Ira R. Byock, MD; Director, The Palliative Care Service; President, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 
Arthur Caplan, PhD; Director, Center for Bioethics; University of Pennsylvania 
Nancy N. Dubler, LL.B; Director, Division of Bioethics, Montefiore Medical Center; Professor of Bioethics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 
Claudia M. Fegan, MD; Primary Care Physician, Hyde Park Associates 
Willard Gaylin, MD; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons; Board Member and Co-Founder, The Hastings Center 
Constance Holden, RN, MSN; Executive Director, Hospice of Boulder County 
Rabbi Maurice Lamm; Chair, Professional Rabbinics, Yeshiva University; Author, The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning 
Joanne Lynn, MD, MA, MS; Director, Center to Improve Care of the Dying, The George Washington University Medical Center 
Sherwin B. Nuland, MD; Clinical Professor of Surgery, Yale University; Author, How We Die 
Richard Payne, MD; Professor of Medicine (Neurology); Chief, Section of Pain & Symptom Management Department of Neuro-Oncology, University of Texas/M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 
Anna Quindlen; Novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, formerly of the New York Times 
Dr. Jesus Rodriguez; Board Certified Chaplain; Director of Educational Programs, AIDS Pastoral Care Network 
Katherine E. Slaughter, RN, MSN, CCRN; Advanced Clinical Nurse, University Hospitals of Cleveland 
Karen Stanley, RN, MSN, AOCN; Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pain and Symptom Management, Kaiser Permanent