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Laura Harris: President Finance & Strategy DraggonsGate Ltd., Former Vice President Finance,
Strategy & Planning at Paramount Pictures, Vice President Finance and Studio Operations
Paramount, Director of Finance World-wide Post Production, The Walt Disney Studios, Senior
Manager Global Toys, Disney Consumer Products, Manager Finance Operations Analyst and
Controls, The Walt Disney Co.
Geoffrey Ashe: British historian and considered the world wide eminent authority on King Arthur.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Member of the Order of the British Empire
Bob Dahl: Vice President Entertainment, DraggonsGate Parks, Inc., Former Senior Show
Producer, Disney Imagineering
John Purdy: Chief Operating Officer, DraggonsGate Parks, Inc., Emmy Award Winning Producer,
Director; Disney, NBC, HBO, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Showtime, the Metropolitan
Opera
Thomas Holland: Author of Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic, winner
of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize, Persian Fire, Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of
Christendom, In the Shadow of the Sword, Dynasty, the winner of the Classical Association prize,
presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Making History, two years as the Chair of the Society of Authors and
was on the committee of the Classical Association.
Stephen R. Lawhead: Mr Lawhead is a UK–based American writer known for his works of
fantasy, science fiction, and historical fiction, particularly Celtic historical fiction. He has written
over 28 novels and numerous children's and non-fiction books.
Thomas Cleary: Professor Cleary holds PhD and JD degrees; he has translated over one hundred
works on religion, philosophy, and political and military science from Chinese, Sanskrit, Japanese,
Arabic, Pali, Old Bengali, Medieval Spanish, and Old Irish.
Eiran Gazit: 30 year business consultant specializing in tourist destinations, hospitality venues and
educational organizations.
Founding Partner of Gulliver’s Gate Times Square, NY. Co-Owner, Gateways Inn, Lenox, MA.