Lori A. Russell-Chapin, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Education, Counseling and Leadership at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. She is also codirector for the Center for Collaborative Brain Research (CCBR), a partnership among OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and the Illinois Neurological Institute, and is the recipient of the American Counseling Association's Trailblazer Award for her work on neurocounseling. She is also an ACA fellow.

Nancy E. Sherman, PhD, is an emeritus professor in the Department of Education, Counseling and Leadership at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. She is a three-time Fulbright scholar and past president of Chi Sigma Iota, International.

Theodore J. Chapin, PhD, is the president of Resource Management Services, Chapin & Russell Associates, and The Neurotherapy Institute of Central Illinois.

Allen E. Ivey, PhD, is a distinguished university professor (emeritus) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and president of Microtraining Associates, an educational publishing firm. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology; past president and fellow of the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association; and an elected fellow of the American Counseling Association, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, and the Asian American Psychological Association.