Dr. Marylouise Fennell, RSM, is an internationally recognized management consultant in higher education. Dr. Fennell specializes in independent higher education as a mentor, counselor, search consultant, and consultant to presidents, administrators, and boards of trustees of colleges and universities, and for-profit businesses that serve the non-profit sector. She is a partner in the search firm Hyatt-Fennell Executive Search Consultants.

Dr. Scott D. Miller is the President of Virginia Wesleyan University, a national university of the liberal arts and sciences in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is one of the most experienced and prominent liberal arts college presidents in America, having led four colleges and universities for more than 32 years.