With Barbara H. Fiese (The Pampered Chef, Ltd. Endowed Chair in Family Resiliency and Professor and Director, Family Resiliencey Center, University of Illinois)
With Mary Anne Williams (Support Coordinator, The Arc (Advocacy, Resources, and Connections for People with Developmental Disabilities) of Frederick County Maryland), and , and Carl Webber, J.D. (Attorney with Webber & Thies PC)
With Scott Schwartz (Associate Professor of Library Administration and Archivist for the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, University of Illinois)
With Maggie Flinn (Assistant Professor, Department of French & Unit for Cinema Studies, University of Illinois and Festival Organizing Committe Member)
With Karen Tack (Cooking Teacher and Food Stylist), and , and Alan Richardson (Photographer and CoAuthor of The Breath Of A Wok)
With Asne Seierstad (Award Winning Journalist reporting from Chechnya, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq)
With Geralyn Lucas (Former Editorial Producer at the ABC News Magazine 20/20; Journalist; and an Executive Director of Public Affairs at the Lifetime Television Cable Network)
With Kate Summerscale (Award Winning Writer)
With Margaret Neil (Resident Leader, Joann Dorsey Homes, and Chair of the Resident Advisory Council for the Housing Authority of Champaign County)
With Dianne Noland (Host of WILL-TV's Illinois Gardner and Teaching Associate in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois), and , and Chuck Voigt (Extension Specialist, Vegetable Crops in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois)
