Nusa Maal is the founder of SenseSmart, Inc., a visual mapping consulting firm. She illustrated The New Mind Map and illustrated and contributed to How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci.
Gail Saunders-Smith is a former classroom teacher, Reading Recovery® Teacher Leader and served as Reading/ Language Arts K-12 Supervisor and Coordinator of State and Federal Programs for the Summit County ESC. Currently, Gail is an assistant professor in the Beeghly College of Education at Youngstown State University. She is also an independent staff developer, writer, and editor.
Anne J. Udall is the executive director of the Lee Institute, an organization that aims to build collaborative leadership, and has worked as a teacher and assistant superintendent.
Joan E. Daniels has taught in desegregated magnet schools, playing an integral part in developing challenging programs for a culturally diverse student body.
Marc Levitt is a writer/storyteller/consultant who tours throughout the United States and to over thirty-five countries. Levitt has created one-person historical shows, musically enhanced historical and ecological narratives, and award-winning audios, and has produced plays and a documentary film on Narragansett stonemasons.
Dr. Elizabeth C. Reilly serves as director of the doctoral program in Educational Leadership for Social Justice and is a professor of education at Loyola Marymount University. Elizabeth has served as an associate professor at Pepperdine University and she established the joint doctoral program in Leadership for Educational Equity at the University of California, Berkeley.