Lee Harrington is an eclectic artist, spiritual and erotic educator, gender radical and published author and editor on human sexuality and spiritual experience- including "Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond," "Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macrame" and the "Toybag Guide to Age Play". He has also worked as an anthology editor on such projects as "Rope, Bondage, and Power." Well known for his fun and informative approach to education, he approaches sexuality as yet another art to master, or simply an art to enjoy to its fullest!

Dov is a NYC based artist, photographer, sculptor, educator; Japanese rope bondage and single tail whip fanatic, computer geek and just has way too many hobbies. He has been in the NYC scene for about 8 years, and served 4 years on the TES board and was TES’s webmaster for 7  years and was also a founding member of TEC at TES.He has been involved for years both politically and artistically. He has presented at TES, Black Rose(DC), Shibaricon, LLC 7, Leather Retreat, The Tannery(Philly), Passional (Phily), TES2000, Purple Passion, Silk at Bard College, Dartmouth, Conversio Virium at Columbia, and WHAP at NYU.

Rita Seagrave is a writer, artist, and adult industrialist. She has worked as an x-rated film actress, stripper, sex advisor, adult toy salesgirl, and deaf dominatrix. Born in New Jersey, raised in San Francisco, and educated in Massachusetts, she found her true home in Columbus, Ohio. Rita travels around the country speaking to audiences large and small about lapdancing, gangbangs, and kinky sex. It's educational, but also entertaining. Need sex advice? Rita writes a monthly column in Girls Gone Wild Magazine, answering real questions from real people about sex and dating.

Goddess Lakshimi is a loving lifestyle Domina with more than twenty years in the lifestyle. Goddess Lakshimi is the proud author of her book "Safe Beginnings," now in its second edition. She was Ms World Leather 2003. Winner of the 2004 Vi Johnson Award for Outstanding Leadership. Winner of Pantheon of Leather's Community Choice Award 2005. She is devoted to educating all in the BDSM scene. She currently has one male slave, "Sweet Limey", who is her 24/7 slave as well as her committed life partner and husband and one 24/7 female slave, "Sue b q".

Gina Whittington, Great Lakes Ms Olympus Leather 2004, comes from Columbus, OH. Born and bred a Buckeye, she's a queer poly switch/Sir/Daddy. After serving 7 years as Co-Chair for the Ohio Leather Fest, she now serves on staff and presents at events from LLC6, Black Rose, NLA, Dark Odyssey, Leather Retreat, the KY Derby City Fetish Ball, the Galleria Domain, Purple Rose Society and OhioSMART. Active in the scene 13 years now, she owns two boys.

Mistress Joanne, the now-retired Mistress of IML, was closely involved with running International Mr. Leather for ten years. Active in the pansexual leather community, Mistress Joanne has presented workshops/seminars, judged leather contests, volunteered with the Leather Archives and Museum, and was chosen Pantheon of Leathers 1999 Woman of the Year. She served on the Board of Chicago Hellfire Clubs McAdory Fund, the first female to hold any CHC-related position, and was named an official Friend of the Club (first leatherwoman honored). Mistress Joanne is Secretary of the Chicago Leather Kennel Club. She is an Ordained Clergy Person by the Church of Spiritual Humanism.

Karen serves as co-leader of Poly Columbus, is certified in the Path of the Qadishti and is active in several Ohio based alternative lifestyle communities. She is a trained facilitator in interpersonal communication skills and education in Psychology. Her eclectic spiritual path incorporates Sacred Sexuality, Buddhist principles and Goddess energy. Karen brings over 17 years experience in teaching communication skills to couples, groups and individuals. Together with her husband, she experienced the transformation of a long term monogamous marriage into a thriving poly life. With her significant other Dan and his wife dawn, she enjoys sharing of herself with the community through the Scarlet Sanctuary.

Violetta is the owner/operator of Blue Rose Corsetry (www.BlueRoseCorsetry.com). She's been interested in corsets since the mid 1980's when finding her first corset in a GoodWill store. With a degree in Fashion Design from KSU, a love of historic costume & corsets and a thrifty budget, she began making her own corsets in 2006 and transformed that into a small business in 2008. She found her local kink community after working with fetish fashion shows. Along with her enjoyment of fetish fashion & a tight waist, Violetta (switch) relishes rope work, wax play, fire play, needle play, knife play, single tails and smoking cigars.