Megan Bang (Ojibwe and Italian descent) is a professor at Northwestern University and a member of the National Academy of Education. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Bryan Brayboy (Lumbee descent) is President's Professor and Vice President of Social Advancement at Arizona State University and co-editor of The Journal of American Indian Education. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

Linda Tuhiwai Smith is Professor of Education and Maori Development, Pro-Vice Chancellor Maori, dean of the School of Maori and Pacific Development, and Director of Te Kotahi Research Institute at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, where she lives. She lives in New Zealand.