John Doorley, former head of corporate communications at Merck, was most recently associate professor of strategic communications at Elon University. He is now a consultant on reputation management and a writer. He built and taught the world's first undergraduate course in reputation management, at Rutgers University in 2003, and the world's first graduate course in reputation management, at New York University in 2007.

Helio Fred Garcia is president of Logos Consulting Group. He is an adjunct professor in the Executive MBA program at New York University and teaches in the M.S. in Public Relations and Corporate Communication program. He is also an adjunct associate professor of professional development and leadership in Columbia University.