Andy Ball is the CEO of Webcor, builders of many of California's landmark buildings over the past 30 years.

Gary Richards writes the popular transportation and highways column "Mr. Roadshow", appearing in the San Jose Mercury news.

Joseph Laia, a veteran of the semiconductor chip equipment industry, is president and CEO of Miasolé, the leading developer and manufacturer of innovative thin film copper-indium-gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar cells. Miasolé is working to expand its operations to deliver cost-effective solar cells worldwide.

Dr. Richard Levy heads Varian Medical Systems, a 1 billion company providing high energy radiation machines and associated hardware and software for treating cancer, and x-ray tubes for diagnostic radiology. With over 3,500 radiotherapy systems in place delivering treatments to more than 1,000,000 cancer patients per year, the company holds a clear leadership position in this technology, which is used to treat over 50% of all cancer patients in the U.S. Varian Medical Systems also ranks as the world’s largest merchant supplier of X-ray tubes, including products for use in CT scanners, mammography units, and other diagnostic systems.