Nichelle Nichols is an American actress, singer, and voice artist best known for her portrayal of Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, and its film sequels. Nichols’ portrayal of Uhura was ground-breaking for African American female characters on American television.
Walter Koenig is best known for his role as Pavel Chekov in Star Trek and Bester on Babylon 5. He is also a writer and producer.
Since moving to California in the early 60’s, Bower has guest starred in over 90 shows, including – amongst others (and not in that order!) – – – Star Trek, (Sylvia, Catspaw) Twilight Zone, Hitchcock Presents, Murder she wrote, Kojak, Fugitive, FBI, Mission Impossible, Hogan’s Heroes, Perry Mason, I spy, Ben Casey, Dr. Kildaire, Wild, Wild West to name just a few. Her credits in several tv movies and tv-series include ‘The Thornbirds’. (as Sarah McQueen). She was a regular on the tv series ‘Neon Rider’. (as Fox). In feature films, she starred as Dr. Pardee in Superbeast , and worked with Brando (Mutiny on the Bounty), Bronson (The Evil that Men do), Jaimie Lee Curtis (Prom Night) amongst others.
Doug Jones is perhaps one of the most brilliant actors of our time. Doug’s career spans numerous years in television and on film, currently Doug can be seen as “Saru” in CBS’ “Star Trek Discovery. He can also be seen in the Oscar winning and highly nominated film “The Shape of Water” in which Doug teams up again to bring an original story to life by director Guillermo del Toro! Fans will long remember Doug for his work as THE SILVER SURFER in FANTASTIC FOUR. He’s also the life and soul of ABE SAPIEN in HELLBOY and HELLBOY II THE GOLDEN ARMY.
The Honorable Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Major General, US Marine Corps (Ret.)
12th NASA Administrator
Founder & CEO Emeritus, The Charles F. Bolden Group
Retired Marine Corps Major General Charles Frank Bolden Jr. was the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from July 2009 until January 2017.
Bolden’s 34-year career with the Marine Corps included 14 years as a member of NASA’s Astronaut Office. After joining the office in 1980, he traveled into orbit four times aboard the space shuttle between 1986 and 1994, commanding two of the missions and piloting two others.
Today, in addition to his numerous professional affiliations, General Bolden serves as the Founder and CEO Emeritus of The Charles F. Bolden Group, providing leadership in the areas of Space/Aerospace Exploration, National Security, STEM+AD Education and Health Initiatives.
Bolden is a graduate of C.A. Johnson High School in Columbia, SC. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Science degree from the University of Southern California.
Bolden is married to the former Alexis Walker of Columbia, SC. They have two children, A. Che’ Bolden, Colonel, USMC (Ret.) and Dr. Kelly M. Bolden, MD, FACS; daughter-in-law Penelope (Penny) Bolden and four grandchildren – granddaughters Mikaley, Kyra and Talia and grandson Walker Elias.
Author, interviewer, host, archivist, producer, voiceover, actor… and fan: LARRY NEMECEK has a background in news and theatre, but it is “Trekland” where he’s worked for over 25 years. A renowned Star Trek authority, Larry is the author of the bestselling classic Star Trek The Next Generation Companion, and a regular convention guest worldwide, often referred to as “Dr. Trek.”
Michael Okuda is known for his work as an art supervisor, heading Star Trek’s Scenic Art Department during the entire run of the franchise from Star Trek: The Next Generation onward, he has been responsible for such things as the look of alien languages, computer screens, and graphic detailing. Together with Rick Sternbach, he served as a technical consultant to the script staff, maintaining technical and chronological continuity and inventing scientific terms and technobabble, resulting in a number of internal “technical manuals.” He is a co-author of the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual, which resulted from the internal documents, the Star Trek Chronology, and the Star Trek Encyclopedia. Okuda is responsible for designing the logarithmic warp scale used in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In addition to numerous film festival grand jury prizes, James Kerwin’s work has earned distinctions such as the Webby, the Geekie, Accolade Awards, Telly Awards, the Axiem, the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant, and the R.C. Norris Screenwriting Award. He was named “Best Director” and “Best Screenwriter” by New York Visionfest for “Yesterday Was a Lie” — his feature film debut from Entertainment One and IndiePix — starring Trek’s Kipleigh Brown and Chase Masterson. James’s live stage credits range from classical to modern; he was listed among the Los Angeles Times’ “Faces to Watch” as part of the Lone Star Ensemble theatre group, and has frequently directed for Daniel Henning and Noah Wyle’s Blank Theatre Company. His directing has been honored by critic Paul Birchall for two consecutive years in Back Stage Magazine’s “Best of the Year” list. James’s work has been cited by scholarly organizations and journals such as the Shakespeare Association of America and Shakespeare Newsletter. He recently directed the hit webseries “Star Trek Continues” and the short film “When the Train Stops” starring Michael Forest, John de Lancie, and Rekha Sharma. James is a member of Mensa, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Denice Okuda worked as scenic artist on the entire run of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Enterprise, as well as on the Star Trek films, Star Trek Generations and Star Trek Nemesis. As computer and video supervisor, she served on the entire run of Star Trek: Voyager. Denise is co-author of the reference books, Star Trek Chronology, Star Trek Encyclopedia, and the Star Trek Sticker Book.
