Lynnea Bylund

Lynnea Bylund, Advisory Co-Chair, has nearly two decades of experience in administration, marketing and business development in the telecommunications and information processing industries. She is a nationally recognized spokeswomen for the emerging alternative video and information delivery industries and has appeared on CNN, PBS, NBC, as well as numerous trade and national publications including Wall Street Journal, Barons, Radio Communications Report, Wireless Week, America's Network and Private Cable Magazine. She is the founder of two small business-based wireless trade associations and has lobbied on Capitol Hill and at the FCC where she has spoken out strongly against the cable TV monopoly, illegal spectrum warehousing and ill-conceived congressional schemes to auction our nation's precious airwaves to the highest bidder. Ms. Bylund is a founder and former CEO of a Washington DC telecommunications consulting and management company with holdings in several operating and near operating wireless communications systems and companies. In 1995 Lynnea became the first female in the world to be awarded a Broadband PCS operating permit - she was one of only 17 winners, along with Sprint, AT&T, Pacific Bell, etc. in the biggest cash auction in world history, raising a whopping $8 billion.

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While Lynnea was living and working in Washington DC moving the USIMTA mission forward she was in media training with her Media Coach Michael Sheehan. Michael coached both Adrian Cronauer and Lynnea Bylund together unveiling various strategies in order to properly handle the live and print media sources during their USIMTA and USIPCA political lobby. Click here to see Video

Laszlo Rakoczi, Advisory Co-Chair, is Chairman of Silicon Valley World Internet Center Advisory Board, Chairman and Founder EduActive and Board member of Direct Stock Market. He serves on various Advisory Boards of network oriented companies: WebLaser-VBN, Air-Power, VOXCOM Holdings, SMTV, PageActive and others. Laszlo has advised Fortune 500 companies on spinouts and divestitures. While Partner at Hambrecht & Quist Technology Partners 1984-87 he developed strategic alliances in information and networking fields. He was Executive Vice-President at Tymshare/Tymnet in charge of value application business. Before this, he was President and CEO of Standard Information Systems that developed and marketed computer information systems. Additionally, he was Manager of Advanced Computers at GE; Senior Design Engineer at RCA where he was project leader of ComLogNet, forerunner to ARPANET precursor to the Internet.

http://www.worldinternetcenter.com

Ron Dunham

Ron Dunham, President, has over 25 years experience in the investment and financial planning industries. Mr. Dunham founded Towne Center Financial, a conglomeration of tax and financial planning companies numbering 200 staff and associates. Ron has been recognized by Certified Financial Planers Association as one of the top financial planners of the decade. Ron is also founder/CEO of the Springboard Capital Group, a merchant, real estate, and investment banking concern with $300 million under management. Recently Ron graduated the Gerber E-Myth Institute’s ‘Business Mastery’ training program, which emphasizes perfection of the turnkey business template or ‘franchise prototype’ – this’ turnkey modeling’ approach is essential to obtaining predictable and quantifiable small business success and rapid expansion through duplication. A Springboard Newsletter and portfolio is available on request.

www.springboardcompanies.com or www.springboardnews.com

Robert Patton

Legal/Media. Former U.S. Air Force sergeant Adrian Cronauer co-authored the original story for the major motion picture, Good Morning, Vietnam! In that film, Cronauer was portrayed (creatively) by Robin Williams whose performance was nominated for an Academy Award. A subsequent special program on National Public Radio about the role of military radio in Vietnam earned Cronauer a 1992 Ohio State Award and two 1991 Gold Medals from the New York Radio Festival. In 1992, he was invited to Australia to participate-pate in the dedication of that country's Vietnam Forces National Memorial. While there, he emceed a four-hour, nationally televised, outdoor concert featuring Aussie entertainers who went to Vietnam during the 60's and 70's to entertain the troops from "Down Under." A popular after-dinner speaker and lecturer, Cronauer periodically appears as a guest on radio and television talk shows, including NBC-TV's Today; the PBS series, Freedom Speaks; frequent appearances on ABC-TV's late night talk show, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher; numerous stints on NBC Radio's Jim Bohanan Show; and the Oliver North and G. Gordon Liddy radio programs. His commentaries have been featured in many major newspapers throughout the country and on the NPR Radio Network. Cronauer's practice concentrates in information and communications law and includes extensive representation of radio stations, a satellite radio network, cable systems, and clients involved in newly emerging technologies including wireless cable and personal communications services. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Federal Communications Law Journal and among his serious published works are The Fairness Doctrine - A Solution In Search Of A Problem, Federal Communications Law Journal, Oct. 1994; and Copyright and Reproduction Rights, Art & Design Magazine, July/Aug. 1993.

www.petebennett.com

Pete with Cristavum Buarque, Governor of Brasilia

Creative/Publishing. Since 1975 Ms. Ferguson has been publisher of the Journal BrainMind, with subscribers in 51 countries. Her third book, The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in OurTime, has been translated into a dozen language and trade soft cover have sold more than 700,000 copies in North American. She lectures, leads seminars, and is an editorial and business consultant. Honors: Marilyn has received the University of Southern California award for distinguished service to the community," and honorary doctorate from JFK University, the Library Trust Award from Brandeis University, and was chosen as "Brain Trainer of the Year" by the American Society for Trainer of the Year" by the American Society for Training and Development.

