Mark Blaxill, MBA, is the father of a daughter diagnosed with autism, a long-time director of SafeMinds, Chairman and co-founder of the Canary Party, Editor-at-Large for Age of Autism, and a frequent speaker at autism conferences. He writes often on autism, science and public policy issues for Age of Autism and has published a number of articles, letters and commentaries on autism in journals. He co-authored a book on autism, called The Age of Autism: Mercury, Medicine and a Man-made Epidemic, (Thomas Dunne, September 2010).

Louis Conte is the father of triplet boys, two with autism. He is the Director of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Justice Project and a founding advocate member of EBCALA. He serves on the board of the Autism Action Network. Mr. Conte has advocated extensively in New York for autism health insurance reform, vaccination choice and improved educational services for people with autism. Mr. Conte is an Assistant Commissioner in the Westchester County Department of Probation.

Dr. Hooker is an Associate Professor of Biology at Simpson University in Redding California where he specializes in microbiology and chemistry. He also has over 20 years of experience in biotechnology and has advocated for the removal of mercury in vaccinations since 2004. He has a 15 year old son with autism.

Rolf Hazlehurst, Esq. is an attorney and has practiced law for eighteen years. His son's case, Hazlehurst v. The United States Department of Health and Human Services was the second test case in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

Lisa Colin, Esq. is a partner in Martin & Colin PC in White Plains, New York, sits on the Board of EBCALA and the Board of Directors for the Westchester Law Guardian Association. She has represented the Department of Social Services, as well as those accused of abuse and also the children alleged to be abused.

Mark Blaxill is the father of a daughter diagnosed with autism, Chairman and co-founder of the Canary Party, editor at large for Age of Autism, a director of SafeMinds and a frequent speaker at autism conferences. He has authored a number of scientific publications on autism. He received a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public/International Affairs at Princeton University and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. He co-authored a book with Dan Olmsted, The Age of Autism: Mercury, Medicine and a Man-made Epidemic (Thomas Dunne, 2010).

Dan Olmsted is Editor of AgeOfAutism.com, the daily web newspaper of the autism epidemic. He began reporting on autism in 2005, writing a weekly column for United Press International. In 2010, he and Mark Blaxill co-authored The Age of Autism -- Mercury, Medicine, and a Man-Made Epidemic. A graduate of Yale College, he has been a journalist for 35 years and was an original staff member of USA Today and a senior editor of UPI.

 Kim Stagliano, is wife, Mom, writer... and tired. She and her husband Mark have three gorgeous girls - who have autism. They think it's almost impossible, given that autism affects boys 4:1 over girls. They have found a way to survive the impossible. Kim is Managing Editor of www.ageofautism.com, the nation's first daily web newspaper about the autism epidemic. She writes for The Huffington Post and has a column in Autism File magazine. She and Mark live in CT with Mia, Gianna and Bella.