Rosemarie T. Truglio, Ph.D. is the vice-president of research and education for Sesame Workshop. During her seven years with Sesame Street, she has helped to ensure that the creative process always embraces the major curriculum points in a safe, sensitive, responsible and age-appropriate manner. Dr. Truglio is a widely published expert on child development, whose articles appear in child and developmental psychology journals. In 2001, she co-edited G is for Growing: 30 Years of Research on Sesame Street & Children with Sholly Fisch. A former assistant professor of Communication and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, Dr. Truglio also serves on the advisory board of the Children's Digital Media Center and the Council on Excellence in Children's Media at Annenberg School

Hedda Bluestone Sharapan B.S, M.S. is Director of Early Childhood Initiatives at Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. Hedda, who holds a B.S. in psychology from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) and an M.S. in child development from the University of Pittsburgh, came to Family Communications in 1966. She is responsible for communicating Fred Rogers' philosophy in multiple ways: she develops workshops for early childhood educators; works on books, articles, and brochures for parents, families, and professionals; and speaks around the country to educators, parents, and religious, business, and community groups. Her two daughters, she says, "in a very real sense grew up in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."

Michael Rich, MD, MPH is Founder and Director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital Boston, committed to pursuing research, developing interventions on negative health effects of media, and creating health-positive media. He is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, Assistant Professor in Society, Human Development, and Health at Harvard School of Public Health, and practices adolescent medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston. Dr. Rich is a former filmmaker and writer who worked in the film industry for 12 years, including two years in Japan as assistant director to Akira Kurosawa on Kagemusha, before attending medical school at Harvard

Susan Linn Ph.D. is Associate Director of the Media Center of Judge Baker Children's Center, Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and director and co-founder of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. She has written extensively about the effects of media and commercial marketing on children. Her book, Consuming Kids, was praised in publications as diverse as The Wall Street Journal and Mother Jones. Her new book, The Case for Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World will be published by the New Press in April, 2008. Dr. Linn has lectured about play, and about the impact of commercialism on children, throughout the USA, and in Canada, Europe, Asia and South America. Her work has been featured in media venues such as Mister Rogers Neighborhood, Good Morning America, Today, Sixty Minutes, Dateline, and the acclaimed documentary The Corporation.

Carla Hannaford Ph.D. is a neurophysiologist and educator with experience as a professor of biology at the University of Hawaii and as a counselor for elementary and intermediate school children with learning difficulties. She presents and trains internationally on the neural basis of learning and educational kinesiology. In her best selling book, Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head, Dr. Hannaford states that our bodies are very much a part of all our learning, and learning is not an isolated "brain" function. Every nerve and cell is a network contributing to our intelligence and our learning capability. Many educators have found this work quite helpful in improving overall concentration in class.

Dr. Judy Willis attended UCLA School of Medicine, where she was awarded her medical degree. She remained at UCLA and completed a medical residency and neurology residency, including chief residency. She practiced neurology for fifteen years before returning to university to obtain her teaching credential and Masters of Education from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has taught in elementary, middle, and graduate schools and currently teaches at Santa Barbara Middle School. The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) published her first book for education professionals, Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist/Classroom Teacher, in August of 2006 and her second book, Brain-Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom, in May 2007. Dr. Willis is a presenter at educational conferences, nationally and internationally, in the field of learning-centered brain research and classroom strategies. Dr. Willis writes extensively for professional educational journals and was honored as a 2007 Finalist for Distinguished Achievement Award for her educational writing by the Association for Educational Publishers.

Rhonda Clements, Ed.D, is a professor in Physical Education & Sport Pedagogy at Manhattanville College. Dr. Clements received her Doctorate of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, from the Department of Movement Sciences and Education. Since that time, she has authored or edited 9 books and more than 20 articles in the area of movement, play, and game activities for children and has presented at more than 100 national and international conferences. Dr. Clements was one of eight experts to contribute to Active Start: A Statement of Physical Activity Guidelines for Children Birth to Five Years, which was sponsored by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. In addition, Dr. Clements is the past president of the American Association for the Child's Right to Play (IPA/USA), and she has also served as a consultant to numerous state education departments, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to train Native American Head Start specialists, NAEYC, Sesame Street, Sesame Place, Nick Jr. Family Magazine, the Disney Channel, Crayola Crayons, and Parental Wisdom. She conducted a national survey for Wisk Laundry Detergent aimed at investigating the extent to which children are playing outdoors today.

Jane E. Clark Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland. Her work focuses on understanding the development of movement control and coordination in motor skills. Using a dynamic systems approach, Dr. Clark and her colleagues have demonstrated that the newly walking infants' limbs, like those of the adult walker, act like coupled nonlinear limit cycle oscillators at both the intralimb and interlimb levels of coordination. Her current work examines the role of sensory information in the development of upright posture and locomotion in infants. She also has an ongoing project to study perception-action relationships with children who have motor coordination problems.

