Steve Boyko is President of Global Market Thoughtware, Inc., an international consulting firm providing services for capital markets in transition economies.  He has over twenty-five years of financial experience in a broad range of industries.  He has taught managerial finance at American University and formulated securities regulatory policy for the National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD").  Mr. Boyko has established procedures for brokerage operations and implemented marketing programs for retail, institutional, and corporate clients.  He has written and lectured extensively on small-to-medium enterprise funding and development.  Mr. Boyko holds a BA in history and an MBA in finance and is conversant in French, Russian, and Ukrainian.

Mason Conner, President, CEO, and Director, of VillageEDOCS.com, has over twenty-four years in sales and business management experience.   For the last sixteen years, he has held senior positions in the data and voice communication products and services industries with companies such as TMSI, LTS Corp, Digital Network Architects, Banyan Systems, Doelz Networks, and Timeplex.   Mr. Conner was responsible for designing and coordinating a direct public offering by which his company was able to capitalize the cost of expanding his company's operations.

Wanda Franz is retired from her position as Professor of Child Development and Family Studies at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia.  Dr. Franz remains active in the civic life of her community, and is President of the National Right to Life Committee.

She received her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Washington (1965), her M.S. in Family Resources from West Virginia University, (1970); and her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from West Virginia University (1974).  Dr. Franz has taught life-span developmental psychology at both the graduate and undergraduate level.  She co-authored a textbook, Early Childhood Development:  Prenatal Through Age Eight, with Sandra Anselmo for Merrill/Prentice Hall in 1995.  She is certified in Family Life Education.

Dr. Franz served as a consultant for the Office of Population Affairs in the Department of Health and Human Services from 1983 to 1991.  She served on the Advisory Committee for the National Clearinghouse for Family Planning Information from 1984 to 1986 and was an evaluator on the Curriculum Committee for the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs from 1986 to 1991.  In conjunction with the West Virginia University Extension Services, she was part of a team awarded a grant from the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs, "In-Home Use of Videotapes for Family Centered Sexuality Education."  She wrote the final report for the grant in 1991.  Her publications include topics on fetal development, early childhood education, logical thinking in adolescents, adolescent sexuality, abortion and post-abortion trauma.

In March 1998, Peter Hannaford established Hannaford Enterprises, a public relations/public affairs consultancy, after having organized and led the public relations division of The Carmen Group, a prominent Washington D.C. government relations firm.  Prior to joining Carmen in January 1996, from 1975-95 he headed The Hannaford Company, Inc. (founded as Deaver & Hannaford, Inc.), serving a national and international public relations/public affairs clientele.  Before that, he was Assistant to the Governor and Director of Public Affairs for then-Governor Reagan in Sacramento.  In that position, he supervised the governor's press office, speech research office, community relations unit and the office of information services (a clearing house for the 45 departments of California's state government.)

Mr. Hannaford is perhaps best known for his role in assisting Mr. Reagan during the latter's quest for the White House.  From 1975 until his election in 1980, Mr. Reagan was a client of the firm that Peter Hannaford co-founded.  In Mr. Reagan's 1976 presidential nomination campaign, Mr. Hannaford was director of issues and research; in the 1980 campaign he was senior communications adviser to Mr. Reagan.

Earlier, he spent 17 years in public relations and advertising in the San Francisco Bay Area.  In 1972, he was the Republican nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in California's 7th Congressional District.

Mr. Hannaford is the author of numerous articles and seven published books:  The Reagans: a Political Portrait (Coward McCann, New York, 1983); Talking Back to the Media (Facts on File, New York, 1986; Meynard Publishing, Tokyo, 1990); Remembering Reagan (co-author; Regnery, Washington, DC, 1994); Recollections of Reagan (William Morrow & Company, New York, 1997), My Heart Goes Home:  A Hudson Valley Memoir (Purple Mountain Press, Fleischmanns, NY, 1997), The Quotable Ronald Reagan (Regnery, 1998) and The Essential George Washington (Images from the Past, Inc., 1999).

