Kathy High is a media artist, curator, and teacher living and working in Brooklyn and upstate NY. Her single channel videotapes include both documentary and experimental forms, and she works with topics including science and the body, animals, and the paranormal. Her video work has been shown extensively, and she has received numerous awards including grants from The Rockefeller Foundation and the NEA. High currently teaches video in the Arts Department/iEAR at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. She edits FELIX: A Journal of Media Arts and Communication, which encourages dialogue among alternative media makers (http://www.e-felix.org).

Jeff Mendoza is the principal of J. Mendoza Gardens, Inc, in New York City. Since 1987 JMG Inc.'s exceptional gardens have been widely published in numerous books and magazines such as House & Garden, Garden Design and Horticulture. JMG Inc.'s innovative design solutions with unusual plant combinations are widely admired for their originality and beauty.

Adriene Jenik is a media artist and Associate Professor of Computer & Media Arts at the University of California, San Diego. Her works include the short video "What's the Difference Between a Yam & a Sweet Potato?" the 'zine "ScreamBox," the live satellite broadcast "EL NAFTAZTECA: Cyber-Aztec-TV for 2000 A.D." (w/Guillermo Gomez-Pena), and the interactive CD-ROM road-movie "MAUVE DESERT." Her most recent project, a series of experiments in internet-based street theater, is archived at www.desktoptheater.org

Steve Seidmon is President of Seidmon Associates in New York City, a full service media research and consulting company that specializes in branding, marketing strategy, and new product development. Prior to establishing the consultancy, Steve held executive positions for 10 years at MTV Networks. Besides serving on the LBMF board, Steve is currently a national board member and co-chairperson of the Leadership Council of GLAAD: the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Steve and Lyn were first cousins, and preserving the familial side of Lyn is an important part of honoring her memory.

Chris Straayer is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University and author of Deviant Eyes, Deviant Bodies, published by Columbia University Press. Her articles on film and video have appeared in numerous academic journals and anthologies, and she has curated multiple programs including "Lesbian Genders" at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She serves on the editorial boards of the "Journal of Television and New Media" and "The Velvet Light Trap" and on the directorial boards of the Consoling Passions Conference on International Television, Video and Feminism and the Lyn Blumenthal Memorial Fund for Independent Video and New Media.

Gail Sax received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She was Director of Distribution and Director of Special Projects for the Video Data Bank, and taught electronic media at SAIC. Gail also received a law degree and works as a lawyer and advocate in Toronto. She is currently investigating cultural policy issues.

Branda Miller is an internationally recognized media artist and educator, dedicated to exploring new visions, using media for social change and supporting independent voices. A tenured Professor of Electronic Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, she is also an Emmy award winning editor who has worked extensively in the media industry of Los Angeles and New York City. Professor Miller has developed numerous media literacy/community education projects using electronic arts production.

Nancy Bowen is a mixed media sculptor who lives in New York. Her work explores metaphors of the body and other types of organic form. She has had solo exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe and her work has been reviewed widely. She has won awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts and the European Ceramic Work Center. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Purchase College, State University of New York.

Frima Blumenthal, the Mother of Lyn Blumenthal, lives in Chicago and is one of two family members represented on the Lyn Blumenthal Memorial Fund Board.

Doris Brody, a dear friend of Lyn Blumenthal's, lives in New York City and on Long Island, NY.

Kate Horsfield, Co-Founder of the Video Data Bank (with Lyn Blumenthal,) is currently Executive Director of the Video Data Bank. Lyn and Kate produced over 60 interviews with emerging and prominent artists in the 1970's and she also produced two videotapes, Fuego di Tierra, a documentary on the life of the Cuban-American artist, Ana Mendieta, and Queers 'n Steers, a documentary on the Texas Gay rodeo. Kate was on the Board of the Independent Television Service for 6 years and currently sits on the NAMAC Board as well as the Lyn Blumenthal Memorial Fund Board.

Kathy Rae Huffman is Director of Visual Arts at Cornerhouse, Manchester's international media arts center. A curator who specializes in web based initiatives and new media works, she is a pioneer supporter of artists working in media, theory and practice. She coordinates the international Web3D Art on-line exhibition, and FACES, a mailing list for women in media.