Dr. Bill Dexter, a recipient of the Maine Governors Council on Physical Activity Lifetime Achievement Award, AMSSM Founders Award and the EATA Moyer Award, is a past President of the American College of Sports Medicine (2013-14). He is Professor of Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and adjunct Professor of Sports Medicine at the University of Southern Maine, where he also serves as Head Team Physician and Medical Director for the Athletic Training program. He is the school a...

Sue Bodine, Ph.D. is at the University of California, Davis with Joint Appointments in the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior and Physiology and Membrane Biology. She also has a research appointment at the VA Northern California Health System. She received her Ph.D. in Physiological Sciences from the University of California, Los Angeles and began her academic career in 1989 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedics at the University of California, San Diego.

James O. Hill, Ph.D. is Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and the Founding Executive Director of the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center at the University of Colorado. He is also Director of the NIH-funded Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC). He holds a B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of New Hampshire in Physiological Psychology. He was Chair of the first World Health Organization Consultation on Obesity in 1997. He was Presiden...

Dr. John M. Jakicic, PhD FACSM is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Health and Physical Activity, and is also the Director of the Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Jakicic has also been on the faculty at Brown University, the University of Kansas, and the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Dr. Jakicic has a national and international reputation as a leading scholar in the area of physical activity and weight control, and...

Jerrod Johnson ‘11 played quarterback for the Texas Aggie football team from 2006-2011 starting in the 2008-2010 seasons. After an outstanding high school career where he was ranked as the 31st best player nationwide by Rivals.com, Johnson was named All-Big 12 in 2009 and the Preseason Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year in 2010. He also held the Big 12 record for throwing consecutive passes without an interception (242) and has held numerous Texas A&M University quarterbacking records.

Russell R. Pate is a Professor in the Department of Exercise Science in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. He has held several administrative positions including Chair, Department of Exercise Science; Associate Dean for Research, Arnold School of Public Health; and Vice Provost for Health Sciences. Pate is an exercise physiologist with interests in physical activity and physical fitness in children and the health implications of physical activity. 

Dr. Wagner is Emeritus Professor of Medicine & Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in La Jolla, CA. After obtaining his M.B., B.S. and B.Sc. (Medicine) degrees from Sydney University in 1968, he did postdoctoral work with Professor John West at UCSD in La Jolla, CA, USA. After his post-doctoral work, Dr. Wagner then joined the UCSD medical faculty and has remained there to the present time. His research addresses the theoretical and experimental basis of oxygen trans...

Chisa Yamaguchi, originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, graduated from UCLA with two bachelor’s degrees in Asian American Studies and World Arts and Cultures. Ms. Yamaguchi is currently entering her seventh and final season performing with DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion®. In addition to dancing, Ms. Yamaguchi is a certified yoga instructor specializing in Vinyasa flow, pre and post-natal yoga, Chair Yoga, Yoga Tune Up Ball Therapy and is a certified Reiki Master.