Family Re-Union 4: Families and the Media

Panelists, Presenters

Floyd Abrams, Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York, NY. Mr. Abrams has argued more cases before the Supreme Court involving issues relating to freedom of the press than any lawyer in American history. He was co-counsel to The New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case and represented Nina Totenberg and National Public Radio in the 1992 investigation conducted by the U.S. Senate arising out of the confirmation hearing of Justice Clarence Thomas. He is currently the William J. Brennan, Jr. Visiting Professor of Law and Journalism at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

Phil Adam, Vice President of Business Development, Interplay Productions, Irvine, CA. Mr. Adam is currently Chair of Software Publishers Association Board of Directors. He was the co-founder of Spectrum HoloByte, Inc., where he was responsible for bringing the first commercial software program coming from the Soviet Union (Tetris) to the marketplace. An industry veteran for the past 20 years, he has spent the last 14 in computer hardware and software management.

Andrew Andros, Founder and CEO, Technidyne Corporation, Miami, FL. Mr. Andros recently founded Technidyne in order to develop and market a viewer discretionary technology, "The TV Guardian: The Parent's TV Manager." Prior to this, he established Hy-Gain Electronics Corporation, a diversified manufacturer and worldwide marketer of communications products. The company brought to the communications industry a long and important series of new and innovative product designs.

Carolyn Baldwin Tucker, Principal, Cumberland Elementary School, Nashville, TN. Dr. Tucker has a wide range of experience dealing with children's issues, particularly those at risk. She was appointed to the Governor's Task Force on Elementary Guidance and is presently a member of the State Board of Education/Department of Education Joint Task Force on Early Childhood Education and Parent Involvement for Preschool At-Risk Children. Dr. Tucker also coordinated the April 1994 Youth Summit, "Stop the Violence Now!" and is the author of several professional articles.

Stephen Balkam, Executive Director, Recreational Software Advisory Council, Cambridge, MA. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Balkam set up his own management consulting business specializing in Board development and strategic planning for non-profits. Prior to that, he worked with many non-profits in London including as Director of the Islington Voluntary Action Council, an umbrella body for 700 non-profits in that part of London, and as Director of the National Stepfamily Association which provides information, advice, and support to members of stepfamilies and those who work with them.

Karen Barnes, Executive Vice President of Storymakers, a production subsidiary of Fox Broadcasting Company, Los Angeles, CA. Ms. Barnes joined the Fox Children's Network at its inception in 1990 where she is responsible for developing and producing original children's and family programs for a variety of media. Her contributions include the Emmy Award-winning series WHERE ON EARTH IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? and FOX CLUBHOUSE, the first educational preschool show to air on commercial network television in over 25 years. Prior to coming to FCN, she was with Jim Henson Productions for eight years.

Pamela Burrish, Elementary Teacher, Nashville, TN. Ms. Burrish has been active in the Virtual schools telecommunications project since 1992. She is also the district teacher trainer for the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow Outreach program and project leader at Eakin School for 21st Century Classrooms. In 1995, she was awarded Tennessee Teacher of the Year.

Anthony Burton, Actor/Student, Boston, MA. Mr. Burton is nine years old and a member of the Dorchester Youth Collaborative. He is in the Directing, Acting and Production (DAP) program at the DYC. In addition, he has acted in numerous commercials and theatrical productions and is a member of the Screen Actor's Guild.

Peggy Charren, Founder of Action for Children's Television (ACT), Cambridge, MA. ACT, which Ms. Charren founded in 1968, was a 10,000-member nonprofit organization working to encourage program diversity and eliminate commercial abuses in children's television. She has published numerous books and articles including The TV-Smart Book for Kids. Ms. Charren recently chaired a panel on children's television and public broadcasting at the White House with the First Lady.

Milton Chen, Center Director, KQED Center for Education & Lifelong Learning, San Francisco, CA. Dr. Chen is the author of The Smart Parent's Guide to Kids' TV and is a frequent speaker to parents and educational groups. He has been an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Director of Research at the Children's Television Workshop. KQED, the PBS station, operated the largest instructional TV network in the nation for teachers and students.