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22MARILYN+FERGUSON%22

EVOLUTION BIOLOGIST, FUTURIST, SPEAKER, CONSULTANT

www.sahtouris.com (professional

www.ratical.org/lifeweb (personal)

Living Systems/Barter, Alternate Currency. Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D. is an evolution biologist, futurist, author, speaker and corporate consultant on Living Systems Design. Her current focus is on evolution biology as a model for organizational change in the corporate world, on the Internet, and all "…business ecologies, including…globalization and community barter as alternative currency.” Travels as a speaker have taken her from Asia and Africa to Europe, North, Central and South America, Australia and New Zealand. She has made many television and radio appearances in addition to live speeches and workshops. Dr. Sahtouris is a citizen of the United States and of Greece, with a Canadian Ph.D. She did her post-doctoral work at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, taught at the University of Massachusetts and MIT, and has been a United Nations consultant on indigenous peoples. As a futurist she is a member of Humanity 3000, and consults with corporations and government organizations in Australia, Brazil and the USA. Her books include: Biology Revisioned, co-authored with Willis Harman: North Atlantic Books 1998; A Walk Through Time: From Sturdiest to Us: Wiley, NY 1998, and EarthDance: Living Systems in Evolution: Praeger Fall 1999 (formerly Gaia, Simon&Schuster 1989). Her article The Biology of Globalization appeared in Perspectives on Business and Global Change, September issue, 1997. The sustainable health and well being of humanity within the larger living systems of Earth and an intelligent self-organizing Cosmos are her context for addressing questions about the human future at local community and bioregional levels, as well as in our broadest context of global politics and economic sustainability.

Kim Long - Founder and Managing Principal - Echo Media Group - Kim Long is a self-proclaimed creatively charged messenger. She is also the founder and managing principle of Echo Media Group, a company that she managed to take from start-up to stardom in just two short years. Today, Long sits at the helm of Echo Media Group advising her clients on a wide range of public relations issues. As managing principal, Long is also actively involved in overseeing the day-to-day operations. In addition, she serves the agency as rainmaker, strategic counselor, and visionary. Most recently Long lead her agency in the successful creation and execution of the Las Vegas Monorail Monster Campaign. A campaign so far reaching that it generated 906 news stories, made 139,715,657 consumer impressions and an estimated advertising equivalency of $2,737,526. It also earned Echo Media Group a ton of awards. Among them, the agency snagged the Pinnacle Award for "Best Overall PR Program in 2003" and the Polaris Awards for "Best Overall PR Program," "Best Media Relations Campaign," "Best Marketing and Communications Program" and "Best Special Event" for 2003. A believer in "it's definitely who you know," Long spent her career forging relationships with producers and journalists. She developed a keen understanding of what is "news" and honed her ability to "think like a reporter." Prior to establishing Echo Media Group, Long co-founded Communication Advocates, Inc. The full-service public relations agency was phenomenally successful and remained in operation from 1993 through 2002. She also co-founded the Professional Communication's Exchange (PCE), a unique networking group comprised of top tier public relations, marketing and communication's professionals with ten plus years of experience. Today, PCE is a thriving southern California based networking group often called upon by Echo Media Group to support its clients. A respected and knowledgeable speaker, Long has delivered her keynote presentation entitled "Media Exposure: How to Get it and What to Say Once You've Got It!" to numerous professional organizations. A firm believer in giving back, Long continuously dedicates a portion of her time to supporting the efforts of local and national non-profit organizations including: PS I Love You, Orange County Works, Rotary Club, All American Boys Choir and many others. A graduate of San Diego State University, Long earned her bachelor of arts degree in journalism, with an emphasis in public relations and a minor in English. She has also studied abroad in London, England.

Mr. Bernard “Bubba” Meng - From 1989 until the present, Mr. Meng has been President of Meng & Associates, a public relations and consulting firm headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. From 1962 until 1967, Mr. Meng served as a Legislative Assistant to Senator Olin Johnson, who represented the State of South Carolina in the United States Senate. From 1967 until 1989 when he retired from government service, Mr. Meng served as “Chief of Staff” for United States Senator and Telecommunications Sub-Committee Chair Ernest “Fritz” Hollings of South Carolina.