Kyri Connelly is a Black Rose contributor, and the co-creator and organizer of BR-TNG (The Next Generation), a GenX special interest group sponsored by Black Rose. Kyri is currently working as the Creative Director and the GenX Outreach Coordinator for the NCSF, (National Coalition for Sexual Freedom) She is also a member of DC SM Advocates (DCSMA)

Race Bannon is a long-time community leader. Some of his accomplishments include: President of Daedalus Publishing Company; Director of Kink Aware Professionals; Project Leader for The DSM Project; author of Learning The Ropes; writer of many articles, including his regular column LeatherQuest; former host of Bound To Talk, the leather Internet talk show; and past Board member of NLA International, NLA Los Angeles, and Avatar. Race currently resides in San Francisco with his partners, Jim and Mike.

Mistress Catrina has been a visible and active member of the S/M Leather Community since 1988. Catrina is a Co-Founder of the Arizona Power Exchange, a lifestyle positive support group. She currently a member of the Board of Directors and acting as the organization’s Historian. She has been a guest speaker for local radio talk shows, two video tapings with Geraldo Rivera, community colleges and Mensa RG’s. She is Ms. Copperstate Leatherfest, 1996 and holds past titles of Ms. APEX and Ms. Leather Arizona. She was also a three time contender and three time judge for International Ms. Leather.

Jonathan Krall is a co-founder and a board-member of DC SM Advocates (DCSMA). He is also a founding member and a former board-member of Black Rose; he serves on their Advisory Committee. During 1998, Krall served as a Lobbyist and as Deputy Executive Director for the NCSF.

Willie Walker is a recovering RN who is one of the few people who actually chose downward mobility in the 1990s by obtaining his MLIS and becoming a professional Archivist. He has worked extensively with historical records and papers dealing with local history, labor unions, performing arts organizations, queer communities and lives, and community-based AIDS agencies and coalitions. Currently he is Archivist for the Gay and Lesbian Historical Society of Northern California (GLHS). In 1998 Walker curated a major exhibit at GLHS entitled Queer and Kinky Danger, which featured the work of over 75 artists and photographers whose art has given a face to our queer and kinky world. Knowing the difficulty of trying to understand the past based on the arbitrary survival of historical documents, Walker is particularly interested in promoting the adoption of simple but effective records management practices by community-based organizations. The GLHS can be reached at 415-777-5455 and .

Tyler Green is a member of Black Rose and SigMa who has spoken at LLC II, for SM groups and at colleges. He has just begun work on a book about the post-World War II history of the leather/SM communities. Tyler can be reached at .

Richard Ferguson Harvard, '67 A.B.; Stanford, '69 M.A., '78 J.D.& Ph.D. 1967 First Leather Bar, Tool Box; 1971, First Dehner's and Motorcycle Jacket; 1976, Part Time Police Officer, Menlo Park and Mill Valley; 1980, First Chaps & Harness. 1982 Started own law firm.

Schelli Dittmann - Outreach Officer-Black Rose Board, BR99 Co-Chair, BRTNG Co-Coordinator, workshop presenter, founding Partner of Leather Rascals Inc., Ms. Baltimore Eagle 1997, aspiring author, storyteller, believer that bondage makes the world go round, keeper of max's heart.

Simon James is a writer and retired schoolmarm who works with many organizations in Portland (OR), including the Police Bureau's Sexual Minorities Roundtable, to provide support and education for people interested in the leather lifestyle.