Steve Arens is the Director of Industry Development for GS1 US, the not-for-profit organization responsible for the management of the Universal Product Code (U.P.C.) and other product identification and electronic commerce standards.

Steve promotes the adoption, implementation and use of the GS1 standards to various industries including the food and beverage industries, fresh foods, and the alcohol beverage industry. His recent activities include working on food safety and product tracing projects for the retail and foodservice industries as they explore enhancing their product identification and tracing capabilities through the use of GS1's standards. He also works with various U.S. Government Departments and Agencies such as U.S. Customs as they research the potential use of the GS1 standards to support their supply chain and information needs.

Prior to joining GS1 US, Steve held management positions with AC Nielsen and Information Resources, Inc.

Dr. Ilisa Bernstein is Director of Pharmacy Affairs and Acting Director of the Policy Development and Coordination Staff in the Office of the Commissioner at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In this capacity, she advises on domestic and international issues related to the regulation of medical products, including drugs, biologics, dietary supplements, and medical devices, as well as pharmacy-related issues. In particular, she focuses on the U.S. drug distribution system, counterfeit drugs, drug importation, patient information, prescription and OTC drug labeling, drug safety, and Internet issues. She is the FDA's primary liaison with the pharmacy community. From 2003 to 2006, she was Senior Advisor for Regulatory Policy and from 1991 to 2002, she was a Senior Science Policy Advisor in the Office of the Commissioner. Ilisa started her career at FDA in 1988 as a Pharmacokinetic Reviewer in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, where she was responsible for reviewing and evaluating the pharmacokinetic aspects of investigational drugs used for AIDS and HIV infection.

From 2002 to 2003, Ilisa was a Senior Associate Director at Pfizer, Inc. in the Regulatory Liaison Office in Rockville, Maryland. She served as a liaison between Pfizer and FDA, and provided guidance and advice on emerging policies, regulations, and legislation and their impact on Pfizer's global operations. She was instrumental in establishing the office for the company and assisted in managing the day-to-day operations.

Ilisa completed a post-doctoral residency at the National Institutes of Health, focusing on clinical and research pharmacokinetics.

Ilisa has received numerous awards, including FDA's Award of Merit, the Secretary's Award for Distinguished Service two times, and received the Commissioner's Special Citation twelve times for various projects.

Ilisa is a co-author of the Pharmacy Law Digest, authored a chapter on "Legal and Regulatory Issues in Self-Care Pharmacy Practice" in the Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs and a chapter on "Integrity of the U.S. Drug Supply" in the Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practice, and has published numerous journal articles. She was the Editor-in-Chief of Rx Ipsa Loquitur, the newsletter of the American Society for Pharmacy Law (ASPL) from 1999 to 2003. Previously, she served two terms on the Board of Directors for ASPL. Ilisa was also Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Pharmacy Law Annual (1998-2000), an ASPL publication. She also served for three years on the U.S. Public Health Service Pharmacy Professional Advisory Committee, which advises the U.S. Surgeon General on pharmacy issues.

Ilisa received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from The University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and her Juris Doctor degree from The American University Washington College of Law.

Robert Bredbenner has worked at Unilever for 19 years, the last 5 years as the Logistics Manager for Lipton Tea located in Suffolk, Virginia. He received a B.S. degree in Business Management from Caldwell College in New Jersey and in 2005 became an accredited Unilever TPM Instructor. In addition to his role on the site leadership team, Bob also leads the R3 (reduce, re-use and recycle) Team. This cross-functional team consists of both hourly and salary employees from various areas of the operations that concentrate on eliminating the waste stream from the operation. Their most notable achievement was to reach their goal of becoming the first Unilever site in North America to be "Zero Landfill". Bob enjoys sharing his team's success and approach with other Unilever locations as well as other area businesses.

Recently Bob has given presentations to the City of Suffolk Economic Development Board as well as other Unilever locations in and out of the United States. Bob has been happily married for 20 years; he has two children ages 17 and 15 and currently resides in historic Yorktown, Virginia.

Bob Celeste is a Director of GS1 Healthcare US. Mr. Celeste has more than 25 years of experience in business process and supply chain management in the healthcare, pharmaceutical and a variety of other industries. GS1 Healthcare US focuses on driving the adoption and implementation of GS1 standards in the healthcare industry to improve patient safety and supply chain efficiency.

Previously, Mr. Celeste lead the EPCglobal Inc. Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Action Group focused on driving the adoption of Electronic Product Code™/Radio Frequency Identification (EPC/RFID) technology in the pharmacy, biologics, medical/surgical, and hospital sectors.

With GS1 Healthcare US, Mr. Celeste is responsible for working with the U.S. healthcare industry to help improve patient safety and increase supply chain efficiency through the adoption and wide-scale implementation of GS1® global standards, with an emphasis on providing guidance on the adoption of EPC/RFID.

