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* '''Peter Ball''', MA, MB, BChair, a retired family practitioner, is Vice Chair of NORM-UK and an Intactivist. He has produced a video, Restoration in Focus, to aid men interested in non-surgical restoration and has represented NORM-UK on television and numerous radio stations, including the BBC. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK.
* '''John Dalton''', BSc, MSc, CRadP is a Safety and Environment consultant working in the nuclear sector. He is a member of one of the UK Health Research Agency’s Research Ethics Committees and a founder Trustee of NORM-UK. Recently he has become a Trustee of Genital Autonomy, and he has had an active role in planning the symposium. Cumbria, UK.
* '''[[Brian Earp]]''' is a Research Associate at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford, where he conducts research in psychology, philosophy, and ethics. Brian’s undergraduate degree is from Yale University, where he was elected President of the Yale Philosophy Society and served as Editor-in-Chief of both the ''Yale Philosophy Review'' and the ''International Yale Review of Undergraduate Research in Psychology''. His empirical research garnered the Robert G. Crowder Prize from the Department of Psychology, and received coverage by the BBC, ''New Scientist'', and dozens of leading international newspapers, from the ''Times of India'' to the ''Sydney Morning Herald''. Brian’s graduate training is from the University of Oxford, where he was a Henry Fellow at New College, and runner-up for the Demuth Prize in Science Writing. Currently, Brian is guest editing a special issue of the ''Journal of Medical Ethics'' on the topic of religiously motivated circumcision, and with the Chair of Practical Ethics at Oxford, Professor Julian Savulescu, is writing a book on the ethics of neuro-enhancement. Oxford, UK.
* '''Martti Laiti''', a sales manager in the metal industry,was born near the Norwegian border in North Finland. He is the husband of Malla Laiti. Vantaa, Finland.
* '''Donna Rigney Macris''', RN, CNM, is a decades-long human rights activist in issues of genital integrity. She has served on the Board of Directors of NOCIRC, was a co-founder of the International Symposia on Circumcision, and co-authored the ''[[Declaration of the First International Symposium on Circumcision(1989)| Declaration of the First International Symposium on Circumcision]]''. Her writings on the issue of circumcision, the rights of infants and children, and the functions of male genitalia have been published. She has spoken nationally and internationally, promoting conscientious objector status for nurses and midwives in opposition to newborn circumcision. She has been guest faculty in midwifery programs, including Stanford University’s ''Women’s Health Care Training Project''. Her Master’s Degree Research at St. Louis University centered upon informed consent for circumcision. Fresno, California, USA.
* '''Paul Mason''' has worked for more than three decades as a family law solicitor and barrister. He was Commissioner for Children for the Australian State of Tasmania 2007-2010. The Commissioner is an appointment notionally independent of the elected Government, responsible for advising it about all matters concerning children and raising public awareness about them. He is deeply committed to the human rights of children and a strong believer in their capacity to make intelligent contributions to all decisions affecting themselves. In 2009, he became, with Dr. Comfort Momoh, MBE, inaugural co-Patron of the international charity Genital Autonomy. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
* '''Finnish Mother''' is a strong supporter of human rights and sexual integrity. Most of all, she is the mother of a little boy who was circumcised illegally by his father and a senior physician. Helsinki, Finland. * '''[[Marilyn Fayre Milos| Marilyn Milos]]''', RN, is the co-founder and Executive Director of the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers (NOCIRC) and the co-founder and coordinator of the International Symposia on Circumcision, now known as the International Symposia on Law, Genital Autonomy, and Children’s Rights. She is the co-editor of ''The Truth Seeker'' (July/August 1989 ”Crimes of Genital Mutilation” issue), the core proceedings of the [[First International Symposium]] on Circumcision, and co-editor of eight symposia books (see Hodges bio, page 3). San Anselmo, California, USA. * '''Mulki Mölsä''', MD, is a researcher at the National Institute for Health and Welfare. Helsinki, Finland. * '''Husein Muhammed''', born in 1980 in Iraqi Kurdistan, is a Finnish lawyer, Green politician, and author of ''Yhtä erilaiset'' (Equally Different), a book introducing Finnish Muslims. He has previously worked as a lawyer for the Finnish Refugee Advice Center, especially assisting asylum seekers. Currently he is a senior officer at the Office of the Ombudsman for Minorities. Helsinki, Finland. * '''Jussi Nissinen''' is a psychotherapist and the Executive Director of the Sexpo Foundation. Helsinki, Finland. * '''Sirkka Pietiläinen''', RN, RM, MSc (Health care), is a midwife at the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Senior Lecturer, MSC, and Specialist on Sexological Counselling. Helsinki, Finland. * '''Olli Pohjakallio''' earned his law degree in 1987 and then worked in law offices and as a judge in the City Court of Helsinki. Since 1995, he has practiced civil law in his own office, Advise, in Helsinki, Finland. That same year, he finished his post graduate diploma of International Master of Laws. In his practice, he has represented several clients in relation to sex crimes and child custody matters. Attorney Olli Pohjakallio has been lecturing about sex crimes in Sexpo Foundation since 2004. He has been a member of the board since 2007. This year, he was elected Vice Chairman of the Board. Helsinki, Finland. * '''Suvi''' and '''Eero Poussu''' are an entrepeneurial couple living in Hämeenlinna, Finland. * '''Lyn Ramsay''', RN, BHSc (Nursing), MHSc (Primary Health Care) is an Australian human services consultant. She has been a passionate advocate for the rights of children with disability since she registered as a nurse specialising in the area in 1972. She was a lecturer at Southern Cross University in disabilities, natural therapies, holistic health, and spiritual well-being. She has worked in cities and rural areas with people with all forms of disability, as well as indigenous people, other social minorities, and people across the life span from babyhood to death. She consciously detoured off the information highway and does not register on Google, Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn! Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. * '''Mark Reiss''', MD, retired radiologist, Coordinator, Brit Shalom Celebrant List. San Francisco, California, USA. * '''Jonna Roos''', MS, is a sex educator working currently at the University of Helsinki, Palmenia, Centre for Continuing Education. He has been training immigrants as well as people in their workplaces for many years and in many different places. Helsinki, Finland.