Ms. Judith Marx Golub, a fourth generation Californian, is vice-president and chief financial officer of Software Management Network, a software maintenance consulting firm. She spent the first 24 years of her career as a software developer/maintainer before forming her own company. She has used her marketing and sales skills to put on conferences, seminars, workshops, and trade shows, as well as provide outreach support to speakers in various fields of interest, including SETI. Her interest in astronomy and SETI led her to become involved as conference coordinator for CONTACT 2000. On a personal note, she enjoys photography, entertaining, cooking, travel, and antiques. To hone her skills at alien communications, she talks frequently to Mr. Dickens, her 3.5-pound Yorkshire terrier.