Beverly Washburn is best known to Star Trek fans for portraying Arlene Galway in “The Deadly Years.” She was a child actress and starred in several TV shows and movies including, “Old Yeller,” “Wagon Train,” and “The New Loretta Young Show.”
Tim Russ is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and musician. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager, Robert Johnson in Crossroads (1986), and East of Hope Street (1998), Frank on Samantha Who?, Principal Franklin, a recurring character on the Nickelodeon live-action teen sitcom iCarly, and D.C. Montana on The Highwaymen (1987-1988). He is also an amateur astronomer.
France Nuyen is the French actress who played Elaan in the Star Trek: The Original Series third season episode “Elaan of Troyius”.
Tanya Lemani portrayed Kara in “Wolf in the Fold.” She guest starred in several TV shows including “Bionic Women,” “Get Smart” and “I Dream of Jeanie.”
Michael Forest portrayed Apollo in the TOS episode “Who Mourns for Adonis?” and has appeared in almost 300 TV and movie roles.
BarBara Luna is best known for her portrayal of Lt. Marlena Moreau in the fan favorite episode, “Mirror, Mirror.” She also made several appearances on popular TV shows including, “One Life to Live,” “Gunsmoke,” “Zorro” and “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.”
Sandy Gimpel, is an American stuntwoman, stunt actress, and background performer.
She was in Star Trek: The Original Series first pilot “The Cage.” The costume work led her to being cast as the M-113 creature in “The Man Trap.” Gimpel also served as an extra in later episodes. Gimpel also worked on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Enterprise.
Deborah Lacey is an American actress. Lacey had a recurring role in the final season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Sarah Sisko, the mother of Benjamin Sisko. More recently, Lacey had the recurring role of Carla in Mad Men.
Sean David Kenney is an actor whose short movie and television career spans nine movies and five television guest spots – four of them on Star Trek: The Original Series. His most notable role is probably that of the mute, disfigured Fleet Captain Christopher Pike in “The Menagerie, Part I” and “The Menagerie, Part II”. He also played the minor recurring character of Lieutenant DePaul. For the past fifteen years, Kenney has been a commercial photographer in the Los Angeles area, specializing in corporate portraits and “head shots.” In 2016, he was slated to play “Commodore DePaul” in the fan film “Star Trek: Captain Pike”.
Bobby Clark is an actor and stunt performer, who appeared in Star Trek: The Original Series. Clark and fellow stuntman Gary Combs played the Gorn captain in the TOS episode “Arena”. Clark also appeared as an actor in at least three other episodes.
Mae Carol Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Gary Graham is best known to Star Trek fans as Tanis in the Voyager episode, “Cold Fire” and his recurring role as Ambassador Soval in Enterprise. He is also well known in the sci-fi universe for his leading role as Detective Sikes in the TV show Alien Nation and as Achilles in the movie Robot Jax.
Jimmy Diggs sold more episodes of Star Trek than any other freelance writers in the history of the franchise. He wrote 8 Star Trek: Voyager episodes and one episode for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, (Dr. Bashire, I Presume) which was one of the most popular episodes.
Gigi Edgley is an Australian actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her roles as Chiana on the series Farscape and Lara Knight in Rescue: Special Ops. She also guest starred in Episode VI of Star Trek Continues.
Michael Dante is an American actor, stage and screen director and former professional athlete. He was a frequent extra on Star Trek: The Original Series and was ultimately cast in the role of Maab in the second season episode “Friday’s Child”.
Moogega Cooper is the Lead Planetary Protection Engineer for Mars 2020. She was responsible for ensuring spacecraft compliance with cleanliness requirements. This required interfacing with several entities within JPL, vendors, and NASA Headquarters. Moogega is a recipient of several awards, including the NASA Early Career Public Achievement Medal, the Charles Elachi Award for Exceptional Early Career Achievement, and JPL Voyager Awards for Technical Leadership.
Robert Meyer Burnett is an American filmmaker, DVD producer and, online film pundit and YouTuber. Burnett directed Free Enterprise and the short film The Sacred Fire. He has also edited over 10 feature films, and worked as a Star Trek consultant for Viacom Interactive and Paramount Parks’ Star Trek: The Experience located at the Las Vegas Hilton. Burnett has twice been a guest of honor at the science, science fiction, and fantasy convention, CONvergence.
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