Beth Caldwell served as the director of the national Building Bridges Initiative since its inception and has years of experience consulting nationally and internationally to implement practices and policy changes that align with the research on improved outcomes for youth and families post residential discharge.

Robert E. Lieberman has over four decades of direct care, clinical, and organizational leadership in residential programs. He has written extensively and trains and consults nationally.

Janice LeBel is a board-certified psychologist with over 30 years' experience working in public sector youth and family services overseeing an array of services and promoting positive cultures of care.

Gary M. Blau is a clinical psychologist and the executive director of The Hackett Center for Mental Health, a Regional Program of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute. Prior to this he served as the chief of the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.