Jeffrey Cole, Director, UCLA Center for Communication Policy, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Cole serves as Principal Investigator of the Network Violence Monitoring Project which will issue annual reports to the networks, Congress and the nation. He co-authored a 10-page survey in U.S. News and World Report examining attitudes and values of decision makers in the entertainment industry. He is planning a major conference with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on violence early next year.

John F. Cooke, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, CA. Prior to his appointment as a corporate officer, Mr. Cooke served as president of The Disney Channel from 1985 until 1995. For 10 years before that, he was associated with The Times Mirror Company where he also served as executive vice president of Times Mirror Cable Television. Mr. Cooke is a member of the board of directors of several national organizations dedicated to improving the country's education and social welfare systems including The Alliance for Children's Rights and is also a member of the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence.

Ervin S. Duggan, President and CEO, Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA. As part of the Johnson White House team working on the Public Broadcasting Act, Mr. Duggan helped define the federal government's role in supporting public broadcasting. During his tenure as Commissioner of the FCC, he helped shape policies governing the convergence of broadcasting, cable, satellite, telephone and computer technologies. He is also the co-author, with Ben Wattenberg, of the novel Against All Enemies, which grew out of the author's experiences at the White House.

Esther Dyson, President of EDventure Holdings, New York, NY. Ms. Dyson is a member of the U.S. National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council and Vice-Chair of the Electronic Frontier Foundations. Her company focuses on emerging information technology worldwide and on the emerging computer markets of Central and Eastern Europe. Fluent in Russian, Russia's Who's Who in the Computer Market lists her as one of the 10 most influential people in Russia's computer industry - even though she lives in NYC!

Lowell O. Erdahl, Bishop of the St. Paul Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Ordained in 1958, the Rev. Erdahl has been bishop since 1988. He has done an independent study on peace and justice issues and is the author of many books including Ten for Our Time: A New Look at the Ten Commandments and Pro-Life/Pro-Peace: Life-Affirming Alternatives to Abortion, War, Mercy-Killing, and the Death Penalty. In addition, he and his wife, Carol, have co-authored and produced the book and video, Be Good to Each Other: An Open Letter On Marriage.

Leonard D. Eron, Chair of Commission on Youth & Violence, American Psychological Association, Ann Arbor, MI. For the past 40 years, Dr. Eron has researched the learning of aggression in children. He has testified several times before both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives on the effects of violence in the media and on the implementation and evaluation of violence prevention programs. In 1995, he was awarded the Gold Medal Award for Life Contribution to Psychology in the Public Interest.

Ronald J. Faber, Director of the Communication Research Division, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Faber has been an active researcher in the areas of consumer socialization and consumer disorders. His articles have appeared in a wide variety of journals in different disciplines, and his research has been reported on by major newspapers, magazines, and radio and television programs. He was a consultant on The Child, a four-volume series on child and family consumer behavior and media use produced by the Gene Riley Group.

Gary David Goldberg, Executive Producer, UBU Productions, Los Angeles, CA. Mr. Goldberg landed his first "real" job at MTM as a writer for THE BOB NEWHART SHOW. After leaving MTM in 1981 to form his own company, UBU Productions, Mr. Goldberg created seven television series including BROOKLYN BRIDGE and FAMILY TIES. In 1986, he was instrumental, along with Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito, in the establishment of the Paramount Studios Child Care Center, the first on-site facility at any studio.

Erin Erickson, College Freshman, Minneapolis, MN. Ms. Erickson will be a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in genetics/pre-med. She currently is an intern in the Adolescent Health Department at the University of Minnesota where she is writing a book entitled Taking Back Our Bodies. Aimed at young adolescent girls, the book challenges media influences on young women's body images and focuses on the effects of disordered eating among teenage girls.

William A. Galston, Professor, School of Public Affairs, and Senior Research Scholar, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. From January 1993 through May 1995, Professor Galston served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. He is the author of six books and numerous articles on political philosophy, American politics, and public policy. In addition to his service in the Clinton Administration, he has served in various capacities in the campaigns of John Anderson, Walter Mondale and Al Gore.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dean, The Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. In addition to being the Dean and a Professor of Communication, Dr. Jamieson is the author of several books including Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction and Democracy and Packaging the Presidency. Her latest work, about women in leadership, Beyond the Double Bin, was published last April. She also appeared weekly on Bill Moyers' series, "Listening to America," during the 1992 general election campaign.

