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Seth Meyers returns for his ninth season on "Saturday Night Live," his fourth season as head writer, and his fourth season as anchor of "Weekend Update."

Before focusing his attention solely on "Update", Meyers was a regular player in sketches, performing numerous characters and impressions, most notably, an uncanny portrayal of Senator John Kerry for the show's satire of the 2004 Presidential election.

A graduate of Northwestern University, he studied and performed at ImprovOlympic (where many SNL cast members and writers got their start) before moving on to the Boom Chicago Theater in Amsterdam, Holland. His acclaimed show "Pick-ups and Hiccups" with partner Jill Benjamin toured Europe and eventually caught the eye of "SNL."

Most recently, he hosted the 2010 ESPY awards for ESPN. In April 2011, he will perform at the White House Correspondent's Dinner.

Meyers currently resides in New York.

Michael E. Kassan, Chairman and CEO of MediaLink, is an internationally recognized business strategist operating at the intersection of the media, advertising and entertainment industries.

Michael is the founder of MediaLink LLC, a leading Los Angeles- and New York City-based advisory and business development firm that provides critical counsel and direction on issues of marketing, advertising, media, entertainment and digital technology. MediaLink provides strategic marketing and brand development, implementation roadmaps, technology solutions for media, media sales and revenue generation, business development, organizational planning and competitive analysis to many of the Fortune 100’s biggest global brands. Previously, Michael was the President/COO and Vice-Chairman of Initiative Media Worldwide. In 1997, he was named one of the top media executives in America by Advertising Age Magazine. He joined Initiative Media Worldwide in 1994, and helped grow media billings from $1.5 billion to over $10 billion. Prior to Initiative, he was President and COO of International Video Entertainment (Artisan Entertainment).

In addition, Michael has served on the Board of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society, the Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy and the Cultural Affairs Commission – City of Los Angeles and has been Chairman of the State Senate Select Committee on the Entertainment Industry. Michael is also a strong supporter of community and not-for-profit programs, and currently serves as Chair of the UJA-New York Marketing Communications Committee. He also plays an active role in children’s education and mentoring, having been involved in both the H.E.L.P. Group, a non-profit organization serving children with special needs, and the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program of Los Angeles.

As Facebook's pioneering sales executive and one of the company’s first ten employees, Kevin Colleran was an integral part of the social networking behemoth's sales force. As the company's Global Partnership Lead, he was responsible for creatively monetizing the site without hampering user experience. In 2010, he was named one of New York's 100 Coolest Tech People by Business Insider.

While at Facebook, Colleran helped guide major corporations—including such Fortune 100 companies as Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Walmart, and Coca-Cola—through the process of becoming present and engaged in the online space. By inserting themselves into the conversations that were already being had about their brands, these corporations found that they could engage their existing customers and capture new ones by cultivating brand loyalty and a sense of community.

Prior to his six years at Facebook, Colleran was a self described "lifelong entrepreneur" who opened a baseball card shop at age 14 and created such internet businesses as LiveService, which outsourced customer service, and Photo Masterpiece, which put photos on canvas and boasted such creative marketing campaigns as the "Erase Your Ex" special for divorced couples who wanted to remove their ex from wedding photos. A savvy businessman, Colleran would often create a story around his business for the express purpose of writing a press release and building his own personal brand.

This strategy worked for Colleran; after creating Blabberforce, a college marketing force, while a student at Babson College, he soon branded himself as a college marketing expert, appearing as such on national media outlets. He was named College Entrepreneur of the Year by several national organizations and at 17 was one of the youngest people ever to work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

An engaging storyteller with an infectious sense of humor, Kevin Colleran offers an enlightening presentation on sales, marketing, and branding in the digital age. He offers corporations the hard-won insights for reimagining and reenergizing their sales and marketing strategy and, ultimately, improving their bottom line.

Shiv is a recognized digital marketer who focuses on how brands are being forced to transform with the evolution of digital and social media specifically. He serves as the Head of Digital for PepsiCo Beverages America and is responsible for everything digital across paid, owned and social media. In September 2009, he was recognized by Ad Age as a Media Maven and was featured on the publication's cover. He is also author of the book, "Social Media Marketing for Dummies."

Shiv has been quoted or mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Associated Press, Ad Age, Adweek, USA Today and several other noted publications discussing digital strategy and social influence marketing. He has also keynoted or spoken at conferences including Digital Book World, the Online Publishers Association Annual Summit, South by Southwest Interactive and Web 2.0.

Roger Ehrenberg is currently Managing Partner of IA Ventures, an early-stage venture firm focused on managing and extracting value from "big data." Roger is also founder of Kinetic Trading Strategies, LLC, a quantitative trading firm that develops proprietary, alpha-generating language models for top proprietary trading firms and quantitative hedge funds.

Prior to forming IA Ventures, Roger was an active angel investor pursing opportunities through IA Capital Partners, LLC, an early-stage investment firm focused on digital media and financial technology. Roger has made over 35 investments through IA Capital Partners including TheLadders.com, Buddy Media, Clickable, Magnetic, Invite Media, MyTrade (sold to thinkorswim, now TD Ameritrade), Stocktwits, TweetDeck and Wallstrip (sold to CBS Interactive).

