Christopher John "Chris" Dodd is an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician serving as the senior U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Dodd is a Connecticut native and a graduate of Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Maryland, and Providence College. He was elected United States Senator in the elections of 1980, and is now the longest-serving Senator in Connecticut's history, the 9th most senior of current Senators and one of three from the 1980 freshman class who is still serving. In January 2010 Dodd announced that he would not run for re-election in the 2010 midterm elections.

Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D. is a best-selling author, popular television personality and sought after motivational speaker, who has been a pioneer in the field of personal transformation. She was one of the first people to popularize the idea of self-help in the 1980's and one of the first nationally recognized female motivational teachers on television. Barbara appeared weekly for two years on CNN as their Newsnight Relationship Expert. She has hosted her own daily television show for CBS TV, and her own popular radio talk show in Los Angeles. She has been a frequent guest on Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and The View.