TRAVELS FROM: California

FEE CATEGORY: C ($10.5 to 15k)

The Capitol Steps, the only group in America that attempts to be funnier than the Congress, is a troupe of current and former Congressional staffers who monitor events and personalities on Capitol Hill, in the Oval Office, and in other centers of power and prestige around the world and then take a humorous look at serious issues while providing a nationwide laugh for millions...

TRAVELS FROM:Virginia

FEE CATEGORY: C ($10.5 to $15k)

Newsweek magazine named John Kasich one of its "100 people for the 21st century." Why?
Elected to the Ohio State Senate at the age of 26 and to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982 at the age of 30 (the only Republican in the nation to defeat an incumbent Democrat that year) John played major roles in a variety of groundbreaking achievements during his 18 years in Congress. As chairman of the House Budget Committee, he negotiated the first balanced budget in 30 years and laid the foundation for welfare reform.

TRAVELS FROM: Ohio

FEE CATEGORY: D ($15.5 to 20k)

Arthur B. Laffer, PhD has been widely acknowledged for his economic achievements. He was noted in Time Magazines March 29, 1999, cover story The Centurys Greatest Minds for inventing the Laffer Curve, which it deemed one of a few of the advances that powered this extraordinary century. He was listed in A Dozen Who Shaped the 80s, in the Los Angeles Times on Jan. 1, 1990, and in A Gallery of the Greatest People Who Influenced Our Daily Business, in the Wall Street Journal on June 23, 1989.

TRAVELS FROM: California

FEE CATEGORY: E ($20.5 to 25k)

Patrick Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, Inc., a specialized management-consulting firm focused on executive team-development and organizational health. He has been described by the One-Minute Manager's Ken Blanchard as fast defining the next generation of business thinkers.

TRAVELS FROM: California

FEE CATEGORY: F ($25.5k and higher)

Dr. Roger Selbert is one of the country's best-known and most respected trend analysts. He is:
- Principal of the Growth Strategies Group, a trend research consulting firm
- Editor & Publisher of Growth Strategies, a trend letter formerly known as Future Scan
- Resident Scholar at the La Jolla Institute, an independent research organization and think tank.

TRAVELS FROM: California

FEE CATEGORY: D ($15.5 to 20k)

David Pearce Snyder has been in the forecasting business for over 30 years, during which he has built an impressive track record with his private and public sector clientele, while compiling a multi-million item data base of trends and projections.

TRAVELS FROM: Maryland

FEE CATEGORY: B ($5.5-10k)