Bette LaSere Erickson is director of the Instructional Development Program at the University of Rhode Island. She was a founding member and former executive director of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network.

Calvin B. Peters is professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Rhode Island. He was co-principal investigator of the university's Multicultural Center Faculty Fellows Program.

Diane Weltner Strommer is an accreditation adviser to international institutions of higher education in Europe and the Middle East. She is dean emerita of University College and Special Academic Programs at the University of Rhode Island.