Jake Silbermann is a native of New York City and graduated with a B.A. in Theater from Syracuse University, where he participated in many productions including Three Sisters and True West. He played a leading role in the 2006 film, Brunch of the Living Dead. He debuted on the CBS daytime drama As The World Turns on June 1, 2007, playing the role of Noah Mayer.
Jenny Shimizu began modeling in 1993, walking in shows for Donna Karan, Yohji Yamamoto, Versace, Prada, and Jean Paul Gaultier. She went on to model in numerous ad campaigns and editorials. Shimizu has appeared on TV in America's Next Top Model, E!'s Sexiest Top Models, and is a series regular on Dante's Cove. She is also a judge on Bravo’s Make Me a Supermodel. Shimizu restores Bentleys, Rolls Royces and Cadillacs from the 40's, 50's 60's. She is also an avid motorcycle rider.
Ana Ortiz is best known for her portrayal of Hilda Suarez on the ABC comedy Ugly Betty. She has also appeared in recurring roles on ABC's acclaimed Boston Legal as A.D.A. Holly Raines, and as Anna in the FX series set in wartime Iraq, Over There. Ortiz also starred in the NBC series A.U.S.A and Kristin. Her stage credits include: In Arabia We'd All Be Kings, A Winter Party, Game of Patience, The Photographer, Matta of Time, Faust Invitro and Mister.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
Jeffrey Koterba is an acclaimed syndicated political cartoonist. Since joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, he has been a finalist for Editorial Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society and has placed second in the National Headliner Awards. His work is distributed through King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers nationwide, and has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post, among others.
Leslie H. Gelb, a former New York Times columnist and senior government official, is author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy (HarperCollins 2009), a book that shows how to think about and use power in the 21st century. He is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Jacob Bernstein is a senior reporter at The Daily Beast. Previously, he was a features writer at WWD and W Magazine. He has also written for New York magazine, Paper, and The Huffington Post.