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Michael R. Eades, MD: Blogger, PROTEINPOWER.COM/drmike (5/7/06)
Dr. Eades and his wife, Dr. Mary Dan Eades, are bestselling authors and television personalities. The couple co-authored Protein Power, a book that revolutionized low-carb dieting and nutrition and remained on the New York Times bestsellers list for more than one year.
Dr. Eades regularly writes about nutrition, health, diet and pretty much anything else on his mind. He is a prodigious reader of medical journals and an astute observer of the medical and health news media.

www.proteinpower.com/drmike

Carol Evans: Publisher, WORKING MOTHER (5/14/06)
Evans founded Working Mother Media in August 2001 when she and MCG Capital acquired Working Mother magazine and other assets. Evans has a long and impressive career in the magazine industry. She was part of the team that launched Working Mother in 1978 for The McCall Publishing Company.
From 1989 to 1996, Evans was president of Stagebill Inc. Her 30 program magazines served 110 arts organizations, including Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall.
Evans later spent five years as publisher of Chief Executive magazine. Her duties there included playing host to 600 influential CEOs at various magazine-sponsored events.
Evan is the author of “This is How We Do It: The Working Mothers’ Manifesto.” The book, her first, was published in April 2006.
She lives in Chappaqua, NY with her husband, Bob Coulombe, and their two children.
www.workingmother.com

Cait Murphy: Senior Editor, FORTUNE (4/23/06)
A senior editor, Murphy has played a key role in supervising the past three issues of the magazine's annual Fortune 500 issue.
Murphy, the author of three books, has worked at the magazine since 1998. Previously, she reported for The Economist in London and the Asian Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong. She graduated from Amherst College with a B.A. in American Studies.
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Paul Pflug: Co-Founder, Principal Communications Group (5/28/06)
After an impressive stint as Senior Vice President of Media Relations at Universal Pictures, Pflug co-founded the Principal Communications Group on May 1, 2006.
Pflug has previously worked at Miramax as well as for Bragman, Nyman and Cafarelli, an agency.
Both Pflug and his business partner, Melissa Zukerman, have more than 15 years honing their entertainment industry PR skills.
Pflug will continue to handle corporate communications for Universal Pictures executives. He is married and has a 5-year-old daughter.

Tahl Raz: Co-Author: “Never Eat Alone” and President and Editor, Jewcy Media (4/30/06)
Before joining Jewcy Media as President and Editor of it's upcoming Jewish politics-and-culture online magazine, Raz was a senior editor at Fortune Small Business. He is the co-author of the national bestseller, “Never Eat Alone.” He started his career at the Jerusalem Post. After a stint as a feature writer and reporter, Raz jumped to Inc. magazine, where he served as a feature writer. Raz was named one of America's top 30 business journalists under the age of 30 by the trade publication TJFR Business News Reporter. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Vassar College.
www.jewcy.com

Joan Stewart: The Publicity Hound (5/14/06)
Stewart, a speaker, trainer and consultant, is also known internationally as “The Publicity Hound.” And for good reason, she is a proven expert at getting herself and her large group of followers GREAT publicity.

Stewart spent 22 years working as a self-described “grumpy editor” for thee daily newspapers and The Business Journal in Milwaukee.

She got her first media placement at age 10, when her hometown newspaper wrote a story about a blue ribbon she won for a 4-H sewing project at the Ohio State Fair. To get her free online newsletter, click on the link below.

www.publicityhound.com

David Willis: California Correspondent: BBC (4/23/06)
Currently on book leave, Willis has reported for the BBC News from Los Angeles since January 2000. Since joining the BBC in 1983, he spent six years in Asia, where he focused on business topics from his base in Singapore.
Willis was educated at St. Joseph’s College, Ipswich and participated in a one-year college course in newspaper journalism at Harlow Technical College in Essex. In 2003, he worked at the Reuters Fellowship at Oxford.
Willis’ book will follow his own personal journey alongside those seeking fame and success in Hollywood -- the California Dream.

Betty Wong: Managing Editor: Reuters America (5/28/06)
At 42, Wong is one of the most powerful women in American business journalism. She oversees 650 journalists in North and South America, as well as a $100 million newsroom budget.
Wong was raised in a strict Chinese family and spoke only her parent’s native tongue at home. Her mother hoped that Wong would pursue a career in the sciences. But she caught the journalism bug while enrolled in the Bronx High School School of Science. After spending one year studying civil engineering at State University of New York at Stony Brook, Wong transferred to New York University where she studied journalism.
Wong is married and has two daughters, ages 9 and 11.

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