Former co-host of the hit Emmy-award winning television show, The View, Star Jones is a lawyer, former prosecutor and television journalist most notably known as the only news correspondent to obtain an exclusive interview with OJ Simpson during his civil trial. Ms. Jones is author of the the book, Shine: A Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Journey to Finding Love. She is also heavily involved in numerous philanthropic organizations and charitable foundations.

With more than 20 years in the hospitality and entertainment industries, Stephen Is the owner of Starr Restaurant Organization. He opened the Ripley Music Hall, which showcased new talent such as U2, The Eurythmics, and Bruce Springsteen, who were still very small at the time. Starr likens the experience of dining out to that of attending a theater production, where the players, props, backdrops, lighting and rapport are integral components of an overall dramatic effect. When this atmospheric drama is paired with edgy, delicious cuisine, dining out at an SRO restaurant becomes entertainment for all of the senses.

NPR's senior European correspondent, Sylvia Poggioli has become a favorite reporter of the Magliozzi Brothers on Car Talk. Her name has also been featured in the absurdest comic strip Zippy the Pinhead.

Co-editor of Microphone Fiends: Youth Music and Youth Culture and author of Black Noise and The Hip Hop Wars, Tricia Rose is a leading expert on the emergence of hip hop culture. Professor Rose also covers a series of topics relating to American cultural politics, black culture and music and gender and is an expert commentator on NPR and other national and local radio outlets, and on television.

Watts Wacker is one of the world's most respected futurists. He helps the world's top corporations and organizations navigate the changes and challenges of the new millennium through his work as a lecturer, best-selling author, political commentator and social critic. He was also Time magazine's 2006 Person of the Year.