Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner is the Shirley B. Barton Endowed Associate Professor of Education and director of the Higher Education Administration Program at Louisiana State University.

Lori Latrice Martin is associate professor of sociology and African & African American studies at Louisiana State University.

Roland Mitchell is the Jo Ellen Levy Yates Endowed Professor and associate dean of research engagement and graduate studies in the College of Human Sciences and Education at Louisiana State University.

Hon. Karen P. Bennett-Haron serves as Justice of the Peace in Department 7 for the Las Vegas Justice Court, and is past Chief Justice of the court.

Arash Daneshzadeh is a faculty member at the University of San Francisco School of Education, and director of Programs for Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ).