Janna Hymes, in her fourth season as music director of The Williamsburg Symphonia,  has a well-regarded reputation throughout the nation as conductor. A native of New York City, Hymes has conducted throughout the United States, including the symphony orchestras of Houston, Madison, North Carolina, Omaha, Richmond, Spokane, Springfield and Florida West Coast; the Cincinnati and Chappaqua Chamber Orchestras; and the San Francisco Women's Philharmonic. Her international guest conducting credentials include performances with France's Orchestre national de Lyon and Besançon Chamber Orchestra, The Netherlands' Delta Ensemble and Messiaen Academy, Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica.

A Fulbright Scholar, Hymes holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, from which she received a Distinguished Alumna Award. She has studied at the Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival, the Festival at Sandpoint and the Conductor's Guild Institute, and she counts among her teachers Leonard Bernstein, Gustav Meier, Otto Werner-Mueller and Gunther Schuller. A frequent guest speaker, she was also speaker and honorée at the Women to Watch Celebration 2000, sponsored by the Indianapolis Business Journal. She regularly teaches at the American Symphony Orchestra League's annual conducting workshops.

William M. Kelso is the chief archaeologist at Jamestown and Director of Archaeology for the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) in Jamestown. He is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College, obtained his Master's Degree in early American history from the College of William and Mary and completed his Ph.D. at Emory University.

Kelso served as the resident archeologist at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's beloved home, and ultimately became director of archeology. He lectures on Architectural History at the University of Virginia's School of Architecture and has served as Adjunct Professor at the College of William and Mary. 

Dr. Kelso is the recipient of numerous honors for his work in archeology including: the Harrington Medal, Society for Historical Archaeology; College of William and Mary, Honorary Doctorate of Science; National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Historic Preservation Medal; Library of Virginia Literary Award, Peoples Choice: Jamestown, The Buried Truth, UVA Press; The Colonial Dames of America Citation,  Jamestown, The Buried Truth, UVA Press; The Virginia  Natural Science Museum, Thomas Jefferson Medal for Outstanding Contributions to  Natural Science in the Commonwealth of Virginia;  Congressional Record Recognition, United States House of Representatives; and Virginian of the Year, Va. Press Association.

Dr. Kelso has also written several books about Jamestown as well as well as other archaeology works.

General Anthony Zinni, USMC (Ret) is Executive Vice President of DynCorp International Inc. General Zinni retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2000 after 39 years of service. He served as Commanding General, First Marine Expeditionary Force, from 1994 to 1996, and as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Command, from 1997 to 2000. Over his career, General Zinni’s military service took him to over 70 countries, including deployments to the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Western Pacific, Northern Europe, and Korea. General Zinni holds 23 personal military awards and 37 unit, service, and campaign awards.

In November 2001, General Zinni was appointed Senior Adviser and U.S. Envoy to the Middle East. He participated in presidential diplomatic missions to Somalia, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, and State Department missions involving conflicts in Indonesia and the Philippines.  General Zinni serves on the boards of several corporations, universities and organizations.  He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Villanova University, a Master’s degree in International Relations, and a Master’s degree in Management and Supervision.

General Zinni has written numerous articles, op-ed pieces, and monographs. With Tom Clancy, he co-authored a New York Times Bestseller book entitled “Battle Ready”. His foreign policy book entitled “The Battle For Peace” was also a New York Times Bestseller and a Foreign Affairs Bestseller.