janderson_name = "Jennifer L. Anderson"
janderson_bio= "Jennifer is an independent strategy/finance consultant in the media/entertainment industry. She formerly served as Head of Finance & Strategic Operations at Red Envelope Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netflix, where she had responsibility for the evaluation of all film acquisition opportunities and setting overall divisional strategy.  Prior to Red Envelope, Jennifer served as Vice President, Finance at Paramount Vantage (a division of Paramount Pictures) where she was responsible for coordinating the studio&#39;s green-lighting of films, co-financing opportunities and talent deals.  Additionally, Jennifer&#39;s operational duties included oversight of theatrical marketing finance and the divisional overhead budget.  Jennifer worked on several Oscar-winning titles including NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, THERE WILL BE BLOOD, BABEL and AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH.<br/><br/> Prior to Paramount Vantage, Jennifer began her career in entertainment at Paramount Pictures as Manager, Motion Picture Planning, with responsibility for creating and analyzing feature film P&Ls for &#34;green-lighting&#34; the production and acquisition of the studio&#39;s major motion picture releases.  She started her career in corporate finance as an investment banking analyst at J.P. Morgan & Company, Inc., and subsequently worked in private equity for the leveraged buyout firm, Butler Capital Corporation.<br/><br/> Jennifer holds a B. S. in Business Administration, cum laude, from Georgetown University.  She also has an MBA in Media Management from Columbia Business School." 

llederer_name = "Laura Lederer"
llederer_bio = "Laura J. Lederer founded and directed The Protection Project at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1997. In 2000, she moved The Protection Project to Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She is adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law Center, where she has taught for seven years, including the first full course on international trafficking in persons offered at a law school. She directed a Global Projects on Trafficking in Persons at the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the U.S. Department of State. In addition, for seven years she was the Executive Director of the Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking in Persons, a high level interagency policy group that staffed the President's cabinet-level Inter-agency Task Force on Trafficking in Persons. She is currently Vice President for Policy and Planning at Global Centurion, an NGO working to stop child sexual slavery."

cokumu_name = "Caroline Okumu"
cokumu_bio = "Caroline Okumu began her career with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Vienna, Austria, serving the United Nations Women's Guild (UNWG) and The Vienna International School (VIS). This led to Okumu pursuing educational and employment opportunities in the United States, where she served as the Assistant Comptroller for British global business services giant Rentokil Initial, plc., Washington, D.C. Okumu has also served as the Manager for International Compensation, at Cable and Wireless, USA, a British telecommunications company headquartered in Virginia. Okumu currently serves as Director, Special Events at Smith Fairfield, Inc. (SFI), a full-service integrated communications and event management consulting firm. In addition, Okumu recently acquired a position to support The Society of White House Military Aides."

gross_name = "George Ross"
gross_bio = "George Ross has been an advisor for Nomi Network since inception. Since July 2005 he has also served as Executive Director, New York for World Vision Inc. His business career has included senior financial officer and board member positions with both public and private companies in diverse industries. Mr. Ross was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and a board member of Tier Technologies Inc. from February 1997 to January 2000, which became a public company during this period. Mr. Ross was a partner and investor with Capital Partners from 1992 to 1997, serving on multiple boards of directors. Throughout his career he has served on non-profit boards for education and individual, family and community development."

sseshadri_name = "Sridhar Seshadri"
sseshadri_bio = "Sridhar Seshadri obtained his PHD at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently the Professor of Information, Risk, and Operations Management at the University of Texas. He has also been a faculty member at New York University and the Administrative Staff College of India. During his teaching career, he was awarded the Stern School of Business Teaching Excellence Award (1998) and recognized as the Stern School of Business Undergraduate Teacher of the Year in 1997. His current research projects focus on equilibrium asset pricing, operations management, and supply chain management. His professional service includes serving as the Associate Editor, Naval Research Logistics; Associate Editor, Management Science; Senior Editor, Flexiible Services and Manufacturing (FSM); Area Editor (Inventory, Reliability and Control), Operations Research Letters; and Senior Editor (Supply Chain and Stochastics), Production and Operations Management."