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<ul> <li class="team">Darcy Clarke</li> <li class="team">Chris Coyier</li> <li class="team">Corey Frang</li> <li class="board">Scott González</li> <li class="board">Dan Heberden</li> <li class="board">Paul Irish</li> <li class="board">Scott Jehl</li> <li class="board">Yehuda Katz</li> <li class="board">Dave Methvin</li> <li class="board">Doug Neiner</li> <li class="team">Addy Osmani</li> <li class="board">Todd Parker</li> <li class="board">John Resig</li> <li class="team">Alex Sexton</li> <li class="team">Jonathan Sharp</li> <li class="board">Leah Silber</li> <li class="board">Adam Sontag</li> <li class="team">Karl Swedberg</li> <li class="team">Rick Waldron</li> <li class="board">Ralph Whitbeck</li> <li class="board">Richard D. Worth</li> <li class="board">Jörn Zaefferer</li> </ul>