Cynthia Jones graduated from the University of California at San Diego in 1974 with a BA in Biology. For the next two years she did community organizing for the Episcopal Women's Caucus to facilitate the change in canon law in the Episcopal Church to enable women to be ordained to the Priesthood.

In 1976 Cynthia Jones became production manager on the start-up staff of MAINSTREAM Magazine. This culminated in her attending in the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals in 1977. Jones served on the Board of Directors of Able-Disabled Advocacy, the corporation that owned MAINSTREAM until 1982 when she assumed the role of Publisher and Editor. In 1984, MAINSTREAM was sold to Exploding Myths, Inc., with Cynthia Jones as President and Chief Executive Officer.

In 1990 Cynthia Jones was invited to discuss disability issues with President George Bush shortly before the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. MAINSTREAM was recognized by the American Library Association in 1992 for "making a substantial contribution to the promotion of independence and empowerment to individuals with disabilities".

Cynthia Jones was appointed to the Advisory Board of the National Center on Medical Rehabilitation Research at NIH in 1994. Cynthia Jones is currently the Director, and Principal Investigator, of The Center for an Accessible Society, funded by the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). The mission of The Center is to be a conduit of useful research information about Independent Living and Disability Research to the media so that people with disabilities and those close to them can find the information they need to live an easier, more productive life.

William G. Stothers was born in Detroit, Michigan, and moved to Canada in 1948. He graduated with honors from the University of Western Ontario in 1963, with a BA in journalism, before embarking on his professional career at The Globe and Mail, "Canada's National Newspaper."

His formal education continued two years later as he studied history at University of Toronto, and then earned his Master's degree in East Asian History, from University of California, Berkeley.

His extensive experience in journalism at The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, and The San Diego Union helped prepare Stothers for his most challenging job to date. Since 1984, William Stothers has held the position of Corporate Secretary of Exploding Myths, Inc., a media company, which owns and publishes MAINSTREAM, a national news, advocacy and lifestyle magazine for persons with disabilities.

Beginning in 1992, Stothers has served as editor of the magazine. Through his work with the magazine and media company, Stothers is redefining the significance of the disability rights movement.

A five year grant, awarded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), has enabled Exploding Myths, Inc., to bring attention to research information on independent living for individuals with disabilities as well as the resources which could assist those individuals in attaining equal opportunities in society.

Through his continued dedication to individuals with disabilities, William Stothers is attempting to bring the subject to the forefront of the media and society as a whole.