Doris Downes
Panel Guest Doris Downes is a fine artist specializing in paintings on the subject of Natural History. She has a joint degree in Art History and Fine Art. In addition, she is an author for the United Nations affiliated organizations- The African Conservation...
James Patterson
Honorary Chairman In January 2010, the New York Times Magazine featured James Patterson on its cover and hailed him as having “transformed book publishing.” In the last decade, James Patterson has sold more books than any other author (according to Bookscan), and in...
Ron Bruder
Special Guest Speaker Ron Bruder – Honored by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People for his nonprofit work, Mr. Bruder is the Founder and Chair of Education for Employment (EFE), a network of nonprofits committed to creating employment...
Lee Woodruff
Panel Guest Lee Woodruff As co-author of the best-selling In an Instant, Lee Woodruff garnered critical acclaim for the compelling and humorous chronicle of her family’s journey to recovery following her husband Bob’s roadside bomb injury in Iraq. Appearing together...
Lisa Sharkey
Panel Guest Lisa Sharkey is the Senior Vice President and Director of Creative Development for HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide. She joined the company in March 2007 after more than two decades in television. As the Director of Creative Development at HarperCollins,...
Founder
Lois Cahall
Honorary Chairman
James Patterson
Board of Directors
Matthew Burditt
Lois Cahall
Mark W. Cook
Advisory Board
Maxine Demko
Scott Eyman
Andrew Gross
Leigh Haber
Morris Saffer
Robert Shalhoub
Margaret Wilesmith
"In memory of Stuart Woods"