Richard D. Heffner, Former Chair, Board of the Film Classification and Rating Administration, New York, NY. In addition to serving as the chair of the motion picture institute' rating administration from 1974 to 1994 M . Heffner also teaches Communications and Public Policy at Rutgers University. tie continues to produce and moderate THE OPEN MIND, his more than three decade-old, prize-winning television program seen on public broadcasting stations around the country. Trained as an American historian. he is also the author of A Documentary History of the United States and editor of Alexis de Tocqueville's classic, Democracy in America.

Joel Helton, Computer Teacher, Nashville, TN. A teacher for 20 years, Mr. Helton currently teaches computer skills to 7th- and 8th-graders. He is part of the Explorers Group sponsored by BellSouth which is pioneering the use of the WorldWideWeb in schools.

Gerald Hickson, Chief of the Division of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Dr. Hickson brings a perspective on children's health to the panel. He serves as Chair of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions. Dr. Hickson is also a senior Fellow with the Vanderbilt Health Policy Center and Associate Professor of Nursing, Family and Health Systems Nursing.

Reed E. Hundt, Chair, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC. During his tenure at the FCC, Mr. Hundt has encouraged competition in the FCC-regulated industries by promoting greater choice for consumers, increased opportunity for all businesses, and fair rules of competition. He is personally committed to pursuing the vision of the President and Vice President in building the information highway to every classroom and library in the U.S. In his private career, he handled pro bono matters for numerous groups including the U.S. Court of Appeals, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights.

Jeff Jacobs, President, HARPO, Inc., and Founder of CIVITAS, Chicago, IL. In 1993, Mr. Jacobs founded the CIVITAS Initiative, a foundation whose mission is to provide comprehensive training to men and women committed to working in their professional lives on behalf of abused and neglected children. He was recently appointed as a member of the ABA Steering Committee on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children. Prior to the creation of HARPO, Inc., he was a sports and entertainment lawyer representing many of Chicago's professional athletes and television and radio personalities.

Karen Jaffe, Executive Director, KIDSNET, Inc., Washington, DC. Ms. Jaffe created KIDSNET, a computerized clearinghouse for children's television, radio, and related technologies, after an extensive career in broadcasting and education. For three years, she wrote a syndicated column on children's television for Los Angeles Times Syndicate. In 1992, she was appointed to the National Council for the Endowment for Children's Educational Television.

Kenneth A. Kanter, Rabbi of Congregation Micah, Nashville, TN. An author and music historian, Rabbi Kanter has lectured widely on the subject of Jewish contribution to American popular music. Serving on numerous boards, ranging from Nashville CARES to Family and Children's Services, he is also the founding interim chair of Metropolitan Nashville's Human Relations Commission.

Alan Kay, Apple Fellow, Apple Computer, Los Angeles, CA. An Apple Fellow since 1984, Dr. Kay is best known for the idea of personal computing, the conception of the intimate laptop computer, and the inventions of the now ubiquitous overlapping-window interface and modern object-oriented programming. He was also one of the founders of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. His deep interest in children and -education was a catalyst for these ideas, and it continues to be a source of inspiration to 

Alex Kroll, Incoming Chair of The Advertising Council, Inc., and Chair Emeritus, Young & Rubicam, New York, NY. Mr. Kroll served as Chair of the American Association of Advertising Agencies and as Vice Chair of the Ad Council, the organization that is responsible for most of the public service advertising in the U.S. As the CEO of Young & Rubicam, he oversaw a period of extraordinary growth in the "developing" markets of the world including being the first Western agency to establish offices in the Soviet Union, China and much of Eastern Europe. Additionally, before rejoining Y&R in 1963, he played starting tackle for the NY Titans, the predecessors to the New York Jets.