Mr. Hannaford has served on the United States Information Agency's Public Relations Advisory Committee (1981-92), the board of trustees of the White House Preservation Fund (1981-89); the Commonwealth Fund's Commission on Elderly People Living Alone (1986-91); the board of directors of the American Spectator Educational Foundation (1984 - ); and the advisory committee of Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate (1990-96).  A native Californian, he holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley (1954).

Arthur B. Laffer is the founder and chairman of Laffer Associates, an economic research and consulting firm that provides investment-research services to institutional asset managers. Since its inception in 1979, the firm's research has focused on the interconnecting macroeconomic, political and demographic changes affecting global financial markets.

Dr. Laffer's economic acumen and influence in triggering a world-wide tax-cutting movement in the 1980s have earned him the distinction in many publications as "The Father of Supply-Side Economics." One of his earliest successes in shaping public policy was his involvement in Proposition 13, the groundbreaking California initiative that drastically cut property taxes in the state in 1978.

Years of experience and success in advising on a governmental level have distinguished Dr. Laffer in the business community as well. He currently sits on the board of directors of several public companies, which include: Vivendi Environmental (V), PacifiCare Health Systems (PHSY), MasTec Inc. (MTZ), Neff Corp. (NFF), Nicholas-Applegate Growth Equity Fund (NAPGX), and Oxigene Inc.(OXGN). He also sits on the board of directors or board of advisors of a number of private companies including: ProFlowers, Plyent.com, Synectics Technology, Proponent Software, Interelate, Enverity, Restaurants International Group, MSC.com, ValuBond, Sonic Telecom, VirtualCom, U.S. Script and Castle Creek Capital.

Dr. Laffer is a founding member of the Congressional Policy Advisory Board, a select group of advisors who assist in shaping legislative policies for the 105th, 106th and 107th United States Congress.

Dr. Laffer was a member of President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board for both of his two terms (1981-1989). He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Reagan/Bush Finance Committee in 1984 and was a founding member of the Reagan Executive Advisory Committee for the presidential race of 1980.

He was formerly the Distinguished University Professor at Pepperdine University and a member of the Pepperdine Board of Directors. He also held the status as the Charles B. Thornton Professor of Business Economics at the University of Southern California from 1976 to 1984. He was an Associate Professor of Business Economics at the University of Chicago from 1970 to 1976 and a member of the Chicago faculty from 1967 through 1976.

During the years 1972 to 1977, Dr. Laffer was a consultant to Secretary of the Treasury William Simon, Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld and Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz. He was the first to hold the title of Chief Economist at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under Mr. Shultz from October 1970 to July 1972.

Dr. Laffer has been widely acknowledged for his economic achievements. He was noted in Time Magazine's March 29, 1999, cover story "The Century's Greatest Minds" for inventing the Laffer Curve, which it deemed one of "a few of the advances that powered this extraordinary century". He was listed in "A Dozen Who Shaped the '80s," in the Los Angeles Times on Jan. 1, 1990, and in "A Gallery of the Greatest People Who Influenced Our Daily Business," in the Wall Street Journal on June 23, 1989. His creation of the Laffer Curve was deemed a "memorable event" in financial history by Institutional Investor in its July 1992 Silver Anniversary issue, "The Heroes, Villains, Triumphs, Failures and Other Memorable Events."

The awards that Dr. Laffer has received for his economic work include: two Graham and Dodd Awards from the Financial Analyst Federation for outstanding feature articles published in the Financial Analysts Journal; the Distinguished Service Award by the National Association of Investment Clubs; the Adam Smith Award for his insights and contributions to the Wealth of Nations; and the Daniel Webster Award for public speaking by the International Platform Association. Dr. Laffer also earned the Father of the Year award from the West Coast Father's Day Committee in 1983.

