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Katie Wood received her B.A. from Smith College and her Master's from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at the University of Delaware. She is currently completing her Ph.D. at Delaware with a focus on 18th and 19th century American art and architecture. In addition to her work with some of the top institutions in Philadelphia and Washington, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the American Philosophical Society, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum she has a strong interest in maritime studies, vernacular architecture, and Roman art.

Tom Diemer is a seasoned political journalist who has worked for many years in Washington, DC. His many journalistic credits include Washington bureau chief and columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and faculty lecturer at the Medill School of Journalism's Washington Program. Most recently Tom has served as a columnist at Politics Daily. He is the author of two books, the most recent being "Fighting the Unbeatable Foe,'' a biography of Howard Metzenbaum.

Liz Tunick is a Fellow at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. where she works in the French Paintings Department. She has held positions at Christie's in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and most recently at the Clark Art Institute. Liz holds a Master's degree in Art History from Williams College where she focused on 19th-century French art. A native of New York City, Liz has spent time working and studying in Toulouse and Paris and received her B.A. from Dartmouth College.

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Ron Cohen worked for 25 years with United Press International and 15 years with Gannett News Service, serving as executive editor of both. Now retired, he has lived in the Washington D.C. area for 40 years. Ron, a graduate of the University of Illinois college of journalism, also earned a master's degree from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. He has covered 18 national political conventions and every presidential campaign from 1968 through 2000; the impeachment proceedings against Presidents Nixon and Clinton; the Apollo space program; and virtually every major news event of the latter part of the 20th century. His book, "Down to the Wire: UPI's Fight for Survival," was chosen the best business book of 1990 by Business Week magazine and won, among other national awards, the Society of Professional Journalists gold medal for outstanding journalism history. Ron was named best news editor in Washington and one of the top 50 journalists by Washingtonian Magazine. He lives in Potomac, MD., with his wife of 50 years, Jill. They have two grown daughters, one of whom is a professor in San Francisco, the other a renown musician/composer in Israel.