Geraldine Laybourne, Creator and President of Nickelodeon/Nick At Nite and Vice Chair of MTV Networks, New York, NY. Ms. Laybourne is on the board of Kinder Care Learning Centers, the nation's largest child care company. She was also among the planners of the "World Summit on Children and Television" this past March. When asked about her success in children's television, she notes, "Our job is to create a place where (children) could have a childhood."

Ranny Levy, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Coalition for Quality Children's Videos, Santa Fe, NM. The Coalition's first project established the "Kids First!" endorsement based on the evaluation of videos by the Coalition's screening jury, developed merchandising programs with four national retailers, and produced a direct-mail catalogue. Ms. Levy and the Coalition have also recognized the importance of reaching at-risk youth and underserved children through public service programs such as the Videotherapy program. Ms. Levy feels that "videos are the best choice a parent or caregiver has to control what their child is watching."

Ben Linder, Vice President of Marketing for the New Media Division, Oracle Corporation, San Francisco, CA. Mr. Linder is responsible for marketing activities covering Oracle's products in Multimedia and Groupware. He has played a primary role in establishing Oracle's leadership position in the market for Interactive Television and Consumer Multimedia. He was also involved in the original conception and design of the Oracle Media Server.

George L. Lovell, Judge, Maury County General Sessions and Juvenile Court, Columbia, TN. Judge Lovell has served on the bench since 1988. In addition, he is a member of the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth and is currently Chair of the Juvenile Justice Committee. Judge Lovell also serves as state team leader for the Conference on Confronting Violence in the Family and is on the executive committee for the Governor's Alliance for a Drug-Free Tennessee.

Greg Marcus, Multimedia Specialist, Discovery Networks, Bethesda, MD. Before Discovery, Mr. Marcus worked for Empire Interactive handling marketing sales development for new CD-ROM technology. He has an MBA from the University of Maryland and a BA from the University of Michigan and is excited about presenting NILE: PASSAGE TO EGYPT today.

Shirley Marks, Speaker of the House of Delegates, National Medical Association, Tyler, TX. For 9 years, Dr. Marks was medical consultant on the "Good Morning Houston" talk show on KTRK-TV. She has made numerous presentations on women's issues, eating disorders, and domestic and family violence. An active member in several professional and community organizations, she is also Chair of the Public Affairs Committee of the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians.

Glorious Martin, TV show host, Minneapolis, MN. Mr. Martin is 20 years old and co-hosts/produces his own cable TV show, DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE. This three-year-old program is about breaking stereotypes by gathering youth from the community to discuss issues from their points of view that are either being misrepresented or not being represented at all by the media. The focus of the show is to provoke thought and to discuss potential solutions.

Sheila Miller, Founder, "Turn Off the Violence," St. Paul, MN. Ms. Miller is a Crime Prevention Specialist with the Golden Valley Police Department. In 1991, after a series of highly publicized violent crimes, she and a colleague proposed an educational and public awareness campaign which became the nationwide "Turn Off the Violence" coalition. Its goals are to educate people about the negative influence of violent entertainment on our attitudes about the acceptability of violence and about legal, safe, and positive ways of resolving conflict.

Newton Minow, Chair, Board of the Carnegie Foundation, and the Walter Annenberg Professor of Communications Law and Policy, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Mr. Minow was appointed by President Kennedy to be the Chair of the FCC from 1961 to 1963. Additionally, he was the Chair and Director of PBS for eight years. He has just co-authored a book with Craig LaMay entitled Abandoned in the Wasteland: Children, TV and the First Amendment.

John C. Nelson, Trustee, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL. Prior to his election to the Board of Trustees, Dr. Nelson was appointed to the AMA's Council on Legislation from 1984 to 1993 where he served on its Executive committee and as its Chairman. He has presented scores of lectures across the nation on medical as well as socioeconomic and ethical issues, such as domestic violence, adolescent education, and the future of medicine. Additionally, he has also testified several times before Congressional committees on issues vital to physicians and their patients.

Sheila Peters, Former Coordinator of Community Services for "I Have a Future" program at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN. Dr. Peters is a committed child advocate who specializes in conflict resolution and parent training particularly with African American families. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in Developmental Psychopathology at Vanderbilt University. Having served as Education Chair of the Nashville Branch of the NAACP, Dr. Peters is presently the President of the Nashville Branch and Education Chair of the state NAACP.

