Greg Samata
Keynote Speaker, Online Annual Report Judge and Annual Report Design Judge

Greg's work as a designer and communication strategist to corporations from nonprofits to the Fortune 50 spans 25 years and more than 500 annual reports. He has been recognized in every major design and financial industry publication and the business press, and honored in national and international competitions. Greg has served as a juror for design and financial competitions and has lectured extensively throughout the U.S. He is a past national board member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, a member of 27 Chicago Designers, IABC, and NIRI. He co-founded SamataMason Inc., a multidisciplinary cross-media design firm, and OpinionLab, Inc. a Web-based research and measurement company. Also a filmmaker, Greg is co-founder, executive producer, and director of Noisemaker Films and is currently working on his fifth documentary.

Larry Bishop
Strategic Intent Annual Report Judge

Larry is retired from the Boeing Company in Seattle, where he was corporate vice president, communications and investor relations, and is now of counsel with Genesis Inc., a consulting firm specializing in strategic visioning, corporate positioning, and brand identity. Investor Relations and Barron's magazines honored him in 2002 for Lifetime Achievement in Investor Relations.

Greg Eisen
Financial Annual Report Judge

Greg is vice president of Safeco Asset Management, where he has been a financial analyst and a securities analyst, and is now portfolio manager of Safeco Small Company Value Fund, which he has managed since its inception. Greg is a member of the Association for Investment Management Research (AIMR).

Catherine W. Tong-Lee
CFA, Shareholder and Narrative Letter Judge

Cathy is an assistant vice president and equity research analyst for Washington Mutual Advisors Inc. Previously she was a mutual fund accounting supervisor at Safeco and a mutual fund senior accountant at State Street Bank & Trust Co. She is involved in the Association of Investment Management and Research and the Seattle Society of Financial Analysts.

Thomas Powell
Investor Web Site Judge, Usability

Thomas is the founder of PINT, Inc., a Southern California firm that designs and develops corporate Web sites and associated strategy for companies from small-caps to corporations such as Kyocera, Sanyo, and ViewSonic. He founded the University of California/San Diego Extension Web Publishing program and continues to teach classes in Web development and design there.

Steve Turner
Investor Web Site Judge, Design

Stephen, founder of Turner & Associates, is a frequent speaker on investor relations, creative marketing, and graphic design in professional and academic circles. His firm crafts strategic frameworks to best communicate critical messages in print and on the Web for such clients as Yahoo!, Disney, Macromedia, Cost Plus World Market, and Clorox.

Helaine Honig
Investor Web Site Judge, Individual

Helaine is an attorney and an individual investor since 1977. She is an associate director of the Puget Sound Chapter of NAIC (National Association of Investors Corp.), which provides educational support to investment clubs. Helaine teaches the NAIC methodology at public classes. She has been a member of an investment club since 1973.