Susan Baum
Susan Baum, Ph.D, is Chancellor of the Bridges Graduate School for Cognitive Diversity in Education and C0-director of the 2e Center for Research and Professional Development at Bridges Academy, a school for twice exceptional students.
Jann Leppien
Dr. Jann H. Leppien is Professor Emerita from Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. She is the former Margo Long Chair in Gifted Education and Program Director for graduate programs in gifted education (2013-2021).
Marcia Imbeau
Marcia B. Imbeau is currently a professor and childhood/elementary education program coordinator in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Arkansas working in their teacher preparation program with over 40 years of education experience.
Estee Aiken
Estee Aiken is Chair of the Division of Education at the University of Montana Western.
Janine Firmender
Janine M. Firmender is a professor in the Teacher Education Department at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Angela Housand
Angela Housand is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Program Support, and Student Success at the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Watson College of Education.
Brian Housand
Dr. Brian Housand, is the coordinator of the Academically or Intellectually Gifted program at University of North Carolina Wilmington and creator of Gifted360.com.
Elizabeth Fogarty
Liz is an assistant professor of literacy at the University of St. Thomas where she teaches classes on foundations of reading, assessment of reading, and literacy methods. Her research work focuses on co-teaching, talented readers, and practice-based teacher education.
Susan Solomon
Susan Solomon is a Gifted Coordinator partnering with Purdue University’s Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute. She is President-Elect of the Michigan Associated fro Gifted Children.
Susan Wolfe
Susan Wolfe, MAT, Ed.S, is a Gifted and Talented Education Specialist and consultant, representing a cumulative total of 28 years in the classroom.
Michelle Youngquist
Michelle Youngquist is the Education Program Manager for the Idaho Forest Products
Commission and state coordinator for Project Learning Tree, where she has served since 1994.
James LeDoux
James LeDoux teachers Literature and Theory of Knowledge at Renaissance High School in the West Ada School District in Meridian, Idaho. He is currently completing his doctorate in Curriculum Instruction and Design at Boise State University.
Cynthia Hand
Cynthia is the New York Times bestselling author of several books for teens, including the Unearthly trilogy, The Last Time We Say Goodbye, The Afterlife of Holly Chase, The How & The Why, and With You All The Way. She also writes the Jane books with fellow authors Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton: My Lady Jane, My Plain Jane, My Calamity Jane, My Contrary Mary, and My Imaginary Mary.
Tamara Fisher Alley
Tamara is the K-12 Gifted Education Specialist (teacher and coordinator) for the Polson School District, located on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. She is Co-Director of Edufest, the northwest’s premiere conference on gifted and talented education, as well as a Past President of the Montana Association for Gifted and Talented Education (Montana AGATE).
Jeff Danielian
In addition to directing the LaSalle Scholars Program and teaching freshman biology at LaSalle Academy in Providence, Rhode Island, serves as the editor-in-chief for the National Association for Gifted Children’s (NAGC) magazine, Teaching for High Potential. He serves as co-director of Edufest.