John McDougall, MD, is the Founder/Director of the McDougall Wellness Center in Santa Rosa, CA. One of the most prominent nutrition experts in the United States, Dr. McDougall grew up eating fried chicken, chocolate ice cream, eggs, and roast beef. And nearly died because of it. He is a nationally recognized, and has appeared regularly on television and radio. He is the author of several books and cookbooks including his latest, Dr. McDougall's Digestive Tune-Up. He and his wife have produced many compelling DVD/Video presentations. Visit www.drmcdougall.com for details.

Neal Barnard, MD, is founder and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nationwide organization promoting preventive medicine, good nutrition, and controversies in modern medicine. He has published groundbreaking research results in peer review journals such as The American Journal of Cardiology and is author of eight books, including Foods That Fight Pain and Turn Off the Fat Genes. He has been instrumental in reforming federal dietary guidelines. Visit www.pcrm.org/news/bios/barnard.html.

Antonia Demas, PhD, is the founder and director of the Food Studies Institute, a non-profit devoted to improving the long-term health and education of children. She has a Ph.D. from Cornell University in education, nutrition, and anthropology. Her award-winning curriculum, Food Is Elementary, has been taught successfully in more than 500 schools in 23 states. She consults throughout the U.S. and abroad and trains and certifies teachers as food educators. Visit www.foodstudies.org.

Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr., MD trained as a surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic where he has served as president of staff and head of thyroid and parathyroid surgery. He initiated the Arrest and Reversal Treatment program and has since published over 150 scientific articles illuminating the power of lifestyle to arrest and reverse coronary artery disease. In 1995 his benchmark long-term nutritional research was published and has been updated at 12 years, making it one of the longest longitudinal studies of its type. It is most compelling, as no compliant patients have sustained disease progression. Visit vegsource.com/esselstyn/about.htm.

Steven Aldana, PhD, is a professor at the College of Health and Human Performance at Brigham Young University and Director of Graduate Programs. He has published over 50 scientific papers and three books on various health promotion topics. Currently, he consults for the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a senior research scientist he is the principal investigator on several lifestyle trials and is actively involved in making health promotion an important part of the nation's healthcare agenda. Visit www.newswise.com/articles/view/510049.

Carmen Diehl Thieszen, PsyD has a doctorate in psychology from Loma Linda University. She is the daughter of Dr. Hans Diehl and she and her physician husband reside in Fairfield, CA. An honor and award student, Carmen did her dissertation on how four weeks of a CHIP intervention program affected depression scales in a randomized clinical trial. She is currently practicing at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Richmond, CA.

John Gobble, DrPH, RD, LD, CHES is owner and founder of Medical Nutrition Therapy Northwest in Clackamas, OR, a provider of disease management and therapeutic lifestyle change counseling. He is a public speaker and motivator of behavior change, is an experienced teacher, and a therapeutic lifestyle counselor. He has designed many programs that identify risk and motivate health behavior change. He is the author of the CHIP Assistant used by CHIP directors to report clinical results. Visit www.mntassistant.com.

Richard O'Ffill is the author of six books and numerous sermons. He is a widely sought after inspirational seminar speaker that has traveled the world with revival messages for our end-times. Pastor O'Ffill has challenged thousands with his call to a deeper relationship with Jesus. Visit www.revivalsermons.org.

Hans Diehl, DrHSc, MPH, is founder and director of Lifestyle Medicine Institute and of CHIP, the Coronary Health Improvement Project changing thousands of lives for good in just 30 days. Dr. Diehl is a world-class speaker and has published research in peer review journals documenting the effects of the CHIP lifestyle. He is also co-author of Dynamic Living and Health Power with 1.5 million copies sold in 14 languages. Since its beginning in 1988, CHIP has impacted communities in Canada, India, Australia and the United States. Visit CHIPhealth.org.

Jim Pederson, MDiv has been the president of the Northern California Conference since February 1, 2006. He has served as a pastor for 20 years and participated in evangelism both in the U.S. and in the Philippines, Russia, and Peru. With his wife, Debi, he has authored the Meatless Easy-Oven Cookbook and the Meatless, Fast and Simple Cookbook. He enjoys working with the NCC team to build up the Kingdom of God. Visit ncc.adventist.org/article/articleview/146/.

Don Mackintosh, BSN, MDiv, is Senior Pastor of the 3-Angels Seventh-day Adventist Church, Wichita, KS. He also moderates a health series for 3-ABN and has produced a bridge program called What's the Connection? Don is an RN and has been certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Trauma Life Support, and Burn Life Support. He has worked in chemical addiction recovery. His passion for soul-winning and health education has changed many lives for the Kingdom. Visit Pastor Don's website at connection.threeangels.org to learn more about What's the Connection?

Jeffrey Rosario has been gifted by God as an effective evangelist for the Lord. He currently works with Radiant Living in British Columbia, Canada. The Radiant Living Team was birthed in the fall of 2003 by a group of young, vibrant soul-winners from all over North America, whose average age was approximately twenty-three. This group of young people, engaged in Bible work and different aspects of evangelism, felt an intense burden to do a more thorough work. This work included not only sharing the good news with the lost outside of the church, but also motivating and preparing those inside to live for the purpose to which they were called. Visit www.radiantlivingteam.org.

Gordon Botting, DrPH, is director of three ministries: Health, Community Services and Stewardship for the Northern California Conference. He has more than 30 years of experience in pastoring, financial education, healthcare and administration. Botting has developed a practical money management workbook "The ABC's of Financial Freedom" and a stewardship in-service manual "Open the Windows." During the last twenty years he has authored a number of health manuals. Dr. Botting is an avid supporter of the Adventist CHIP Association. Visit ncc.adventist.org/article/articleview/143/.