Walter S. Polka is professor of leadership and coordinator of the PhD program at Niagara University with over fifty-five years in education including thirteen years as superintendent of schools.

John E. McKenna is an award-winning educator and adjunct professor with over thirty-five years of public education experience as a teacher, building principal, and district-level administrator.

Monica J. VanHusen has been an educator for the past eighteen years and currently is the coordinator of technology integration for Stafford Virginia Public Schools.