Raymond J. Wlodkowski is a licensed psychologist and an award-winning teacher. The author and coauthor of numerous books on the topics of motivation and learning, he currently serves as professor in the School for Professional Studies and is the director of the Center for the Study of Accelerated Learning at Regis University in Denver, Colorado.

Margery B. Ginsberg is an educational researcher, author, and consultant. She currently advises states and school districts on designing and implementing comprehensive school reform. Ginsberg's work integrates student and teacher motivation as the basis for transformation. She has developed comprehensive school improvement initiatives throughout the United Stated, and in Japan and Germany.