VERNON B. WILLIAMS, M.D.
Dr. Williams was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and is a graduate of The University of Michigan’s prestigious Inteflex Accelerated Pre-Medical/Medical Program. He completed his neurology residency at The University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD and is board certified by the American Association of Psychiatry and Neurology. After residency he completed a multidisciplinary, interventional pain fellowship in the department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care (Division of Pain Medicine) at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Williams gained extensive experience in evaluating and managing headache patients as well as planning and conducting clinical trials through his work as a Clinical Investigator with Innovative Medical Research, Inc., a dedicated clinical trials center in Towson, MD specializing in population-based research. At the completion of his pain fellowship Dr. Williams joined the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles. There, he provides spine evaluation and management, neurologic consultation, electrodiagnostic services, and pain management services. In early 2006, Dr. Williams began serving as the director of Sports Neurology and Pain Management for the Sports Concussion Institute, a collective of Neuropsychiatrists, Neurologists, Forensic Psychiatrists, Post-Doc Fellows, Basic Scientists and Consultants dedicated to clinical management and research in the area of mild traumatic brain injury/concussion. Dr. Williams enjoys combining his unique set of skills and interests in a multidisciplinary atmosphere for state-of-the-art, yet appropriate and responsible evaluation and/or treatment of neurologic disease, spine disorders, headache, and pain syndromes. Dr. Williams has lectured extensively on topics related to Neurologic Evaluation and Consultation, Concussion, Pain Physiology, Interventional Pain Management, Non-Surgical Treatment of Spine Disorders, and Post-Operative Pain Management in the Orthopedic Patient. He has served as an expert consultant on Pain and Neurologic Disorders to major television networks, radio, satellite, and print media.

JOEL F. LUBAR Ph.D., BCIA-EEG CERTIFIED SENIOR FELLOW
Dr. Lubar received his Bachelors of Science and Ph.D. from the Division of Biological Sciences and Department of Biopsychology at the University of Chicago. He has published more than 100 papers, numerous book chapters, as well as eight books in the areas of Neuroscience and Applied Psychophysiology. He has been a regional editor for the Journal of Physiology and Behavior, an Associate Editor for Biofeedback and Self Regulation, and is currently one of the editors for Neurotherapy. He has held the position of Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester and is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

Dr. Lubar is the past president of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) and has been the President of The Academy of Certified Neurotherapists which now offers specialty certifications in EEG Biofeedback as part of the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America (BCIA). Since 1979 he has been co-director of the Southeastern Biofeedback and Neuro- Behavioral Institute in Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Lubar has presented his research at many international workshops in Europe, South America, Canada, Israel, Mexico and Australia as well as many State and National meetings of Biofeedback organizations. Dr. Lubar was an invited keynote speaker at the Third International Conference in Bio-Behavioral Self Regulation and Health, held in Tokyo, Japan, in October 1993.

Dr. Lubar was responsible for developing the use of EEG Biofeedback (Neurofeedback) as a treatment modality for children, adolescents, and adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, starting with his controlled studies in the mid - 1970s. This application of Neurofeedback is now becoming widespread in clinics and schools throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, Israel, Europe, and Mexico. Currently, more than 1,500 healthcare organizations are using the EEG Biofeedback protocols that Dr. Lubar has developed. Dr. Lubar is currently developing databases for the assessment of individuals with ADD/ADHD, and is a consultant in numerous controlled studies evaluating the continued effectiveness of Neurofeedback.

ROBERT W. THATCHER, PH.D, BCIA EEG
Dr. Thatcher received his Bachelors degree in Chemistry from the University of Oregon and his Ph.D. in Psychology/Biopsychology from the University of Waterloo before completing his post doctoral fellowships in Neurobiology and Neurophysiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at New York Medical College. In 1973, Dr. Thatcher was appointed as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at New York Medical College and in 1977 as an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine. In 1979, Dr. Thatcher was appointed as a Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the qEEG Service at Shock Trauma, located at the University of Maryland before joining the National Institutes of Health in 1991 as the Program Manager for the integration of 128 channel EEG with MRI and PET. Dr. Thatcher became the director of NeuroImaging Laboratories at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL from 1993 May 2006 and is currently director of Neuroimaging at the Applied Neuroscience Laboratories in Bay Pines, FL. Dr. Thatcher is an adjunct professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of South Florida.

