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ANDY WEBER, 51, is president and CEO of the Farm Journal Media, the country's leading agricultural media company with print, television, radio, newsletter, database, internet and live event properties and services. At Farm Journal, Mr. Weber has successfully integrated the company's leading agricultural media brands including flagship Farm Journal magazine, "The Magazine of American Agriculture", and five other magazines produced in Philadelphia headquarters; AgDay and Weekend Marketplace television programs and the Farm Journal Radio Network produced at NBC affiliate WNDU in Southbend Indiana; the Pro Farmer family of newsletters in Iowa, and agriculture's leading Internet destination, AgWeb.com, also in Indiana. Immediately prior to Farm Journal, Mr. Weber was executive vice president of Cahners Business Information, a Reed Elsevier Company. At Cahners, he successfully integrated three formerly competitive entities into a cohesive division of 40 industrial related magazine franchises with revenue of over $200 million. Prior to Cahners, he was senior vice president of Chilton Company, a Walt Disney/ABC company. At Chilton, he oversaw a division of 15 industrial magazines and related trade shows, spearhead Chilton's Internet effort and ran Chilton's list marketing prior to helping Disney sell Chilton to Reed Elsevier. Earlier in his career, Mr. Weber served as President of three standalone subsidiaries of the Medical Economics Company, a division of global business information giant, Thomson Corporation. Mr. Weber spent the first eight years of his career in agricultural media, first in sales for Agri Marketing magazine, then in sales and publishing management for Vance Publishing's livestock division. Educated at the University of Wisconsin in agricultural journalism, he also pursued educational tracks in marketing communications and business. Mr. Weber is a member of the board of trustees of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Greater Delaware Valley Chapter and serves on the board of directors of the American Business Media association . He's an avid golfer, outdoorsman and traveler. Mr. Weber and his wife have three daughters and reside in suburban Philadelphia where they are active in the local community. Robert Williford of Emergency Medicine Practice has over 30 years experience building and operating newsletter companies for large companies such as Medical Economics and as an entrepreneur. He was President of the Specialized Information Publishers Association (formerly the Newsletter and Electronic Publishers Association) in 2001. Williford is a degreed accountant and lives in Atlanta, GA. | 