Jill Weisenberger, MS, RDN, CDCES, CHWC, FAND, is an internationally recognized nutrition, diabetes and prediabetes expert. Through coaching, speaking, and working with the media, Jill empowers people to grab control of their health one lifestyle habit at a time. She is the author of several books including the new Prediabetes: A Complete Guide, Second Edition. She is also the creator and instructor of the digital courses Prediabetes Turnaround and the Prediabetes Meal Planning Crash Course.
Jill is a consultant and spokesperson to the food industry, as well as a panelist for the US News & World Report Best Diet Rankings. She contributes to a variety of magazines and websites, including Today’s Dietitian. Find out more at jillweisenberger.com and follower her on social media as @NutritionJill.
Books by Jill Weisenberger, MS, RDN, CDCES, CHWC, FAND
Kevin Weisman makes regular appearances on “Alias” as Marshall J. Flinkman and has also had recurring roles on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Felicity” and “Roswell.” He is a founding member of the award-winning Buffalo Nights Theatre Company. He lives in Los Angeles.
Bernie Weiss is President of iHeartMedia New York. Starting out selling radio advertising for a New York-based Hip Hop station, he rose quickly through the sales and sales management ranks of iHeartMedia, America’s #1 audio company, and is now overseeing some of the most prestigious radio station brands in the world. Over the course of twenty years, Bernie coached hundreds of salespeople—rookies and veterans—many of whom went on to become sales superstars and rose to leadership positions themselves. He lives in New York City.
Steve Welch started his first big entrepreneurial success, Mitos, in 2001 with hardly a cent to his name. Without ever raising outside money Steve built Mitos into a global company in the biotech manufacturing field prior to selling it in 2007 at the age of 29 to a Fortune 500 company. Under Steve’s guidance, Mitos developed several critical innovations and patents which transformed the manufacturing process of biological drugs and vaccines and allowed Mitos to develop a global sales and distribution network.
Martha Wells is the author of seven fantasy novels, including Wheel of the Infinite and the Nebula-nominated The Death of the Necromancer. Her most recent novels are a fantasy trilogy beginning with The Wizard Hunters and The Ships of Air. The last volume, The Gate of Gods, will be published by HarperCollins Eos in November 2005. She also has a media tie-in novel, Stargate Atlantis: Reliquary, coming out from Fandemonium in December 2005. She has sold short stories to Realms of Fantasy and Black Gate, and her books have been published in eight languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian, Italian, Polish and Dutch.
Jernard Wells is an award-winning TV host, celebrity chef, and bestselling cookbook author. He is the host of New Soul Kitchen and New Soul Kitchen Remix on CLEO TV and is best known from numerous Food Network shows. Wells is also a contributor on The Best Things I Ever Ate on Cooking Channel and Food Fantasies on Oprah Winfrey Network. He has worked with Tyler Perry, TV One founder Cathy Hughes, NBA Allstar Brandon Ingram, Tom Joyner, Bobby Brown, and Bel Biv Devoe, to name a few. He has been featured on/in TODAY, People magazine, The Steve Harvey Morning Show, Rickey Smiley Morning Show, ESSENCE, Daily Blast Live, Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, HLN, and more. The James Beard House Honored Chef is a 2-time Telly Award winner and Taste Award winner. Wells is affectionately called “The Family Chef.”
Books by Jernard A. Wells
Sarah Wells is a mom to two young girls and the CEO of a multi-million-dollar company that empowers working moms. As a leader in the mom and baby products industry, she has a direct line to tens of thousands of women as they return to work after having a baby, which provides her with unique insight into their struggles and successes as working moms. Sarah is a frequently called upon expert to present at workshops and to speak on podcasts for employers and teams about supporting working moms’ transitions back to work. Sarah holds a master’s degree in Public Policy and Women’s Studies from The George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Women’s Studies from American University.
Sarah Wendell is a transplanted Pittsburgher currently living in the New York metropolitan area. By day she’s mild-mannered and heavily caffeinated. By evening she dons her cranky costume, consumes yet more caffeine and becomes Smart Bitch Sarah of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books. The site specializes in reviewing romance novels, examining the history and future of the genre and bemoaning the enormous prevalence of bodacious pectorals adorning male cover models. Sarah has B.A.’s in English and Spanish from Columbia College of South Carolina. She is a member of the Romance Writers of America and a big, big fan of Fabio.
William Wenzel is a graduate student at Stony Brook University where he conducts research under the direction of Richard Gerrig. Gerrig is a professor of psychology in the Experimental/Cognitive program. The laboratory’s primary research focuses on readers’ experiences of narrative worlds. He considers both the basic cognitive psychological processes that enable readers to understand discourse and the broader consequences of readers’ experiences of being transported to narrative worlds.