Roger currently serves on the boards of Alphacet; Buddy Media; Magnetic; Global Bay Mobile Technologies; Selerity Financial; Stocktwits; Recorded Future; The Trade Desk and Metamarkets.

Earlier in his career, Roger served as President and CEO of DB Advisors, LLC, Deutsche Bank's internal hedge fund trading platform where his 130-person team managed $6 billion in capital across multiple strategies with offices in New York, London and Hong Kong. Before DB Advisors, Roger was Global Co-head of Deutsche Bank's Strategic Equity Transactions Group. In 2000, Roger's team won Institutional Investor magazine's "Derivatives Deal of the Year" award. As an Investment Banker and Managing Director at Citibank, Roger held a variety of roles in the Global Derivatives, Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Structuring groups.

Roger holds an MBA in Finance, Accounting and Management from Columbia Business School and a BBA in Finance, Economics and Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan.

New York Times bestselling author Gary Vaynerchuk is the star of WineLibraryTV.com, a video blog launched from his platform as Director of Operations of national industry retail giant Wine Library. Considered the rock star of wine, Gary's informed yet informal approach to wine appreciation has revolutionized the industry by demystifying wine for a new generation and empowering wine drinkers to trust their own palates. Gary leveraged social media tools to build the brand, and Wine Library TV attracted over 90,000 viewers daily, becoming the most downloaded podcast on iTunes in the Food category.

Gary has appeared on numerous national television programs as a wine and marketing expert, including Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Ellen Degeneres Show, The Today Show, The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Dr. Oz Show, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, CNN's Your $$$$, and CNBC's Power Lunch. In 2009, Gary was recognized as Innovator of the Year by Wine Enthusiast and featured in Decanter magazine's "Power List" of the 50 most influential people in wine. Additionally, AskMen.com listed Gary among the 49 Most Influential Men of 2009.

In April 2009, Wenda Harris Millard became President of MediaLink LLC, a leading strategic advisory and business development firm that provides critical counsel and direction to the media, advertising and entertainment industries and to companies and investors that interact with those sectors. She works with Chief Executive and Founder Michael E. Kassan to provide advice and implementation on strategic marketing and brand development, implementation roadmaps, technology solutions for media, media sales and revenue generation, business development, public organizational planning, public policy management, competitive analysis, and financial restructuring to some of the Fortune 100's largest global brands.

Before joining MediaLink, Ms. Millard was Co-CEO and President, Media for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. She joined MSLO in July 2007 after three years as a member of its Board of Directors. Ms. Millard oversaw MSLO's media businesses, which include publishing, internet and broadcasting. She is credited with elevating the company to its leading position in percent of revenue derived from digital advertising among other "traditional" media companies and was the driving force behind creating cross-platform programs for marketers in TV, digital, magazines and radio.

Before MSLO, Ms. Millard was Chief Sales Officer at Yahoo! where she led the team that drove revenue from $700 million to over $6 billion in six years and was consistently credited as the number one sales organization in the media industry. On an industry-wide level her work at Yahoo! established brand advertising on the web. Prior to Yahoo!, Ms. Millard was Chief Internet Officer at Ziff Davis Media and President of Ziff Davis Internet. Previously, Ms. Millard was a founding member of the executive team at DoubleClick, where she served as Executive Vice President responsible for establishing the DoubleClick brand and overseeing the operations of DoubleClick Media. She also served as President and Group Publisher of SRDS, Senior Vice President and Publisher of Family Circle and Executive Vice President/Group Publisher of Adweek, Mediaweek and Brandweek magazines.

Ms. Millard has received numerous industry awards including the 2007 John A. Reisenbach Award for Distinguished Citizenship; the 2006 "Advertising Person of the Year" Silver Medal Award from the AAF and the 2005 Matrix Award for "Women Who Change the World". Advertising Age acknowledged her as a "Digital Media Master" -- one of the 20 most influential executives in interactive media. She was the subject of a profile by Tom Brokaw as part of NBC's "Women to Watch" series. Active on behalf of the advertising industry throughout her career, Ms. Millard is immediate past Chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau and former President of the Advertising Club of New York.

She has served on the Boards of the Advertising Council, the American Advertising Federation, the Advertising Education Foundation and others. Currently, she sits on the Boards of several emerging media companies as well as on the Boards of the James Beard Foundation, Pop!Tech and Do Something. She served two terms as a Trustee of Trinity College in Hartford.

Ms. Millard holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from Trinity College.

Sandy Climan is President of Entertainment Media Ventures, Inc., a company active in media investment and strategic advisory work, and motion picture and television production. Mr. Climan's productions include his work as Executive Producer of "U2 3D", the first digital live-action 3D feature film, Co-executive Producer of the CBS television series "Robbery Homicide Division", and Producer of "The Aviator", starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese, for which he was awarded a British Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

Mr. Climan has served in a number of senior management positions in media and entertainment, including CEO of 3ality Digital, LLC, a leading company in the creation of technology for and the production of digital 3D entertainment, Executive Vice President and President of Worldwide Business Development of Universal Studios, and as a member of the senior management team at Creative Artists Agency, serving as both a talent agent and as founding head of CAA's corporate representation practice.