William J. Rothwell is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Workforce Education and Development program in the Department of Learning and Performance Systems, College of Education at The Pennsylvania State University. He is also Academy Professor at Penn State University.

Jacqueline M. Stavros is Professor of Management for the College of Business and IT at Lawrence Technological University and a management consultant. She is founder of SOAR Institute and co-founder of CWH Institute.

Steven H. Cady is a Professor of Management and the founding Director of the Doctoral Program in Organization Development & Change at the Schmidthorst College of Business at Bowling Green State University. He is also founder of NEXUS4change, a global community and consultancy.