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—Ronnie McEwan, Director, Kinharvie Institute, Glasgow, Scotland

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—Adriano Pianesi, ParticipAction Consulting, Inc., Washington, D.C.

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—George F. Smith, CPF, Summit Consultants, Atlanta, Georgia

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—Ren Wei, Professional Facilitator, X'ian, China

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—Sieglinde Hinger, Siemens Corporation, Austria

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—Larry L. Looker, Manager, Global Leadership Development,
Amway Corporation, USA

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—Ian Madell, Managing Director, LEVEL5 Branded Business Advisors, Toronto, Canada

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—Mark Vilbert, Program Leader Boeing leadership Center

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—Ewa Malia, CPF, Polish Insitutute of Facilitation, Warsaw