GARY GROSSMAN is a print and television journalist, a multiple Emmy-winning television

producer, and an acclaimed novelist. He has contributed to The New York Times and The Boston

Globe and was a columnist for the Boston Herald American. Grossman covered presidential

campaigns for WBZ-TV in Boston and was a prime-time television series producer for NBC News.

He has produced more than 10,000 television episodes and specials for networks including NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, CNN, History, A&E, Food Network, HGTV, Discovery, and National Geographic.

His first novel, Executive Actions, propelled him into the world of geopolitical thrillers. Executive Treason, Executive Command, and Executive Force followed. Grossman's other novels include the international-award-winning Old Earth, a geological thriller that spans all of time; Red Hotel; Red Deception; Red Chaos; and Red Ultimatum, a series written with international business executive and counterintelligence expert Ed Fuller. In addition, he has authored two highly regarded books on television history: Saturday Morning TV: Thirty Years of the Shows You Waited All Week to Watch and Superman: Serial to Cereal.

OREN AVIV is an award-winning entertainment industry leader, producer, marketer, and writer with over thirty years of experience in both marketing and production at Walt Disney Studios, Twentieth Century Fox, and STX Films. As president of production and chief creative officer at Walt Disney Studios, Aviv cocreated Disney's National Treasure films, which have grossed over $800 million worldwide. Aviv is also responsible for putting into production a multitude of box office hits, including the Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds romcom The Proposal, Tim Burton's billion-dollar-grossing Alice in Wonderland, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, among many others. 

CHARLES SEGARS is a media and technology executive with over thirty years of experience in content development and production at Viacom, Walt Disney Television, CBS, and DreamWorks Studios. Throughout his career, Segars oversaw a large slate of film and television projects, including some of prime-time television's most watched live-event specials and late-night talk shows. Segars is also credited with cocreating and executive producing the National Treasure film franchise, which has grossed over $800 million worldwide. Currently, Segars enjoys a dual role as a partner in Co-Media, helping oversee and operate a variety of subscription content services and media investments.