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CHEF ROCCO DISPIRITO - Rocco DiSpirito's culinary experience began at age eleven in his mother Nicolin's kitchen. By the age of 16, DiSpirito entered the Culinary Institute of America, and then studied abroad at Jardin de Cygne. DiSpirito also earned a B.S. in Business from Boston University. In 1997, DiSpirito opened Union Pacific in New York City's Gramercy Park as chef and owner. In 1999, DiSpirito was named Food & Wine's Best New Chef, and in 2000, Gourmet magazine called him "America's Most Exciting Young Chef." In 2003 DiSpirito was the star of NBC's reality show, The Restaurant, which featured the launch of Rocco's 22nd Street restaurant. Later that summer, more than nine million viewers a week tuned in to see the ups and downs of DiSpirito's family-inspired eatery. DiSpirito is the author of Flavor (Hyperion, October 2003), a unique cook book that breaks down his concept of building dishes on the four basic flavors, making his unique approach to food accessible to the home cook. DiSpirito's fifth book, Rocco Gets Real will be released in September of 2008 (by Meredith).
KEENEN IVORY WAYANS - Keenen Ivory Wayans is a multi-talented writer, director and producer and was the first in his large family of comic entertainers to achieve national prominence by successfully creating, launching and hosting a landmark 1990s comedy satire In Living Color, which won an Emmy in 1990. He directed and produced the extremely successful horror spoof film Scary Movie and the sequel Scary Movie 2 as well as many other more recent comedies such as Little Man and White Chicks.
THOMAS KOSTIGEN - Thomas M. Kostigen is The New York Times best-selling coauthor of The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time. A nationally recognized expert and speaker he specializes in social responsibility issues such as the global water supply, electronic waste, energy consumption and carbon emissions.
SOPHIE ULIANO - Sophie Uliano is the author of Gorgeously Green, a guide to an earth-friendly life. She appeared on the Oprah show on Earthday.
MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER - Michael Shellenberger is a major author and political strategist. He currently serves as President of The Breakthrough Institute, a think tank, and American Environics - an opinion research firm specializing in social values research for progressive political and philanthropic causes. As president of the Breakthrough Institute, Shellenberger is a leading national advocate for the U.S. to make a 10-year, $500 billion public-private investment into cutting-edge clean energy technologies to achieve energy independence and restore America's economic competitiveness. He is co-author of Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility.
