James M. Vukelic, JD James M. Vukelic is a former trial court judge, now serving as the Chief Prosecutor for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. He has more than 25 years of courtroom experience as a prosecutor, judge, and civil attorney.
	Elaine Weiss, Ed.D Elaine Weiss is a professional educator and writer. She has interviewed hundreds of women who survived physical and psychological domestic abuse. Her first book about domestic violence, Surviving Domestic Violence: Voices of Women Who Broke Free, tells the stories of twelve women who successfully escaped from an abusive relationship.
	Ellen Taliaferro, MD Ellen H. Taliaferro, MD, FACEP, is the Medical Director of the Trauma Foundation in San Francisco, California. She is co-president and co-founder of Physicians for a Violence-free Society (PVS), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping physicians, other health care providers, and individuals play an active role in reducing violence in our society.
	Patricia R. Salber, MD Patricia R. Salber, M.D., is President of the American College of Emergency Physicians' California Chapter, a member of the Attorney General's Policy Council on Violence Prevention, and President of Physicians for a Violence-free Society.
	Daniel Jay Sonkin, Ph.D. Daniel Jay Sonkin, Ph.D. is a licensed Marriage, Family and child Counselor in independent practice in Sausalito, California. His practice focuses on the treatment of individuals, couples and families facing a variety of psyhological problems including domestic violence and child abuse. In addition to his clinical experience, he has testified as an expert witness in criminal cases where domestic violence is an issue.
	Paul Kivel Paul Kivel is a trainer, activist, writer and a violence prevention educator. For the last 27 years he has conducted hundreds of talks and workshops, training teens and adults on such topics as male/female relationships, alternatives to violence, racism, family violence and sexual assault, parenting, and diversity issues. He has worked with schools and universities, government agencies, youth recreation and leadership programs and with juvenile corrections.
	Karen G. Stone Karen Stone writes an award-winning, bimonthly column for the Albuquerque Journal newspaper Meeting the Challenge, plus writes other pieces for national magazines and publications overseas. Karen has recently written a non-fiction book titled Awakening to Disability: Nothing About Us Without Us. She lectures frequently on disability issues and continues to photograph unassigned work.
	Esther Silverstein Blanc Esther Silverstein Blanc was born in 19l3, on a homestead in Wyoming. She graduated from high school in Nebraska, and moved to San Francisco in 1934 to become a registered nurse. Her nursing experiences include an operating room during the Spanish Civil War, and World War II where she served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. She obtained a Ph.D. in the history of medicine in 1972, which she taught at the University of California, San Francisco for many years.
	Ann G. Thomas, Ed.D Ann G. Thomas, Ed.D., is an interpretive writer, storyteller and licensed psychotherapist in private practice in California. She has worked with women in midlife and beyond for more than thirty years. She is a speaker and group leader on issues in the lives of women as they age, and a storyteller in settings as diverse as nursing homes, cruise ships and health care professional continuing education programs, and is the former owner of a home for frail elderly.
	Annette Carrel Annette Carrel is the Commissioner of the Juvenile Justice/Delinquency Prevention Commission in Santa Barbara, California, and has taught students about the law through a "law experience" program with the County Superior Court for 15 years. She has been a classroom teacher, a reading specialist and holds an M.A. in Special Education.
	Nancy Kilgore Nancy Kilgore, a former battered wife, received her B.A. and teaching credential from Sacramento State University. She received the TAP Training award from Soroptimists International, and is endorsed for her work with love-dependent women by the California Federation of Business and Professional Women, junior colleges, hospitals and churches. She has been a social work trainer for the Salvation Army, and has appeared on radio, television and in newspapers. Ms. Kilgore is available for workshops and seminars by contacting Volcano Press.
	Dr. Brian Ogawa, Ph.D. Dr. Ogawa is the chair and an associate professor in the Department of Human Services, School of Applied Studies at Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas. The department has programs in addictions counseling, mental health, non-profit management, gerontology, victim/survivor services, developmental disabilities, Morita Therapy, and youth services.