Introduction

MARCIA ANGELL, Editor in Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (1999-2000), Executive Editor (1988-99)

NORMAN AUGUSTINE, President, Chairman, CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation (1995-97)

GARY BAUER, Candidate for U.S. President (2000); President, American Values (since 2000), President, Family Research Council (1988-1999); Domestic Policy Adviser, Reagan administration.

HAROLD BLOOM, Author, Sterling Professor of Humanities, Yale University

JULIAN BOND, Chairman, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (since 1998)

DAVID BRODER, Pulitzer-Prize-winning political journalist, The Washington Post

DEB CALLAHAN, President, League of Conservation Voters (since 1996)

DANIEL CARP, Chairman and CEO, Eastman Kodak Company (since 2001)

JAMES CARVILLE, Political Campaign Consultant and Adviser; Co-host, Crossfire, CNN (since 2002)

ROBERT CHASE, President, National Education Association (1996-2002)

LINDA CHAVEZ, President, Center for Equal Opportunity (since 1995)

LINDA CHAVEZ-THOMPSON, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO (since 1995)

ROBERT COONROD, President, CEO, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (since 1997)

ALAN DERSHOWITZ, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Attorney, Author, Civil-Libertarian

MICHAEL DOMBECK, Chief, U.S. Forest Service (1997-2001)

JAMES FALLOWS, author, National Correspondent, The Atlantic Monthly, Editor, U.S. News & World Report, (1996-98)

ANITA PEREZ FERGUSON, Director, InterAmerican Foundation (since 2000); President, National Women's Political Caucus (1996-99)

KATHRYN FULLER, President, World Wildlife Fund (since1989)

ARUN GANDHI, Co-founder and President, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence (since 1991)

KIM GANDY, President, National Organization for Women (since 2001)

CANDACE GINGRICH, Manager, National Coming Out Project, Human Rights Campaign (since 1998)

DANIEL GOLDIN, Chief Administrator, NASA (1992-2001)

BERNADINE HEALY, President and CEO, American Red Cross (1999-2001); Dean, College of Medicine and Public Health, Ohio State University (1995-99) Director, National Institutes of Health (1991-93)

JOHN HENDRICKS, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Discovery Communications, Inc. (since 1985)

DUDLEY HERSCHBACH, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1986), Professor, Harvard University (since1963)

RICHARD HOLBROOKE, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations (1999-2001), Chief Negotiator, Bosnian Peace Accords, Dayton (1995); Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs (1994-99)

PATRICIA IRELAND, President, National Organization for Women (1991-2001)

KNIGHT KIPLINGER, Editor in Chief, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine and The Kiplinger Letter

RICHARD KLAUSNER, Executive Director for Global Health, William and Melinda Gates Foundation (since 2002); Director, National Cancer Institute (1995-2001)

WILLIAM KRISTOL, Founder, Editor, The Weekly Standard (since 1995)

PAUL KRUGMAN, Professor of Economics, Princeton University, Columnist, The New York Times (since 1999)

DELANO LEWIS, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa (1999-2001); President and CEO, National Public Radio (1994-98); Co-chair, National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council (1994-96)

JESSICA MATHEWS, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (since 1997)

DEREK MCGINTY, Anchor, World News Now, ABC NEWS (since 2001); Co-host Capitol Sunday; Correspondent, Real Sports, HBO

INGRID NEWKIRK, President and Cofounder, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (since 1980)

JIM NICHOLSON, U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See (since 2001); Chairman, Republican National Committee (1997- 2000)

ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON (D-DC), Delegate, U.S. House of Representatives (since 1996)

ROSELYN O'CONNELL, President, National Women's Political Caucus (1999-2001)

CLARENCE PAGE, Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist, and Editorial Board Member, The Chicago Tribune (since 1984)

NANCY PELOSI (D-CA), Member, U.S. House of Representatives (since 1987); House Democratic Whip (since 2002)

JOHN J. PHELAN, JR., Chairman and CEO, New York Stock Exchange, (1984-1990)

SALLY QUINN, Washington political Author and Commentator

ROBERT C. RICHARDSON, Nobel Laureate (Physics, 1996), Vice Provost for Research, Cornell University

ALICE RIVLIN, Vice Chair, U.S. Federal Reserve System (1996-99); Director, White House Office of Management and Budget (1994-96), Founding Director, Congressional Budget Office (1973-83)

GEN. H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF, Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command; Commander of Allied Forces, Gulf War (1990-91)

ROBERT SHAPIRO, Chairman, CEO, Monsanto Life Sciences Company (1995-2000), Chairman, Pharmacia Corporation (2000-01)

ALAN SIMPSON, (R-WY) Senator, U.S. Senate (1978 to 1997); Director, Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1998-2000)

DANIEL STEIN, Executive Director, Federation for American Immigration Reform (since 1988)

LESTER THUROW, The Jerome and Dorthy Lemelson Professor of Management and Economics, Sloan School of Management, MIT

NEIL DE GRASSE TYSON, Frederick P. Rose Director, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History (since 1996); Visiting Research Scientist, Department of Astrophysics, Princeton University (since 1994)

SANFORD UNGAR, President, Goucher College (since 2001); Director, Voice of America (1999-2001)

J. CRAIG VENTER, Founder, President, Chief Scientific Officer, Celera Genomic Corporation (1998-2002); Founder, Chairman, Chief Scientist, The Institute for Genomic Research (since 1992)

JIM WALLIS, Founder, Editor, Sojourners magazine (since 1975); Activist, Author, Commentator