Gary Jobson, an award winning television producer and commentator, is directing a new independent film production: Energy on Trial.

He has produced over 700 television programs for ESPN and additional programs for PBS and NBC. Topics of previous documentaries have included education and healthcare. Jobson is the author of 16 books, has given over 2,300 lectures and was inducted in the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 2003.

Jobson is a noted sailor and is the President of US SAILING, the National Governing Body of the Sport. He won the America's Cup in 1977 aboard Courageous as tactician. He has won two Emmys for his coverage of sailing events and an A.C.E. (Award for Cable Excellence) for coverage of the 1987 America's Cup.

Jobson and his wife, Janice, live in Annapolis, MD. They have three grown daughters.

Roger Vaughan was published in Jack and Jill magazine when he was 8 years old. He's been writing ever since.

He has published twelve books, including biographies of media magnate Ted Turner, Berlin Philharmonic music director Herbert von Karajan, and live polio vaccine pioneer, Hilary Koprowski; worked many years as writer for ESPN TV's coverage of sailing and other sports; written and directed a number of videos; and co-authored the story for the movie, Wind. His assignments have taken him to 44 of the United States, and more than 20 countries.

People have always been Vaughan's focus and major interest. Among those he has written about are: Roy Disney, Olin Stephens, Malcolm Forbes, Irving Johnson, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ann Sophie Mutter, Seiji Ozawa, Andy Warhol, Mike Wallace, and HRH Princess Margaret.

Vaughan's book about some people behind the recent information technology cycle—Smart Guys at play in the reality distortion fields—will be out in 2010. He is currently at work on a biographical portrait of Richard Matthews, founder of Oyster Marine in the UK.

Vaughan lives with his wife, Kip Requardt in Oxford, Maryland.

John Ross Bush, Strategic Communicator and Media Producer, is a practitioner in the art of being understood as a "C-level" consultant.

For ENERGY ON TRIAL, he contributes his sharply focused skill set in strategy, logistics and messaging to reveal what the stakes are in national energy policy and what will be won or lost as a consequence of the decisions our country makes. John also facilitated access to internationally renowned thought leaders who are uniquely qualified to rise above the noise in the system and communicate clearly, comprehensively and concisely why we should do what needs to be done for the benefit of all.

In addition to his 25 years experience in a variety of production roles on more than 30 major motion pictures, movies of the week and national TV ads, he has a decades-long commitment to environmental stewardship, delivering strategies for best green practices and corporate social responsibility in numerous industries. He also was lead strategist and Producer/Director on the international six-part documentary series "The Road To Sustainable Development."

A long time resident of Big Sur, John, his wife and daughter presently reside on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle.

Rick Larmore has been a video editor since 1986. During that time he has edited shows for ESPN, PBS, Discovery, HBO, Disney and many local affiliate broadcast companies. He is employed full time at Jobson Productions.

Suzy Leech is a professional sailor, competing in both fleet and match racing as foredeck and tactician. She was bowman for America3, the first all-women's America's Cup Team in 1995, and was a member of the US Sailing Team from 2001-2004 while campaigning for the Olympics in the Yngling class. She is a World Champion in both the Mumm30 and Yngling classes. Suzy is currently competing in the Elliott 6M class in preparation for the 2012 Olympics.

Suzy holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia, and worked for NASA on the International Space Station program from 1988-1994.

She has been a commentator for ESPN and the Outdoor Life Network (OLN), covering sailing events including the America's Cup in 1995. She is a freelance database and ColdFusion programmer, as well as Flash Web developer.

Suzy currently lives in Simsbury, CT with her husband and daughter, and is waiting patiently to move to Newport, RI.

Victor Giordano has been an integral part of the Baltimore-Washington music and audio industry for over 20 years. From 1990 to 2003 as senior engineer / producer at Clean Cuts Music he recorded and mixed hundreds of television and radio ads, produced and played on CD projects and worked on several films.

In 2003 Victor founded V Audio Inc. For three years he was a staff composer for Bunim-Murray Productions in Los Angeles, writing music cues for NBC, FOX and MTV. Since 2004 he has been the first call freelance audio mixer and sound designer at The Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. In 2005 he was composer, sound designer as well as audio mixer for the documentary "Great Lake Shipwrecks" for Discovery Science.

Victor has produced music for videos on PBS Kids and Nickelodeon with the Grammy the nominated band Milkshake.

For the last four years Victor has worked closely with Gary Jobson on dozens of television and film projects. Victor currently lives in Baltimore Maryland with his wife and 9 year old son.

Marti Betz is an accomplished graphic designer, web site designer, and illustrator. Fresh, creative ideas are her cornerstone and her design work has been recognized through awards in the field.

A BFA degree in graphic design and an MA from the University of Maryland provide her grounding. In business since 1982, initially as a freelance designer for Jobson Sailing, Inc. designing promotional brochures and newsletters for the America3 Foundation's two campaigns for the defense of the America's Cup.

She believes each client is unique, and is committed to producing exceptional design pieces specifically tailored for each project. Every project is personally designed and supervised by Marti. Major projects include design work for The World Bank, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, NEI Nuclear Energy Institute, The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, BPIA Biopesticide Industry Alliance, GSCNC Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capitol, American Chemical Society, NACHRI National Association for Children’s Hospitals and Related Industries, WERF Water Environment Research Foundation, and Conservation International.

Marti currently lives in Annapolis, Maryland with her husband Fred, director of regulatory affairs for AgraQuest, Inc.

Winner of 4 Emmys. With 26 years of practical field experience from myriad locations around the globe, Michael Audick is a seasoned professional who brings a great eye and positive attitude to projects.

Background in documentaries, broadcast productions and sports magazine features. Was a member of NBC Sports' Olympic Features production team in Athens, Torino and Beijing.

Extensive international production experience reaching all seven continents. More exotic projects have included filming big game in Africa for USA Network's To the Ends of the Earth; following the excitement of The Iditarod in a Cessna ski plane; capturing the drama of multiple Eco-Challenges; documenting the coronation of the Fifth King of Bhutan; and, three documentary trips to the ice-continent of Antarctica.

One of the most experienced nautical cameramen. Projects have ranged from multiple Gold Cup Match Races in Bermuda; the 100th Anniversary of the Trans-Atlantic Challenge on-board the clipper ship Stad Amsterdam; the Centennial running of the Chicago-Mackinaw Race, and much, much more.

Camera-work has received international & national distribution, appearing on: The Discovery Channel, The Travel Channel, The Learning Channel, ABC Sports, CBS Sports, NBC, Fox-TV, CNN, ESPN, ESPN-2, Comedy Central, HBO, USA Network, PBS, Lifetime Television, Black Entertainment Television, ITN of London, Australian-TV Channel 9, BBC, NHK of Japan, Swedish TV, Finland's YLE-TV, Norwegian TV, Italian TV, Danish TV-2, CTV of Canada, TWI, ZBM Bermuda, South America's Televisio Network & Thailand's TV-7.