Peter Coleman is Associate Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Associate Professor of Psychology at The Earth Institute at Columbia University, current Director of Int'l Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Teacher's College, Faculty Sponsor of the MS Program in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution in Dept of Continuing Ed at Columbia, and?an active mediator.

Morton Deutsch is the E.L. Thorndike Professor and director emeritus of the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) at Columbia University. He is considered to be one of the leading pioneers in the study of intergroup relations and conflict resolution.

Eric Marcus is Founder and Principal of The Marcus Group, a consulting firm that specializes in enhancing organizational effectiveness and individual and group development, whose clients include: JPMorgan Chase, United Nations, Neighborhood Housing Services of NYC and Say Yes to Education. He also teaches in the Master's program in Negotiation & Conflict Resolution at Columbia University.