Scott has extensive knowledge of the bearing supply and power transmission business. He grew up in British Columbia, attended Milwaukee School of Engineering, Stanford Business School and the University of Toledo, and worked his way in the family business, BC Bearing Engineers in Vancouver, BC.

He then moved to the USA and became President & COO of US Bearing Corp., which now has, under his leadership, 22 branches throughout the USA, serving the mining, forestry and agricultural industries. He has held leadership positions in related industry associations such as the Presidency of the Bearing Specialists Association.

Tracy Redies is based in New Jersey, currently Head of Global e-Delivery, Commercial Banking for the HSBC Group and is responsible for the global strategy, execution, targets and system delivery of Commercial Internet services for HSBC's 2.5 million commercial customers' world wide.

Prior to her entry into the Internet arena, Tracy had extensive experience as a Vice President, Personal Financial Services in Vancouver and Assistant Vice President Commercial Banking in Edmonton, Alberta. Tracy has been actively involved with the CH.I.L.D. Foundation for several years and she also sits on the Valuing Diversity Committee for HSBC USA.

Tracy has a Masters of Science in Business Administration from the University of British Columbia and also attended London Business School in London, England on a foreign exchange program. She also has a BA with a Double Major in Economics and Asian Studies from the University of Victoria and studied overseas at Kaio University in Japan, being fluent in Japanese.

Dr. Alessio Fasano is regarded as one of the foremost authorities worldwide on Celiac Disease, and his epidemiological studies in the United States have changed the preconception that Celiac Disease is a rare disorder.

An accomplished biomedical scientist and educator, Dr. Fasano is currently Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, and co-director of the Center for Celiac Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Dr. Fasano originally came to the University of Maryland Baltimore and to the School of Medicine in 1990 as Research Assistant Professor in the Center for Vaccine Development. He rose to the rank of Professor in six years.

In 1995 he organized the first international meeting on Celiac Disease in the United States. That same year, he was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the Digestive Disease National Coalition, as the representative of the American Celiac Society.

Dr. Allan Walker is a Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition and Pediatrics, Chairman, Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School. His primary responsibilities at the Massachusetts General Hospital involve overseeing the Mucosal Immunology and Developmental Gastroenterology Laboratories as part of the Combined Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Walker's research efforts include defining the passive and active protective properties of human breast milk with regard to the protection from disease during the newborn period.