Robert T. M. Phillips, Deputy Medical Director, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC. Dr. Phillips currently serves as Secretary of the United Nations' Working Party on Crime Prevention among Juveniles. He possesses considerable expertise in the field of forensic psychiatry having conducted numerous forensic evaluations nationally. Additionally, he serves as Director of the APA Offices of Psychiatric Services and Minority and National Affairs.

Neil Postman, Chair of the Department of Culture and Communication, NYU, New York, NY. Dr. Postman is the author of 18 books including The Disappearance of Childhood and Amusing Ourselves to Death, the latter of which has been translated into eight languages. He has lectured all over the world and written for many international periodicals. He has taught at NYU for 33 years and was appointed a University Professor, a unique honor held by only six professors in the university.

Katie Reiser, Student, Nashville, TN. Ms. Reiser is ten years old and a rising 5th grader.

Don Roberts, Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Dr. Roberts has conducted research on persuasion and attitude change and on children in the mass media. He is currently examining the role of popular music in the lives of adolescents. Recently, he helped design a system to rate violence, sex/nudity and language for the computer software industry.

Sonia Rosario, Supervising Producer, THE PUZZLE PLACE, Los Angeles, CA. Originally trained as an Ethnographic documentary filmmaker, Ms. Rosario traveled around the world doing research and making films among people still living traditional cultures. The centerpoint of her creativity has always been the family. In addition to numerous other projects, her work also included producing BIG BIRD IN JAPAN for the Children's Television Network.

Tom Selleck, Producer/Actor, TWS Productions, Los Angeles, CA. Mr. Selleck is actively involved with many civic organizations including the Student/Sponsor Partnership Program to benefit single parent welfare children in New York City. An award-winning actor, he has starred in numerous films and television programs. In 1988, he formed his own production company for which he has executive produced TV series and telefilms for ABC, CBS, and NBC.

Jacqueline Shrago, Vice Chancellor of Information Technologies, Tennessee Board of Regents, Nashville, TN. Working with 46 higher education institutions, Ms. Shrago develops plans for the infusion of technologies into curricula and for increased access to higher education opportunities for all Tennesseans through greater use of video and network technologies. Previously, she was responsible for a number of K- 12th grade education technology efforts at Vanderbilt University. Taking a student project and co-founding Telco Research Corporation, she grew the company from start-up to multimillion dollar operation that was acquired by NYNEX.

Ralph Smith, Director of Planning and Development, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. During 1990 and 1991, Mr. Smith served as executive assistant to the Mayor of Philadelphia where his portfolio included children and family policy. As a consultant, he was the architect of the city's nationally recognized voluntary desegregation program. Mr. Smith is the founding president of the Philadelphia Children's Network and the founding director of the National Center on Fathers and Families at the University of Pennsylvania where he is also a member of the law school faculty.

Jessica T. Smithers, College Freshman, Boston University, Boston, MA. Ms. Smithers will enter Boston University in the fall where she plans to major in political science. As a young child, she experienced firsthand the horrors of drugs and violence and is concerned about their use as subject matter for a source of entertainment for young people.

Jim Steyer, Founder and President, Children Now, Oakland, CA. Children Now is a children's policy and media organization dedicated to improving the quality of health care, education and other needed services for children and families. Mr. Steyer's long-standing advocacy for children began nearly 20 years ago as a remedial reading tutor in New York City ghetto schools, and he currently volunteers one morning per week as a volunteer teacher at an elementary school in East Oakland. Prior to founding Children Now, he served as a civil rights attorney working for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Victor Strasburger, American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Communications and Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Strasburger has authored over 60 papers and five books on the subject of adolescent medicine and the effects of television on children and adolescents. His most popular book is entitled Getting Your Kids to Say No in the 1990s When You Said Yes in the 1960s. He has also served as a consultant to the National PTA on the subject of children and television.

