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Leading Authorities, Inc. (LAI) has named veteran marketer and business strategist Don Neal to the new position of executive vice president. LAI has seen rapid growth since its inception in 1992 and this newest addition is intended to help position the company for new business opportunities and growth in 2008 and beyond.

Arguably the most important female marketer in sports, Dawn Hudson served as the keeper of keys to a deep marketing arsenal. Hudson was responsible for all functions of the organization's operations, including securing sponsorships with the NFL and Major League Baseball. That know-how has led her to speak with electricity about the power of marketing and the influence of product branding on an industry.

Leading Authorities is proud to welcome new exclusive speaker Dana Milbank to our growing roster of the most prolific and respected pundits in the country. Part muck-raker, all journalist, Milbank never simply regurgitates the facts. The Washington Post staff writer and author of the thrice-weekly "Washington Sketch" column has carved a niche for himself among his peers and for political writing of a different stripe.

Ronald Brownstein is the political director for Atlantic Media Company.  His oversight includes coordinating all political coverage at its publications, from Atlantic Monthly and National Journal, to The Hotline and Congress Daily. He writes a weekly column on politics and policy which appears simultaneously in National Journal and the Los Angeles Times, as well as articles in National Journal and The Atlantic. Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities, Brownstein is a doyen of political analysis and introspection.

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano is the youngest life-tenured superior court judge in the history of the state of New Jersey. He tried more than 150 jury trials, and he sat in all trial parts of the superior court; criminal, civil, equity, and family. He has handled thousands of sentencings, motions, hearings, and divorces. For eleven years, he was adjunct professor of law at Seton Hall Law School where he taught constitutional law and jurisprudence and was voted most outstanding professor in three different academic years. Napolitano returned to private law practice and began television broadcasting in 1995, and has been the senior judicial analyst for the Fox News Channel since 1998.

Andrea Koppel is an award-winning, internationally renowned journalist with more than two decades of experience covering many of the biggest stories and events in the U.S. and across the globe. For the last 14 years she worked as a correspondent for CNN reporting from diverse posts, from Africa to China, covering three secretaries of state and two presidents. Koppel brings her experience in the field, and her journalistic prowess, to shed light on American policies and domestic issues, as well as on issues that impact the world at large.