Omar Wasow, 34, is the executive director of BlackPlanet.com at Community Connect Inc. and a technology analyst for WNBC and NPR. Omar also works to demystify technology issues through regular TV and radio segments on shows like NBC’s Today, CNN’s Aaron Brown and NPR’s former Tavis Smiley Show. Omar tutored Oprah Winfrey in her first exploration of the Net in the 12-part series Oprah Goes Online. As a result of his active participation in a number of social issues, particularly the charter school movement, Omar was selected to be a fellow in the Rockefeller Foundation’s Next Generation Leadership program. In Fall 2003, a K-5 charter school that Omar helped found opened in his hometown of Brooklyn.