Sue Wilkinson, is an occupational therapist and catalog director of Integrations, a catalog of educational products for students with different learning needs. Sue has worked for years in the public schools collaborating with teachers to develop practical solutions that enable each child to participate to her or his fullest potential. An award winner for Innovative Teaching, Sue helps ensure that Integrations has the products and strategies that get the fastest results. Sue is also a co-owner of one of the nation's largest sensory integration (SI) clinics, LifeSkills, located in Winter Park, FL. Her goal is to build awareness of the power of sensory integration and, with the Integrations catalog's commitment, share the user-friendly SI strategies that ensure children can be successful in all environments. Sue is the former owner of Kinetic Kids, a company that offers sensory integration products for children with differing needs. Kinetic Kids has joined the Abilitations catalog team, bringing Abilitations customers the innovative tools that get results and have children loving what their bodies can do.

Stacy DeBroff is president and founder of Mom Central, Inc., a company devoted to simplifying and strengthening the lives of busy families. With her research and insights into the evolving state of American moms and families, Stacy has written several best-selling books on household and family organization, including The Mom Book Goes to School; The Mom Book: 4,278 Tips for Moms; Sign Me Up! The Parent's Complete Guide to Sports, Activities, and Extracurriculars; and Mom Central: The Ultimate Family Organizer. Stacy also emails a monthly newsletter to more than 15,000 moms around the world. Stacy is a renowned parenting expert and has shared her advice on Boston's UPN 38 as their in-house expert, producing her own live weekly segment for the morning news. A media-savvy interviewee, Stacy is a regular parenting expert on NBC's Today Show, and her national TV exposure also includes the CBS Early Show, The View, and television affiliates in every major market.

Megan Shaw serves as the Editorial Director for Earlychildhood NEWS magazine, an online resource for teachers and parents of children from infants to age 8, currently reaching 70,000 parents and early childhood professionals. For the past 10 years, Megan has guided the editorial content of Earlychildhood NEWS by commissioning articles from early childhood experts on a variety of topics. Recently, she transitioned the publication from a traditional magazine format to its current online presence at www.earlychildhoodnews.com. Megan's duties also include management of the annual Directors' Choice Awards. Each year, Earlychildhood NEWS recognizes excellence in products for young children through this award program, which is recognized by early childhood professionals as assurance that products bearing its seal have received solid, unbiased appraisal and have been deemed excellent educational resources for the early childhood setting.

Eric Jensen is a former teacher with a real love of learning. While most of his experience is with secondary students, he has taught at every level, including at three universities. His academic background is in both the liberal and the science arts. He's currently a member of the Society for Neuroscience, NY Academy of Science, and is completing his PhD in psychology. Eric blends the science of teaching with the reality of today's instruction. Jensen has appeared on over 240 television and radio stations, including CNN. Articles on his work have appeared in USA Today, CNN, Wall Street Journal and major educational journals. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Learning with the Body in Mind, Teaching with the Brain in Mind, and Enriching the Brain.

Craig Buschner, Ed.D., . is a professor with the Department of Kinesiology at California State University, Chico. Dr. Buschner's teaching responsibilities include Foundations of Childhood Physical Education and Motor Development in Children. He is a member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Teaching Physical Education, Physical Educator, and the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, and is the author of Teaching Children Movement Concepts and Skills: Becoming a Master Teacher, as well as numerous articles and book chapters. Dr. Buschner is currently serving as President of the National Association for Sport & Physical Education.

Dr. Rebecca Isbell, is Director of the Center of Excellence in Early Childhood Learning and Development and a professor of early childhood education at East Tennessee State University. She received the Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching in 1994. Dr. Isbell has a wide variety of teaching experiences that have influenced her thinking about young children and their families. These include teaching music in grades K-5, teaching three-year-olds, teaching graduate students, and supervising early childhood student teachers. Her many publications have inspired early childhood professionals to create environments that work, are aesthetically pleasing and include centers that match the unique interests of the children in the classroom. Instructors in college classes throughout the United States and Canada have used her two textbooks, enriching their understanding of children's literature and creativity and the arts. The Complete Learning Center Book is a classic in the field and continues to be a major source for center design. Her newest book, The Learning Spaces for Infants and Toddlers, provides this same usable framework to spaces for infants and toddlers.

Joan Almon is the Chair of the U.S. Alliance for Childhood (www.allianceforchildhood.org), a broad-based group advocating social change for children to improve their overall health and well-being. The Alliance currently places a special focus on the restoration of creative play in the lives of children. Joan was a Waldorf kindergarten teacher in Maryland for nearly 20 years and then spent a decade consulting with Waldorf early childhood centers in North America, Africa, Asia and other parts of the world.