Dale A. Blyth is the associate dean for youth development at the University of Minnesota, where he directs the Center for 4-H and Community Youth Development and provides statewide leadership for the youth development program area of the University of Minnesota Extension Service.

Joyce A. Walker is a professor and community youth development educator at the Center for 4-H and Community Youth Development at the University of Minnesota, where she also gives leadership to the Youth Development Leadership M.Ed. Program in the College of Education and Human Development.