Dr. Laffer received a B.A. in economics from Yale University in 1963. He received a MBA and a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University in 1965 and 1971 respectively.

Forrest A. Nabors is a veteran internet business executive, with management experience in marketing, sales, engineering, and administration.  Forrest has played key management roles with Chrome Data Corporation (Chrome.com), Western Reliance Corporation and Learning.com.  Forrest has also served as a board member, startup co-founder and consultant for technology companies ranging the healthcare, automotive, consumer information, education, and financial services industries.  He earned a patent for an internet business process that he began developing in 1997.

In 1999, Forrest Nabors joined Learning.com as Vice President for Product Development & Marketing.  Learning.com is a startup internet company in the eLearning category.  His responsibilities include financing, professional services, insurance and intellectual property contracts, product design and development and launch of the Company.  While at Chrome Data Corporation from 1998 to 1999, Forrest was Director of Product Management and led transformation of company business to the internet.  That transition enabled the company's valuation to grow from $7 million to approximately $63 million in two years.

During Yorktown University's startup, Forrest was responsible for all software and hardware development issues, recruitment of Yorktown University's technical staff and outsourcing issues.

Before landing in high technology business, Forrest had prepared for an academic career, and that experience has ingrained in him a strong belief in the value of an education grounded in civics and the classics.  Following his interests in higher education, Forest entered the Ph.D. program in political science at a University in Oregon.  His early educational background includes an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and courswork at Claremont McKenna College.  Forrest and his wife, Gena, have three young children, William Brewster, Emma Lucille and Harry.

Ellen R. Sauerbrey is U.S. ambassador and representative to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Mrs. Sauerbrey was a Minority Leader of the Maryland House of Delegates, and 1994 and 1998 Republican nominee for Governor of Maryland. She is a fierce advocate of controlling the size and cost of state government, encouraging economic growth through tax cuts, and promoting crime victims' rights. In her duties as Ambassador to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, Mrs. Sauerbrey promotes the importance of human life, the natural family, traditional marriage and the significant role of parents. She was appointed by President Bush as U.S. Ambassador to the UN and has also represented the United States at the UN Commission on Human Rights (2001) and served on delegations to the 2002 and 2003 sessions of the UN General Assembly.  A former high school science teacher and department chairman, Sauerbrey launched the battle in Maryland for parental choice in education.

Mrs. Sauerbrey represented her northern Baltimore County district in the House of Delegates from 1978 to 1994. Her outspoken leadership and legislative expertise led fellow Republicans to elect her Minority Leader in 1986, a post she held for eight years.

In the Maryland House of Delegates, Sauerbrey introduced legislation cutting taxes and excessive regulations. She was the prime sponsor of the Maryland Spending Affordability Law, which has been credited with dramatically curbing the growth of state spending and protecting Maryland's triple A bond rating. Her commitment to limited government and economic growth earned her the accolade "America's Lady Thatcher."

During her years in the Maryland legislature, she became a recognized expert on budget and fiscal issues, serving on the Ways and Means and Appropriations committees.

In 1994, Sauerbrey was the Republican nominee for Governor, coming within four tenths of one percent of becoming Maryland's first woman governor.  Following the election, she became a talk-show host on WBAL radio and a commentator on WBAL TV.  Her columns have appeared in the Washington Post, Washington Times, Baltimore Sun, and many other Maryland papers.

Ellen Sauerbrey served as the National Chairman of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the largest voluntary association of state legislators, and was a co-founder of the Maryland Taxpayers Coalition.

Western Maryland College honored her as Alumna of the Year, and ALEC has honored her as its Legislator of the Year.  In 1996, she was elected to the Republican National Committee as the National Committeewoman representing Maryland. She has held leadership positions in many civic groups, including the Council on Economic Education in Maryland, and the Franklin Square Hospital.

Born in Baltimore, Sauerbrey graduated from Towson Senior High School and summa cum laude from Western Maryland College.  She lives with her husband Wil on a small farm in Sweet Air, Maryland.