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Mark E. Battersby, Ardmore, Pa., is a business consultant, lecturer and columnist specializing in taxes and finance. He holds an MBA from Temple University, Philadelphia, and bachelor's degrees from both Temple and the University of Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. He is the author of four books on taxation, finance and retirement planning. As a financial consultant, he has advised businesses on financing, mergers and acquisitions, and business development.

Arthur H. Bell, professor of management communication at the McLaren School of Business, University of San Francisco, writes on a broad range of management issues. He has a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University and is the author or co-author of 37 books on management communication, career skills, language and business strategy. His consulting firm, Bell Communication Associates, lists TRW, Charles Schwab, Paine Webber, Price-Waterhouse, American Stores, Global Technologies, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. State Department among its clients.

J. Tol Broome Jr. is a credit risk manager with Centura Bank in Greensboro, N.C., specializing in commercial lending. His work with hundreds of different businesses has given him a special perspective and framework for his management and banking articles oriented to small businesses.

Linda Cahan of Fairfield, Conn., is a retail visual consultant specializing in merchandising and store design. She has taught at the Parsons School of Design in New York City and is the author of a textbook on merchandising. She has lectured extensively throughout the world.

Robert J. Chalfin is an attorney and CPA and president of The Chalfin Group of Metuchen, N.J., which specializes in providing strategic planning, valuation and consulting services to entrepreneurial businesses. He teaches graduate courses in management at The Wharton School Entrepreneurial Center of the University of Pennsylvania and is an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at the Columbia University Business School. The Best Lawyers in America Directory of Experts cites him as an authority on business valuation.

Doug Dartnell, owner of Taylor Rental Center in Concord, N.H., has taken a highly active leadership role in the rental industry for many years and currently serves on the A.R.A. Board of Directors.

Roxanne Emmerich, Minneapolis, has spoken to more than 1,000 audiences on management issues, organizational effectiveness and change.

Linda Formichelli of Attleboro, Mass., who writes on human resources topics, has a master's degree in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley.

CPA, business consultant and Rental Management financial writer Phil Goldstein serves on the executive board of the New York Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is a partner in the business consulting and accounting firm of Levitan Yegidis & Goldstein in Middletown, N.Y., where he specializes in counseling construction companies.

Edwin Hoover, president of LSi Resource for Family Business Management in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., and Mike Henning, principal of Henning Family Business Center in Effingham, Ill., cover a broad range of family business issues.

Insurance executives Phil Kelling, president and CEO of A.R.A. Insurance Services, and Mike Martinie, director of claims and underwriting, write the Risk Management column.

Keith Klarin, who owned event and party rental businesses in Shrewsbury and Ocean Township, N.J., before his retirement in 1997, is now an industry consultant (Perfect Party Consulting Services, Palm City, Fla.) He has written the monthly Party Perfect column since 1980 and publishes an independent newsletter, Party Equipment Rental Letter. He was A.R.A. president in 1987.

Don Taylor, CEO of Data Staar Communications in Amarillo, Texas, and co-author of Up Against the Wal-Marts and Solid Gold Success Strategies for Your Business, writes the Minding Your Own Business column.