Dr. Karen E. Watkins is Professor of Learning, Leadership, and Organizational Development in the College of Education at the University of Georgia. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin. Her research focuses on organizational learning, informal and incidental learning, action learning, and action science. With Dr. Victoria Marsick, she co-developed the Dimensions of the Learning Organization Questionnaire (DLOQ), used in over 100 published studies. Dr. Watkins has authored numerous articles and chapters and nine books, and has consulted with multinational organizations, including the OECD and World Health Organization. She was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame (2003) and the Academy of Human Resource Development Scholar Hall of Fame (2014). Dr. Watkins currently serves as President of the Board of Trustees at The Geneva Learning Foundation in Switzerland.

Timothy Snyder, Ph.D., is a practical theologian and scholar of contemporary American religion whose work centers on today's changing religious landscape. He currently serves as Researcher for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, providing research services to the churchwide organization that shape policy and practice. He is also founder and principal of CrieveHall Consulting, where he advises theological schools, grant-funded projects, and educational nonprofits on learning design, research, and evaluation. Previously, Dr. Snyder served as Senior Researcher and Visiting Professor at Wesley Theological Seminary, leading qualitative research for a Lilly Endowment-funded national study of the US religious workforce, and as Associate Dean at The General Theological Seminary. He lives in Nashville and is a member at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Franklin.

Laura Boudon, Ph.D., is Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education and Director of Education Abroad at Emory University’s College of Arts and Sciences. She oversees the study abroad experience for 600 undergraduate students in the College and leads the Ed Abroad team. Laura believes in the transformative nature of study abroad for undergraduate students and the importance of cross-cultural learning. She is committed to enabling and supporting all students to study abroad. She previously served as Director of Study Abroad at Georgia State University and Florida International University and has over twenty years of experience in higher education, having also worked at Georgetown University, American University, and the University of South Carolina.

Rev. Dr. Jonathan Trapp serves as Associate Pastor for Faith Formation at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Atlanta, a call he has held since 2018. A bivocational minister, he also works in emergency management at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he is responsible for the safety, security, and continuity of operations for staff deploying to public health emergencies around the world. Rev. Dr. Trapp completed his Doctor of Ministry at Candler School of Theology, where his final project examined the implementation of the Code Lavender caregiver support intervention and documented a correlation between the intervention and reduced acute stress among emergency-response personnel. He previously served as a chaplain at Emory University Hospital and holds a Master of Divinity from Luther Seminary, a Master of Public Administration from the University of Georgia, and a Bachelor of Arts from Berry College.