Andrew Furco is Associate Vice President for Public Engagement and Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Organizational Leadership Policy and Development at the University of Minnesota, USA.

Robert H. Bruininks is President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of the University of Minnesota, USA.

Robert J. Jones is Chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Kateryna Kent is Assistant Director of Public Engagement Research and Assessment in the Office for Public Engagement at the University of Minnesota, USA.