Prior to joining GS1 US, Mr. Celeste consulted to the retail, pharmaceutical, chemical, telecommunications, banking, investment, aerospace, manufacturing, research lab and utility industries on business process modeling and software development.

Simon Ellis currently leads the Supply Chain Strategies practice at Manufacturing Insights, one of IDC's industry research companies that addresses the current market gap by providing fact based research and analysis on best practices and the use of information technology to assist clients in improving their capabilities in key process areas. Within the Supply Chain practice, Ellis specializes in advising clients on supply chain network design, global sourcing (Profitable Proximity and Low-Cost Sourcing), transportation and logistics, Lean, Six Sigma and more.

With over 20 years experience in industry, working across all major areas of the supply chain, Simon most recently was the Supply Chain Strategy Director for Unilever North America, the maker of such well-known products as Dove, Suave, Wisk, all, Q-tips and Vaseline. Simon was responsible for leading the implementation of key new technologies that impacted the future of the Unilever Supply Chain. Simon has a BA degree from Cornell University and an MBA from Columbia University. He works out of IDC's New York office.

Dr. Brian Gibson serves as Professor of Supply Chain Management at Auburn University in the undergraduate, MBA, and Executive MBA programs. Prior to his graduate studies, Gibson was a logistics manager in the retail sector for ten years. He is active in industry research and conducts corporate training for retail, manufacturing, and 3PL organizations. Gibson is a co-author of the industry leading textbook Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective and author of the innovative e-textbook Operations: Managing Supply Chain Processes. He serves on the Retail Industry Leaders Association Logistics Steering Committee, the CSCMP Education Strategies Committee, and Accenture's Supply Chain Academy content development team.

Craig Karges is truly extraordinary! Known as the "extraordinist," he is an award-winning entertainer, a nationally recognized speaker and an author who combines the art of magic, the science of psychology and the power of intuition to create the impression that nothing is impossible. Tables float, minds are read, metal bends and your imagination is challenged because you won't believe your eyes! Dennis Miller, comedian and media personality, put it this way after seeing Karges perform, "This weirds me out!"

Craig Karges has made over four thousand appearances in seventeen countries on four continents and in all fifty states. From the Tonight Show to Larry King Live, he also has made over 40 national television appearances. Performance, the international touring talent weekly, named Craig Karges' touring show, Experience the Extraordinary, one of the top five, variety/family shows in North America. Karges was in good company, as the list also included the likes of illusionist David Copperfield and Disney on Ice.

Craig Karges says that he does not possess supernatural powers, nor does he claim to perform as a psychic or a magician. While he acknowledges that he is an entertainer, and showmanship plays a role in what he does, he insists that he does not prearrange anything with members of the audience. He offers $100,000, payable to charity, if anyone can prove he uses stooges or confederates from the audience to accomplish his demonstrations.

Craig Karges' corporate client list ranges from McDonalds to AT&T and from NASA to the Mayo Clinic. Corporations have relied upon the extraordinist and his unique abilities not only to entertain their employees and clients, but also to motivate them. "Ordinary people are capable of extraordinary results because we all possess extraordinary capabilities. I communicate that message both verbally and visually," Karges says.

Ron Link is Senior Vice President of Logistics for CVS/pharmacy. Ron started his career with CVS/pharmacy in 1994 as the Director of Operations for our Lumberton, New Jersey Distribution Center.

Ron is responsible for the development of Logistics and DC Operations strategies and driving industry leading service performance & profitability. The CVS Logistics organization consists of 19 distribution centers with over 7,500 associates.

In 1997, Ron was promoted to Vice President of Logistics. In this role, he led the Logistics Integration Teams which was responsible for the integration of 11 acquired distribution centers into the existing CVS network.

Prior to joining CVS/pharmacy, Ron was employed by Wakefern Food Corporation in Elizabeth, New Jersey for 11 years in various operations and management positions.

Ron is a graduate of Edinboro State University and has a degree in Business and Economics. He is a long time member and contributor to the Council of Logistics Management and the Warehouse Education Research Society.

Kristin Muhlner has overall management and strategic oversight of RollStream. She is a recognized industry leader in business-to-business and middleware technologies, and brings over 20 years deep expertise in leading high-growth software organizations.

Prior to joining RollStream, Kristin served as EVP, Product Development for webMethods from 1998 to 2007, when the company was acquired by Software AG. With responsibility for product strategy, product management, engineering, and delivery, Kristin led the development and ongoing evolution of the company's highly acclaimed software products. During her tenure, the company grew from approximately $1M to over $200M in revenues, held the leadership position in numerous analyst assessments, and executed eight highly successful acquisitions.

