Preston Martin
Mr. Martin was Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. He is widely published and is noted as an incisive observer of economic trends and policies. Brett Matthews

Armistead Maupin
Author and Activist. Though Armistead Maupin was one of the first of a new breed of openly gay authors, his appeal has always resided in his inclusiveness as a storyteller. His beloved characters from 28 Barbary Lane in the Tales of the City series have cut an unprecedented path through popular culture—from a groundbreaking newspaper serial to six internationally bestselling novels to a Peabody Award-winning miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney, Billy Campbell, and Thomas Gibson. Marthina McClay

Susan McDonough
Susan McDonough covers crime and breaking news for the Oakland Tribune. She has provided front-page coverage of such stories as the capture of convicted sex offender Kenneth Parnell, Oakland's aggressive pitbull problem, and the disappearance of Oakland pediatrician Dr. Zehra Attari. Chris McGinnis
Chris McGinnis is a popular travel industry observer and commentator. He’s the editor of the oft-quoted quarterly Expedia Travel Trendwatch report, has served as travel correspondent for CNN Headline News, and penned travel columns and articles for FORTUNE, Entrepreneur and the Atlanta Constitution. Bill McIntosh
VP Marketing for Hedgestreet. Directed development and marketing of several high-profile Internet sites and services, such as AOL's Bill Pay Service, AOL's Certified Mail, AOL's Digital City and Washington Post.com. Corynne McSherry
Staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital civil liberties group doing legal work in Internet and technology privacy and freedom issues. Corynne specializes in intellectual property issues, anonymity online, and how they intersect with free speech. Doug Meckelson
Doug Meckelson is founder of the Elder Wisdom Circle online inter-generational program. EWC matches people in their teens-30's with volunteer seniors 60-105 who offer practical advice and wisdom. His syndicated column appears in 25 US publications and he is author of the Elder Wisdom Circle Guide for a Meaningful Life. Melanie Morgan
Melanie Morgan is chairwoman of the Russo Marsh & Rogers-run pro-war lobby Move America Forward. She is a columnist for WorldNetDaily, author of the book America Mourning, and is also a conservative radio talk personality at KSFO in San Francisco. Barry Morris

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Austin Murphy
Sports Illustrated senior writer Austin Murphy is in his 22nd year at that magazine. While covering virtually every sport during that time, his main beats have been the NHL, NFL and college football. He has also covered the Tour de France four times, and written five cover stories on Lance Armstrong. Tom Musbach