As the principle investigator for the Department of Defense Head Injury Program, Dr. Thatcher oversaw the collection and analysis of quantitative EEG from over 1,200 head injury patients, which also involved the integration of EEG with MRI. Dr. Thatcher currently serves on the National Institutes of Health Scientific Advisory Committee for the NIH Human Brain Map Project as well as on the boards of American Board of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology and the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society. Dr. Thatcher is certified as an expert in both conventional electroencephalography, and quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG). Dr. Thatcher is also the author of six books and over 200 publications.

LAURENCE MYERS, M.D., D. O
Dr Myers, M.D., (USA), D.O. (Australia), N.D. (S. Africa), MPSG (GB), Certified Naturopathic Medical Physician and Sports Injury Specialist. Dr. Myers has treated top golfers in the world from 1980-1996, including Greg Norman, Bernhard Langer, Nick Faldo, Ian Woosnam, Nick Price, Gary Player, Fred Couples, David Frost, Seve Ballesteros, Steve Elkington, Lee Trevino, Corey Pavin, Sergio Garcia, Jose Maria Olazable and Ernie Els. He has been the head physician for Ivan Lendl ( No. 1 for 6 years) and Kevin Curren (Wimbledon). He was the medical advisor for the South African Boxing Board for a total of 15 years. He was also the head of the medical team for Oscar de la Hoya. He has practiced in Los Angeles since 2002.

RANDOLPH S, McCLAIN, M.D., D.O.
Dr. McClain graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1984, received his masters in Business from the University of Miami in 1989 and his M.T.O. from Yo San University College of Oriental Medicine in 1999. He received his D.O. from Western University – College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 2007 and is currently practicing at the University of Southern California in Family Medicine.

Dr. McClain is a world renowned speaker and has presented in numerous international conferences on Traditional Chinese Medicine, Exercise and Nutrition in the treatment of Epilepsy.

He was an NCAA All –American in Swimming and Water Polo in 1981-1982 and won the silver medal in the United States Olympic Festival Water Polo Team in 1982.

His professional affiliations include:

• American Medical Association
• American Osteopathic Association
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Society of Bariatric Physicians
• Endocrine Society
• California State Oriental Medicine Association
• National Board of Acupuncture Orthopedics
• National Academy of Sports Medicine
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• U.S.A. Weightlifting

PETER GOLDMAN, D.C.
Patients travel from all over the world to California to experience Zone Healing with Dr. Peter Goldman, DC. Dr. Goldman has a B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University (Cum Laude graduate), and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life University. Dr. Goldman has a black belt in Oyama full contact karate from the legendary Soshu Shigeru Oyama, and was a world class competitor in the early 1990's, having competed around the USA and in Europe. He currently trains regularly in the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He was also a 4 year member of the varsity tennis team at Brandeis. Dr. Goldman has taught seminars to hundreds of chiropractors and continues to mentor many. Feature articles on Dr. Goldman have appeared in FIGHT! Magazine, Ultimate Grappling Magazine, Black Belt Magazine, Tapout Magazine, mmafighting.com, MMACanada.net, proelite.com, mmaweekly.com, unlimitedfightnews.com, boxingtalk.com, insidefighting.com, and secondsout.com just to name a few. His patients include the world's best MMA and BJJ fighters including BJ Penn and Bas Rutten. He has offices in San Francisco and with Elite Sports Performance, LLC, LLC in Los Angeles.

ERIC PEPER, Ph.D., BCIA SENIOR FELLOW
Dr. Peper is an international authority on biofeedback and self-regulation. He is a Professor at the Institute for Holistic Healing Studies/Department of Health Education at San Francisco State University. He is President of the Biofeedback Foundation of Europe and past President of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. He holds Senior Fellow Biofeedback certification from the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America. He was the behavioral scientist (sports psychologist) for the United States Rhythmic Gymnastic Team. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and books. His research interest focus on the psychophysiology of healing, illness prevention, voluntary self-regulation, holistic health, respiratory psychophysiology and optimizing health with biofeedback. Dr. Peper has presented throughout Europe, Japan and the United States.

VIETTA E. WILSON, Ph.D, BCIA FELLOW
Dr. Wilson has taught at the York University in Toronto, Canada for over 30 years. She has worked since 1971 in sports with Olympic Athletes in swimming, tennis, and track and field. Dr. Wilson has taught sports psychology and biofeedback assisted self-regulation courses at the graduate and undergraduate level. Dr. Wilson’s current research is in psychophysiological profiling and EEG brain mapping of elite athletes. She is a co-author of Learned Self Regulation, Owners Manual for the Brain and Body and the author of the BFE “ Optimizing Performance and Health Suite” for BioGraph Infiniti. Dr. Wilson is world renowned for her work in sports psychology and has been an invited speaker in the United States and Europe.

