Bre Pettis is a founder of Makerbot, a company that produces robots that make things. Bre is also a founder of NYCResistor, a hacker collective in Brooklyn. Besides being a TV host and Video Podcast producer, he's created new media for Etsy.com, hosted Make: Magazine's Weekend Projects podcast, and has been a schoolteacher, artist, and puppeteer. Bre is passionate about invention, innovation, and all things DIY. Anna Kaziunas France teaches the "how to make (almost) anything" rapid prototyping course in digital fabrication at the Fab Academy at AS220. She is also the Dean of Students for the Global Fab Academy program. She has a social science (economics + sociology + anthropology) background.

She wears many hats and has worked as an infomation architect, user experience designer, usability specialist, interaction designer, experimental fabricator and teacher. She is a member of the fab lab / hackerspace AS220 Labs. She loves Providence, Rhode Island and is in the process of scanning and printing it. MakerBlock is a blogger, maker, and tinkerer who explores 3D printing and design. He's shared his 3D printing knowledge on his own blog, and also posts regularly on the MakerBot blog.