Sue Bohle

Sue Bohle is a highly regarded public relations professional with more than 30 years' experience as a PR consultant. She has been providing h ands on, senior level counsel to public and private companies since 1983.

Sue started her career at Burson-Marsteller, the world's largest public relations agency. She was then hired by the J. Walter Thompson Co. to help the firm develop a PR presence in Los Angeles. Within three years, she became JWT's first vice president on the West Coast and a year later, the first woman in Los Angeles to be named general manager of an office of an international PR firm. Later, she also headed the Los Angeles office of Ketchum Communications.

Sue founded the original Bohle Company in 1979, 10 days after the birth of her second child. Throughout its existence, The Bohle Company has won numerous PR awards, including two Silver Anvils.

In 1991, Sue was elected to the College of Fellows, PRSA, an honor bestowed on less than one percent of PR professionals judged to be role models in the industry. She later served as secretary/treasurer, chair elect and chair of this organization.

In 1999, Sue was named one of the "Top 50 Most Powerful Women in PR" by PR Week trade magazine. In 2001, it was noted that she was one of 37 women heading Top 100 PR agencies.

Sue has held various positions for the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). She is a past chairman of the Counselors Academy, a national organization of heads of agencies; past president of the Los Angeles Chapter, PRSA; and recently served on the PRSA National Board. An expert in marketing PR and crisis communications, Sue is quoted frequently in textbooks on PR.

Sue holds both a bachelor's and master's degree from Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. In 1997, she was named a charter member of Medill's Hall of Achievement, honoring alumni who have become leaders in their professions.

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Richard White

Mr. White serves as a Relationship Manager for Silicon Valley Bank in its Technology Lending division. Mr. White has been with Silicon Valley Bank for ten years after spending three years in Smith Barney's retail brokerage group. Mr. White's daily responsibilities include managing a loan portfolio as well as prospecting for new loan and cash management clients for the Bank.

Mr. White is also responsible for broadening Silicon Valley's Bank contacts with the venture/angel capital communities and professional service firms in the NJ region.

Mr. White received a B.A. in Economics from Georgetown University and received a MBA in Finance from Rutgers University.

Mr. White lives in Mt Laurel, NJ (Burlington County)

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Steven Graham

Dr. Steven Graham has been working with computers for more than 30 years and has a strong mix of industrial and academic experience. He has worked for Hewlett-Packard, Cadence Design Systems, and a number of start-ups. He has worked primarily in software development, both as an individual contributor and as a manager. He has also worked in consulting and technology transfer, again as both an individual contributor and a manager.

He studied Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Kansas, graduate Computer Engineering at Stanford University, and earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Kansas.

He has taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and the University of Kansas, and for Colorado Technical University's Institute for Advanced Studies. He has been with Dakota State University for the past five years, and is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Game Design in the College of Business and Information Systems.

His main interests have always been related to Artificial Intelligence and Simulation, particularly with respect to knowledge representation and learning. His industry experience has varied but has been revolved around tool design, including work on compilers, embedded systems tools, discrete-event simulation systems, and a database engine and analytic tools with a visual programming language front-end.

Dr. Graham has had a key role in developing the Bachelor of Science program in Computer Game Design at Dakota State University. He teaches courses in software development for games, including sub-areas such as algorithms, AI, scripting and GUI programming. His research is focused on games and their impact on informal learning.

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Brownell Combs

Biography to come.

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Al Hughes

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