David Masterson holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, and a Master's Degree Urban Education.  He has been a part of the BDSM community since 1997 and the Leather Community since 1999.  He has published over 77 columns for the following: www.leatherpage. com, www.leatherweb. com, The Leather Journal, The Dominant's View and "Pain".  He has been a presenter for 11 years presenting as events such as Southplains Leatherfest, Kansas City Leather University (via IMsL and Oklahoma Mr. Leather), IML People of Color Summit, Black BEAT and San Francisco's Leather Alley during San Francisco Pride.  David has been a leather titleholder, and a leather contest promoter.  He has raised over $55,000 dollars for various charities and causes including (AIDS, YWCA Battered Women's Shelter, Hurricane Katrina, Local Food Pantries and the NCSF.  His current projects are ALPSEC curriculum development, co-running a 4,000 foot two story play space called Master Richard's Place.

Lee Harrington is an eclectic artist, spiritual and erotic educator, gender radical and published author and editor on human sexuality and spiritual experience- including "Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond," "Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé" and the "Toybag Guide to Age Play". He has also worked as an anthology editor on such projects as "Rope, Bondage, and Power." Well known for his fun and informative approach to education, he approaches sexuality as yet another art to master, or simply an art to enjoy to its fullest!  Lee has been publically speaking on sexuality topics most of his life, and has been a full time professional in the field since 2003.

He has been an active part of the international kink and sex positive communities for over 14 years, and his stories make people laugh while showing you that eroticism can be as serious, sexy, or silly as you make it. Lee's writings and photography have appeared in numerous anthologies including "Dark Moon Rising: Pagan BDSM and the Ordeal Path" (also under his previous pen name, Bridgett Harrington), and his image has been seen everywhere from PlayBoy TV to the pages of Skin Two Magazine. To learn more about Lee visit www.PassionAndSoul.com.

Stacey, a member of the leather and SM community since 1995.  She was honored to be selected as Ms. NLA-International for two years (1996-1997).  She has been a professional educator for over 30 years and holds a doctoral degree in education.  She developed a strong foundation in the areas of learning and instruction in which an educational psychologist mainly work and operate in instructional settings.

SwitchMe received his M.A. in the Social Sciences in 2001, and is currently completing a PhD in the same subject area.  He has been teaching in the northeast U.S. since 1995 in a variety of subject areas including computers, anthropology, social organization, sexuality and gender, museum studies and anthropological theory.  He has conducted workshops in a wide range of sexuality and BDSM subjects for eight years.  He lives in the sunny northeast U.S.

Taipan participated in many alternative lifestyle conferences. He has been involved with the practice of both traditional and non-traditional techniques of rope bondage for over a decade and has given presentations on various aspects of rope bondage at many venues around the USA. Professionally, one of his specializations is in rapid deployment web development and training.