Gene was Northwest Mr. Drummer 2001, and is the Regional Sponsor/Executive Producer of the Northwest LeatherSir, Leatherboy & Community Boot Black Contest. Gene is President of Generic Leather Productions, which is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to produce events which raise money for charities benefiting the sexual minority community. He is a former President of Seattle Men in Leather and was Washington State Mr. Leather 2004. He has served on the Board of Directors for Seattle’s Sex Positive Community Center (aka, The Wetspot – now known as the Center for Sex Positive Culture), and enjoyed being it’s Treasurer. He is the proud Patriarch of the Dragon Clan – a leather family comprised of proven leaders in the leather community. Gene regularly presents workshops on various types of BDSM techniques, including fire play, mummification and “Impact Play”, among other topics. When he is not working to promote a sex positive community which feeds his soul, spending quality time with his leatherboy, or attending almost any BDSM event he can, he works as a trust officer for a large national bank.

Big Bad John says, "Been throwing whips for about 8 years. Helps out with Whip Enthusiasts Club @ CSPC."

MISTRESS MARRY is a Professional Dominant, Sex Educator and Social Worker in the Seattle/Tacoma area and has been part of the Kink Community for almost ten years. She frequently teaches Safer Sex and HIV Prevention courses and is particularly interested in Safer Sex/Blood Borne Pathogens and where these topics intersect with the BDSM Culture. She has presented at BDSM Conferences in Victoria and the States as well as local Health Departments, Jails and Prisons.

Mistress Marry identifies as a Dominant, Kinky, Poly, Femme Leather Dyke. She is part of the education team at the Center for Sex Positive Culture (formerly known as The Wetspot in Seattle), was the Vice President of Seattle Women of Leather and is currently involved in planning Wicked Womyn 09.

Robyn Friedman is a Criminal Defense Attorney currently residing in Seattle, Washington.

She has been on staff with the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom since 2000, and from 2002 through 2005, she took on the position as the Director of the Legal Education Outreach Program. She has presented throughout the nation, and Canada, at several SM oriented conferences, such as LIL, Folsom Fringe, Kinkfest, Wicked Womyn, Tribal Fire, Family Ties, Thunder in the Mountains, Leather Reign, Pardise Unbound, Kinky Carnival and Sex Positive conferences such as The North American Conference on Bisexuality, The Evergreen Conference on Gender and Sexuality, Building Bridges, Polycamp and the National Swing Leadership Conference.

She is also a sadomasochist who loves to do incredibly mean things to incredibly nice people. For her needlework is a creative outlet, and she is blessed with many delightful and beautiful canvases to work on!

BossBondage has been involved in the BDSM community for a decade. He is the co-founder and current president of The West Coast Assholes(www.westcoastassholes.com), an edge players advocacy group which focuses on edgeucation within the community. He also serves as the vice president of the Portland leather Alliance(portlandleather.org). Boss recently received mainstream attention, working as the bondage consultant on the music video for def jam recording artists Electrik Red (http://clutchmagonline.com/newsgossipinfo/electrik-red-so-good/) For the last 3 Years he has operated His own professional dungeon The Asylum(asylumdungeon.com). Born from his love of hemp bondage rope, He started BossBondage.com in 2004, where He produces Hemp Bondage rope in a multitude of sizes and colors.

Boss has been a body piercer since 1995 and operates PlayPiercingKits.com which sells play piercing kits and medical kink accessories. For over 5 years he ran his own local fetish night where he routinely taught workshops. Boss often teaches classes at his dungeon the asylum, in addition to bringing in other nationally recognized presenters. Boss is an Oregon state licensed body piercer who has been piercing since 1995, and often teaches needle play classes. Boss also runs his own bondage pay site HillBillyBondage.com that will be debuting soon.

Boss does not get too tied down to titles and just considers Himself to be a bondage artist. In the last several years, through intensive performance of bondage, in particular suspensions, as well as offering private instruction to a wide variety of people, He has developed a unique style. He is self taught and combines western and Asian bondage styles. BossBondage was the winner of the 2006 In the woods Bondage contest, and has been nominated for a pantheon of leather award. He has taught at such northwest events as Leatherwoods, In The Woods, Body Bound, the rose city discussion club, paradise unbound and national events like kinky kollege, Denver Bound, kinkfest, the folsom fringe, cope, octroperfest, Truly Bound and Shibaricon. Boss is a proud sponsor of shibaricon 2010 and will be returning for his third year in a row as a shibaricon instructor.

Michael "Sol" is a nationally recognized sex-positive educator and performance artist active in the fetish, bondage and BDSM communities. Beginning consciously in1980, Sol's alternative journey has resolved into a commitment to merge art, spirituality and connection into his lifestyle in expressions of sacred sexuality, alternative relationships, and participation in BDSM and bondage that include Japanese rope bondage, body art, Edge play, sensation play and photography.

Additionally Sol works with the community in developing interpersonal communication and group dynamics. While teaching technique is a forte Sol believes the soul of relationship is what gives expressions potential.

Sol is the leader of SoCal Shibari, a proud member of the NCSF, and has been an active contributor to many lifestyle conventions, venues, and organizations. Some of these include the Folsom Fringe, Paradise Unbound, GWNN Bash, Club X, Edges Dungeon, SAADE, the Training Camp, APEX, and the SF Citadel.