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Barbara McConnell Barrett is an American businesswoman, attorney and diplomat who served as the United States Secretary of the Air Force from 2019 to 2021. She is also an instrument-rated pilot, and cattle and bison rancher.

Steven (Steve) Bramson is a professional composer who has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, and has won one Daytime Emmy Award and three ASCAP Awards. He has written music to George Lucas' Young Indiana Jones and the CBS series JAG. Bramson's music has been played in New York City, London and Vienna. He is currently writing a musical titled Shimmy. The lyrics are being credited to Pamela Phillips Oland. Although he once considered being an economist, Steve is also an excellent jazz pianist, who has backed up major jazz stars and once played in the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Jacob Franklin "Frank" Mentzer III is an American fantasy author and game designer who worked on early materials for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game. He was an employee of TSR, Inc. from 1980 to 1986, spending part of that time as Creative Advisor to the Chairman of the Board, Gary Gygax. He also founded the Role-Playing Games Association (RPGA) during his time with TSR.

David Howard Lanz is a Grammy-nominated pianist. His album Cristofori's Dream topped the New age music charts in 1988.

Janet L. Robinson is an American publishing executive who became president and chief executive officer of The New York Times Company on December 27, 2004 and retired from that position on December 31, 2011.

Widyawati is an Indonesian actress. She is the widow of Indonesian actor, director and politician, Sophan Sophiaan. She is also the daughter-in-law of a prominent Indonesian politician, Manai Sophiaan.