W.D.  Blackmon 
Head, English Department; Missouri State University

James  Combs 
Writer

Christina  Drale 
Professor; Media, Journalism and Film; Missouri State University

Mary Lou Gilbert 
Owner, Sothern Studio and Gilbert Gallery

Paul W. Johns 
Writers Hall of Fame of America

Executive Director

Arthur  Mallory 
Commissioner Elementary and Secondary Education, retired

William L. Mauck 
Attorney at Law; Yates, Mauck, Bohrer, Elliff, Croessmann & Wieland, P.C.

Robert  Noble 
Noble Communications, Inc.

Paul  Reinert 
Integrity Home Care

Treasurer

Robert  Stockdale 
CreativeInk, Architects

Vice President

Jim  Thompson 
Writer, Mediator/Arbitrator

President

Dan  Thrall 
Consultant

Jane M. Healy 

Educational Psychologist/Professional Educator/Writer
Author of Endangered Minds: Why Children Don’t Think and What We Can Do About It; and Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children’s Minds–and What We Can Do About It.

www.amazon.com

Patrick  LoBrutto 

Patrick LoBrutto (New York) has been an editor, author and anthologist for over 30 years. He has worked for Ace Books, Doubleday, M. Evans, Random House, Kensington, Stealth Press (an internet publisher) and Bantam. He has held the position of Editor, Senior Editor and Editor-in-Chief, worked with authors as diverse as Isaac Asimov and Stephen King and has received the World Fantasy Award for editing. He currently lectures at writer's conferences and works as an Editorial Consultant and Master Class Instructor for authors and as an Acquiring Editor for Tor/Forge and Quill Driver Books/Word Dancer Press.

www.patricklobrutto.com

Alice E. Loughran 

Alice E. Loughran is an attorney with the Washington D.C. law office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP. Alice has participated in the Attorney General's Honors Program, has been honored with the Special Achievement Award (U.S. Department of Justice, 2000) and is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Merlin  Miller 

Merlin Miller is a Producer, Director and Screenwriter and is President/CEO of Black Knight Productions, Inc. in Florida.

www.blackknightfilms.com