National Writers Foundation

Troy L. Williams
Founder and former CEO, Questia Media

Deborah Yost
Author, Health Journalist and Publishing Consultant

Kacey White
Account Executive, Six Foot, LLC

Lu Zhang
Former COO, Body of Knowledge, Inc.