Elizabeth Thoman, Executive Director, The Center for Media Literacy, and Founding Editor, Media & Values Magazine, Los Angeles, CA. The Center is now the largest publisher and distributor of innovative teaching materials about the media in North America, or, as Ms. Thoman calls the work, "driver's training for the information superhighway." Recently, the Center published Beyond Blame: Challenging Violence in the Media, the first educational resource to challenge and change violence on TV and in the media. Nearly 20 years ago, she founded the quarterly, Media & Values, to share information, research and ideas for action.

Rosemarie T. Truglio, Assistant Professor Communication and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY. Dr. Truglio is an advocate for better programming for children and has coordinated Media Literacy Workshops educating teachers about how to empower students with skills to become critical consumers of mass-mediated messages. She was a pre-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Research on the Influence of Television of Children (CRITC), and her recent research interests involve how television can be used positively to enhance students' self-esteem, school achievement, sexual knowledge and career aspirations.

Catalina Lemaitre Turbay, Student, Brookline, MA. Ms. Turbay was born in Cartagena, Colombia in 1980. She is currently studying at Brookline High School.

Jack Valenti, Chair and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America, Washington, DC. In his current role, Mr. Valenti has presided over immense changes in the industry due to new technology, the rise of importance of international markets and the huge problem of piracy. Prior to his joining the MPAA, he was the special assistant to President Johnson. He has written several books and numerous articles for national publications.

Ken Wales, Executive Producer of the CBS Television series, CHRISTY, Santa Monica, CA. Wales was Vice President of Production of Wait Disney Pictures; The Disney Channel and has co-produced many other TV productions including the first season of CAGNEY AND LACEY and JOHN STEINBECK'S EAST OF EDEN, starring Jane Seymour. Additionally, for 15 years he produced many films with Blake Edwards including REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER. Bringing CHRISTY to the screen has been a 20-year-long labor of love.

David Walsh, Executive Director, Clinics and Systems Operations, Fairview Behavioral Services, Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Walsh's books, Designer Kids and Selling Out America's Children, have been the subject of numerous articles and interviews nationally. The latter was featured in the Bill Moyer's special, "What Can We Do About Violence." Additionally, he was recently invited to be the spokesperson for the Minnesota Medical Association's Public Health Campaign, "Stop the Media Violence."

Ellen Wartella, Dean, College of Communication, and Walter Cronkite Regent's chair, The University of Texas, Austin, TX. As a consultant to the FCC, FTC and Congressional investigations of children and television issues, Dr. Wartella has been an advocate for better programming for children. She has also been an adviser to producers at the Children's Television Workshop, SESAME STREET, BEHIND THE SCENES, and THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS. The author or editor of numerous books, chapters and articles on mass media effects on children and other audiences, she is also on a grant from the National Cable Television Association to be the violence monitor for the cable industry.

Winifred White Neisser, Consultant for NBC Productions, Burbank, CA. Until the end of 1994, Ms. White Neisser served as Vice President of Movies and Mini-Series for NBC Productions and as Director, Motion Pictures Television. Previously, she worked for many years in the area of Children's and Family Programs developing Saturday Morning Cartoons, Afterschool Specials, and family movies. Her interest in children's entertainment came from a brief stint teaching both in Boston and in a multilingual classroom in Puerto Rico.

Jay A. Winsten, Associate Dean for Public and Community Affairs and Dean, Center for Health Communication, Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA. The Center has forged a unique set of partnerships with U.S. broadcast, advertising, news and entertainment industries. Its best known initiative, the Harvard Alcohol Projects, successfully demonstrated how a new social concept -the "designated driver" - could be rapidly introduced and disseminated through mass communication and was the first time that a health institution and the Hollywood community undertook a joint campaign on such a scale. The Center recently launched "Squash It!", a national media campaign to reduce youth violence.

Mark Wynn, Domestic Violence Division, Metropolitan Police Department, Nashville, TN. An expert on the issue of violence in the family, Sgt. Wynn has testified several times before Congress on that topic and been the subject of Dateline NBC's segment titled "Cries for Help" covering children victims of family violence. He has trained police, prosecutors, judges and victims advocates across the U.S. and in Germany, England and Northern Ireland. Having served 17 years on the Metro Police Department, he is also a member of many organizations including the Tennessee Task Force Against Family Violence and the Nashville Coalition Against Domestic Violence.