STEVEN STOCKDALE, PH.D.
Dr. Stockdale is a licensed clinical psychologist having extensive experience in clinical and research applications of Quantitative EEG technology. He is currently the Clinical Director of Neuro-Health Center in Colorado Springs, CO, which specializes in quantitative EEG evaluations and neurofeedback treatment for Attention Deficit Disorders and Mild Closed Head Injuries. In addition, Dr. Stockdale has worked with elite athletes in both Japan and the United States. Dr. Stockdate is an internationally known speaker on quantitative EEG and Neurofeedback. He is past president of the International Society of Neurofeedback and Research.

PEDRO MATEUS PEREIRA DE LIMA TEIXEIRA, LPT
Mr. Texieira is a Licensed Physical Therapist ( Licenciado em Fisioterapia) in Oporto, Portugal. He is the Biofeedback Foundation of Europe Project Manager for International Research and Education Projects that focus on surface Electromyography. Pedro is the co-author of an 80- hour Post - Graduate Course entitled “ Introduction to Surface Electromyography”. Mr. Texieira has worked in sports rehabilitation with the Portuguese National Team, Rugby, Tennis and surfing. For the last four years, Pedro’s clinical work has focused on pain management and sports rehabilitation, using surface electromyography and other physiological signals that provide information on psychosomatic symptoms. Pedro is bi-lingual in Portuguese and English.

DARRELL W. RIDEAUX
Darrell Rideaux was born in Long Beach, California. He attended Long Beach Polytechnic high school where he lettered in two sports. During this time he would go to receive All-American honors in football and would become the California State 100 meter champion in track and field. After graduating high school in 1999, Mr. Rideaux accepted a football scholarship to attend the University of Southern California. He would become an integral part in the resurgence of Troy as they would go onto defeat the Iowa Hawkeyes in the 2003 Federal Express Orange Bowl. In the spring of 2003, Mr. Rideaux graduated from USC with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology. Immediately following graduation, he signed as an undrafted free agent with the National Football League’s Indianapolis Colts. After a brief two year stint in the NFL, which included playing football in NFL Europe, his career would be cut short due to injury. In 2005, Mr. Rideaux would pursue a career in health care as a Nursing Home Administrator managing three Skilled Nursing Facilities. He is currently a financial advisor with a (series 7, series 63 license) for Wealth Management Group and can be heard weekly on A.M. 710 ESPN Radio covering the USC Trojan Football Team. His Philanthropic support includes starting a 1 million toy drive with “A Foundation for Kids”. He also has raised money for the Chaka Khan Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and he is currently the Director of Charitable Planned Giving for the Matt Leinart Foundation.

CASEY L. WIRE
Casey Wire first began playing golf at age sixteen, when he joined his father and brother for a round of golf on Father's Day and discovered love-at-first-swing. An athletic family to the core, his father and brother had a pivotal role in teaching Casey what it takes to compete at the highest level as he watched his father create a preeminent sports-consulting company called Dynamite Sports and his brother climb the ranks of football to the NFL, where he currently plays in his seventh year as an Atlanta Falcon.
Since that memorable Father's Day, Casey has become a nationally-recognized Member of the PGA and has toured competitively with the Golden State Tour, National Golf Tour, Pepsi Tour, and CalState Players Tour. He has published articles analyzing the role of new technologies for learning the fundamentals of the golf swing and has also been featured on the USA Network. Before his current role at Golftec Teaching Facilities, Casey honed his appreciation for teaching and club management at various courses across the country, including Torrey Pines in La Jolla, CA home of the 2008 US Open. Casey holds a B.S. in Agricultural Business and Professional Golf Management both from Arizona State University. He also serves as the Director of Team Sports at Dynamite Sports, which focuses on helping student-athletes of all sports achieve both their academic and athletic goals to earn scholarships for college.

ANNABELLE CRIPPS
Competed in the 84’ and 88’ Olympic Games for Great Britain placing sixth in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games; was one of the youngest members of the 84’ Olympic team. She began her international competition at the tender age of 13 and earning her first world ranking at the 200m freestyle. European Silver Medalist (82,83), Finalists World Championships (86’), Double Silver medalist at the Commonwealth games (86’). Annabelle swam at the University of Texas, 22 time All-American and 3 NCAA championship titles and one Runner-up; where she swam under the tutelage of Hall Fame Coaches Richard Quick and Mark Schubert. Annabelle was the US Swimming model for the Phillips 66 ad campaign, running for more than 10 years in every major magazine and newspaper; raising upwards of $20 Million.