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Ron Smith has been a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District for nine years, most recently at Hollywood High School, teaching digital graphics and video. He came to teaching by way of photography, after being a commercial photographer and lab operator for 20 years. He holds a B.A. in Art, and an M.A. in Art Education, both from California State University, Northridge. For the last three years, Ron has been working on a doctorate in educational technology at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles.

John Couch is Apple’s vice president of Education and is responsible for driving Apple’s sales and marketing strategy in the education market. He has over 30 years experience as a computer scientist, executive and advocate for technology in education. Directly prior to his current position at Apple, Couch was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DoubleTwist Inc, a leading provider of genomic information and bioinformatics analysis technologies, which made headlines as the first company to provide a comprehensive annotation of the human genome. The year before joining DoubleTwist, he was Executive in Residence for Mayfield Fund, where he provided strategic planning, management and technology advice to high technology companies.

Kerria Seabrook has directed, written and produced over 60 animated films at ILL Clan Animation Studios. She is co-creator of “Tra5hTa1k,” the voice of Daisy in MTV’s “Life In The Virtual Hills” and director/writer/producer/actor for “The Grid Review” which won best series in the Machinima Film Festival Europe 2007. She has a BFA from Corcoran College of Art and studied filmmaking at SVA.

Visual and Performing Arts director Keith Galasso has taught at Orlando's Dr. Phillips High School for the past 15 years. A former session musician at Studio West in San Diego, Galasso began seeking funds to create a music-technology lab and digital recording studio at his new school as soon as he arrived. In 1993, he wrote a modest grant proposal to purchase some recording equipment, but when he discovered how much money was being offered per student through the Florida Technology Incentive Fund, he raised the amount of his grant request - and got it all. With that original grant money, he purchased a five-station music-technology lab and purchased a multitrack hard-disk recorder and editing software. Fifteen years later, with the help of an extremely supportive administration and with persistent fund-raising, the music-technology program at DPHS has grown tremendously.

Dr. Threlfall has over 20 years experience in adult education and training with an emphasis on curriculum development. She began her career in adult education by teaching Army enlisted, NCOs, and junior officers in the Basic Skills Educational Program (BSEP) and Advanced Skills Educational Program (ASEP) while living in Germany in the late 1980s. She completed a Master of Science in Adult Education from Old Dominion University, and subsequently completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Services Education from ODU as well. Dr. Threlfall has extensive experience in designing adult education and training programs and has developed, designed, and implemented new courses in both higher education and corporate settings. Dr. Threlfall currently is currently providing internal analysis and training for L-3/D. P. Associates.

Don Henderson is the Senior Manager of Creative Expression for Apple Education. In his role, Don is responsible for creating programs and solutions that integrate Apple’s Digital Media Tools across the curriculum, and working with educators around the country and abroad who have created programs focused on the use Apple’s Professional Applications. Prior to joining Apple, Don was the Director of Educational and Library Technology for the Grossmont Union High School District in San Diego, California. Don is also a two-time Smithsonian Laureate for the award-winning Digital Media programs he created for the Grossmont Union High School District.

Clark Aldrich, an international consultant, workshop leader, and popular conference speaker, is also an award-winning designer of educational simulations. Mr. Aldrich advises many of the world's most influential organizations (private and government), serves on over a dozen boards, and has been called an "industry guru" by Fortune Magazine. He graduated from Brown University with a degree in Cognitive Science, and earlier in his career worked on special projects for Xerox' executive team.

Allison Powell is the Vice President for the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL). She worked for the Clark County School District in Nevada as the Coordinator for K12 Digital Content and Distance Education to develop an Online Professional Development Program and online content for teachers across the district. She is a past member of the NACOL Board of Directors and is a co-founder and board member of the Nevada Online Education Consortium, and currently serves as a board member of the Computer Using Educators of Southern Nevada and the Southern Nevada Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development chapter.