Expertise: Aerospace engineering with an emphasis on missile guidance systems and aircraft and helicopter control. As a member of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory which became the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory 1959 until present, I worked on the Atlas, Titian 2, Minuteman, MX / Peacekeeper, Polaris, Posidon, and Trident Missile Programs. Experience as both an airplane and helicopter pilot trained at Pan American World Airways and Handscom Field.

Geophysical instrumentation engineer particularly in seismology and gravimetry assigned to the MIT Earth and Planetary Science Department 1968 to 1973 working for Prof. Nafi Toksoz and Prof. Frank Press, Department Head. Technical Director Lunar Traverse Gravimeter Experiment flown December 1972 on the Apollo 17 flight. Member Apollo 17 EVA Team at NASA Mission Control during the flight.

Mr. Nappi has 30+ years of engineering experience developing high tech products. He received his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT in 1969.

In the 70's, Mr. Nappi worked at a number of government research facilities, including Oak Ridge National Lab, Sandia National Lab, Lawrence Livermore Lab, and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. He prepared the first compendium of nuclear radiation testing on weapon components for the Atomic Energy Commission (now Department of Energy). During this period, his focus was on advanced nuclear systems, both weapons and power production. His work involved systems analysis, materials development and very high reliability mechanical design. The mechanical design work included mechanisms, optics, lasers, explosives, fluidics, hydraulics, nuclear and thermal systems. He did pioneering work in reliability and quality methods

In the 80'ss, he moved into small business and did circuit hardware, embedded computer systems, robotics, machine tools, medical instruments, and sensors. Mr. Nappi has also performed in-depth work with nondestructive testing using X-ray systems, eddy current, electrostatics, acoustic, mechanical and optical testing methods.

In the 90'ss, his focus switched strongly to medical instruments and medical care delivery.

Since 2000, he has been a consultant helping small business startups and guiding ongoing small businesses to improve the efficiency of their operations.

Bruce has traveled extensively, to Europe, Scandinavia, Africa and around the U.S. Of special interest to undergrads, he worked in Alaska with the Eskimos, and did social work in Puerto Rico during his undergraduate summers.

The background that he would draw on to support this program is multifold. First, Bruce is an expert in instrumentation, so he can help with the environmental monitoring part of the effort. Second, he has a experience from Puerto Rico and a strong interest in innovative social structures. This can be applied to establishing the islands as a Scientific Preserve.

Bruce has a web site http://www.highimpactip.com

Bruce Nappi
19 Plymouth Road
Weston, MA 02493
(781) 899-6653

Nina Ross is a co-founder of Mithra Group. Prior to founding Mithra Group Ms. Ross was at Atlas Venture
where she represented the firm in its investments in more than 50 portfolio companies in the United States
and Europe, including Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Archemix, eRoom Technology, Phase Forward, Prestwick
Pharmaceuticals, and Wavesmith Networks (acquired by Ciena). Before joining Atlas Venture, Ms. Ross
practiced corporate law, both as founder of her own practice and as an attorney in the Business Practice
Group of the Boston-based firm of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault. Ms. Ross?s practice focused on
representing entrepreneurs, companies and investors in public and private equity financings and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Ross also served as an appellate prosecutor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Prior to attending law school, Ms. Ross was an economic consultant where she focused on quantifying
the cost of pollution. Throughout her career, Ms. Ross has taught in various capacities at universities
and high schools in the Boston area, including M.I.T., Boston College School of Law and the Media and
Technology Charter School.

Ms. Ross holds a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, and a B.S. in Economics from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Pettengill received the B.S. in physics from MIT in 1948, and the Ph.D. in physics from U.C., Berkeley, in 1955. Since then he has been affiliated primarily with MIT, first with Lincoln Laboratory and then, from 1970 to 1995, as a Professor in the MIT Dept. of Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences (from 1984 to 1990, jointly with the MIT Physics Dept.). Leaves of absence enabled him to serve as Associate Director, 1963 - 1965, and as Director, 1968 - 1970, of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. From 1984 to 1990, he was Director of the MIT Center for Space Research. Prof. Pettengill retired from MIT in 1995, but has remained active in research since then, primarily with the Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter experiment aboard the Mars Global Surveyor, currently in orbit around that planet.

Dr. Pettengill is a member of both the American and National Academies of Science. In 1980 - 1981, he spent a sabbatical year at the University of Sydney (Australia) as a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow. During the fall of 1991, he was the Thomas Gold Lecturer at Cornell University. In 1994, he was awarded the Magellanic Premium of the American Philosophical Society, and in 1998 he received the Whitten Medal from the Am. Geophysical Soc..

Winslow Burleson has helped teams for the past several years and has been involved in two areas that are highly relevant to this work. First, he has been involved in context aware computing, that is the development of sensors and the placement of those sensors in environments to ascertain relevant conclusions about these environments. While many of these have been in human environments some have been in natural environments and that experience may be relevant. Secondly, he has been involved in the policy issues surrounding Antarctica and even has helped propose Antarctica as part of the Unesco World Heritage site. This experience would be relevant to the policy issues of designating the Galapagos as a World Scientific Preserve.

Allan Kent has worked in industry and on personal projects with a wide variety of
technologies Electrical/Electronic, Logic Hardware, Software, Power
transmission (electrical, hydraulic, etc.), Water Supply, Structures, etc.
for various purposes. He has worked at the intersection of multiple technologies and he is interested
in the interaction of technology and public policy.

As hobbies, he has interests in telephony (and data communications), high-voltage electric power transmission, unusual solutions to the problems of civilization (e.g. composting toilets), and "industrial archeology" (old mills, railroads, canals, etc.). He has visited much of North America and parts of Europe for business and pleasure. He has interest (but not much direct experience) in governmental regulation and projects and non-governmental organization (NGO) projects.

He is available via e-mail and fax (still), telephone (usually in the evening), and, depending on the vagaries of work, in person (during the day or evening). At the moment, his schedule is generally open, but this can
change.

Allan Kent
5 Mill River Dr.
Mendon MA 01756
tel: +1-508-381-0582
fax: +1-508-381-0584