Mr. Ed Petersen Jr. has been working in the Redemptory Clonard Monastery, in Belfast, Ireland in the Ecumenical and Peace Ministry. He recently completed a three-year program funded by the International Fund for Ireland entitled the Clonard Reconciliation Project. This project aimed at building friendships between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland.Mr. Petersen is a graduate of Yale University where he was captain of the varsity basketball team.

Michelle Obama is the wife of United States Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Ms Obama has her BA from Princeton University and her law degree from Harvard University. (Originally broadcast in January 2008).