Before joining webMethods, Kristin served as Senior Manager at Deloitte and Touche Consulting, where she led ERP implementation projects for key clients across North America. She holds a B.A. in economics from Rhodes College.

Jim Pleiman joined Schering-Plough in 1988 as a Manager, Finance. He has had various positions with increasing responsibility in Planning/Financial Analysis, Customer Service, and Distribution. In September 1998 he was promoted to his current position of Vice President, CHC Supply Chain, responsible for consumer business activities, which include Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Distribution, Transportation, Customer Logistics, Customer Service, and Business Technology. Prior to joining Schering-Plough, Mr. Pleiman worked for nine years at S.C. Johnson (Johnson Wax). He is a graduate of Indiana University and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

Mr. Pleiman currently serves on the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Logistics Steering Committee and recently completed a two-year term as Chairman of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) Logistics Steering Committee. He is also a Board Member for the United Way of the Mid-South and chairs their Public Policy Committee.

Dan Raftery has over 25 years experience as a management and research consultant for the consumer drug, food and housewares industries. His assignments cover a range of topics from specific supply chain operations to strategic business and industry issues. Dan has authored over 40 industry reports on a variety of subjects - 20 on the subject of returned goods.

Dan is a regular speaker at industry conferences and facilitates executive share groups and cross-functional action teams. His editorial columns and newsletters appear in several trade periodicals and are accessible on-line.

Dan also has 18 years of retail operations experience and a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin. He serves on the board of directors for Youth Conservation Corps, Inc. of Lake County.

Michelle Schutte is Director of North America Supply Chain for SC Johnson.  In this senior leadership role - which she has held since November 2008 - she is responsible for SC Johnson's Transportation, Distribution, Customer Service, Customer Supply Chain, and Demand/Supply Planning functions.

Michelle joined SC Johnson in Manufacturing in 1993 and since then has held a range of U.S. and global leadership roles in Manufacturing, Customer Service, Customer Supply Chain and Sourcing.  She has distinguished herself through her success in leading people, establishing meaningful metrics and building customer relationships.

Michelle began her career in the Consumer Package Goods industry with the Drackett Company. Drackett was a former subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb and was acquired by SC Johnson in 1993.  At Drackett she held various supply chain positions and was Director of Materials Management when SC Johnson purchased the company.

Michelle earned a B.S. in business administration from the University of Cincinnati and total quality management certificates from Xavier University and QualPro.

SC Johnson is a family owned and managed business dedicated to innovative, high-quality products, excellence in the workplace and a long-term commitment to the environment and the communities in which it operates. Based in the USA, the company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning products and products for home storage, air care, and insect control. The 123-year old company, with more than $8 billion in sales, employs approximately 12,000 people globally and sells products in more than 110 countries.

Roger T. Staubach is Executive Chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate. The firm offers integrated services delivered by expert teams worldwide to clients seeking increased value by owning, occupying or investing in real estate. With 2007 global revenue of $2.7 billion, Jones Lang LaSalle has approximately 180 offices worldwide and operates in more than 700 cities in 60 countries. The firm is an industry leader in property and corporate facility management services, with a portfolio of approximately 1.2 billion square feet worldwide. LaSalle Investment Management, the company's investment management business, is one of the world's largest and most diverse in real estate with more than $54 billion of assets under management.

Prior to joining forces with Jones Lang LaSalle, Roger was Executive Chairman of The Staubach Company, a market leading global real estate advisory firm that delivered cost-effective solutions for office, industrial and retail clients. When Roger entered the commercial real estate industry in 1977 the concept of "user representation" was not widely practiced.  He saw the potential in this idea and was committed from the outset that The Staubach Company would exclusively represent users of space.

He expanded services to meet clients' ever-changing requirements.  Areas of expertise included strategic consulting, site selection, acquisition, disposition, construction consulting / project management, real estate administration, portfolio management, facility management, business and economic incentives and financing and capital solutions.
In July 2008, The Staubach Company merged with Jones Lang LaSalle, bringing together the unique strengths of two powerful organizations into one integrated global company.

A 1965 graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a bachelor of science in engineering, Roger served four years as a Navy officer. After the Navy he joined the Dallas Cowboys professional football team and launched his real estate career while playing football. Among his many athletic achievements, he won the Heisman Trophy in 1963 while playing football for the Naval Academy. He was named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl VI, the first Super Bowl victory for the Dallas Cowboys, and also played on the Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl XII championship team.

Roger serves on the board of directors of Jones Lang LaSalle, AMR Corporation and Cinemark Holdings, Inc. and is the Chairman of the Host Committee for Super Bowl XLV which will be held in North Texas in 2011. He continues to be involved with The Children's Cancer Fund, the United States Naval Academy Foundation and numerous other civic, charitable, and professional organizations, and is the recipient of numerous honors and awards.