Jean Blumen, Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Organizational Behavior, Claremont Graduate University

Jean Lipman-Blumen is a co-founding director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Leadership. She has served as assistant director of the National Institute of Education and as special advisor to the Domestic Policy Staff in the White House under President Carter, has consulted for various governments and private sector organizations, and was the president of L-BS International, Ltd., a management consulting and public policy research firm. She has published six books, three monographs, and more than 70 articles on public policy, management, leadership, crisis management, and gender issues. Her book, The Connective Edge: Leading in an Interdependent World was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Hot Groups: Seeding Them, Feeding Them, and Using Them to Ignite Your Organization, with Harold J. Leavitt, was the American Publishers' Association "Business Book of the Year." Other books include The Allure of Toxic Leaders: Why We Follow Destructive Bosses and Corrupt Politicians and The Art of Followership: How Great Followers Creat Great Leaders and Organizations.   

David Campbell, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Center for Creative Leadership

David Campbell is renowned in the field of industrial and organizational psychology. He created the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory and its successor, the Campbell Interest and Skill Survey, widely-used assessment tools for career choices. His books include If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Probably End Up Somewhere Else and If I'm in Charge Here, Why is Everybody Laughing? More recently, he published the Campbell Development Surveys, which analyze working interests, skills, leadership potential and teamwork.

Thomas Cronin, McHugh Professor of American Institutions and Leadership at Colorado College, Professor Emeritus at Whitman College

Thomas E. Cronin is a political scientist and leadership scholar. He is McHugh Professor of American Institutions and Leadership at Colorado College and President Emeritus at Whitman College. He is author or co-author of a dozen books on American government and politics. He is co-author with Michael A. Genovese of Leadership Matters: Unleashing the Power of Paradox.

Jeff Jackson, Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, Dean of Faculty, United States Air Force Academy

Dr. Jackson graduated from Duke University with double majors in psychology and sociology. He pursued the psychology emphasis, receiving masters and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from Loyola University Chicago. He joined the Air Force in 1984, serving as Chief of Psychological Services at MacDill AFB, FL and multiple positions at the U.S. Air Force Academy—Chief of Counseling Services, Director, Cadet Counseling and Leadership Center, and Head, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership. Following his retirement from active duty in 2004, he has been preparing commanders, performing program evaluations, and conducting leadership research.

Frederic Luskin, Senior Consultant in Health Promotion, Stanford University, Professor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology

Dr. Luskin holds a Ph.D. in Counseling and Health Psychology from Stanford University. He is the Co-Director of the Stanford-Northern Ireland HOPE Project, an ongoing series of workshops and research projects that investigate the effectiveness of his forgiveness methods on the victims of political violence. He has taught and lectured on forgiveness worldwide and has been featured for his forgiveness work in many major media outlets. Fred is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. He also holds a California License as an Educational Psychologist. Dr. Luskin is the author of Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Healing and co-author with Ken Pelletier, Ph.D. of Stress Free for Good: 10 Scientifically Proven Life Skills for Health and Happiness.

Martha Montello, Associate Professor, Kansas University School of Medicine, and Co-Chair, University of Kansas Hospital Ethics Committee

Martha Montello joined the Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine in 1997. She is the lead ethics faculty for ethics education in the Kansas University School of Medicine. She is course director for a required course in professionalism and ethics for medical students. She co-chairs the Hospital Ethics Committee and ethics consult service. She has published extensively in major journals that focus on bioethics issues in medicine. Research interests include clinical bioethics, narrative ethics, literature and medicine, and philosophy and medicine.

Ron Riggio, Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology at Claremont McKenna College and Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute

Ron Riggio has been at Claremont McKenna College since 1996. He is the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology and the former Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute at CMG. Prior to that he worked in the Cal State and University of California systems for many years. He is a leadership scholar and organizational psychologist, but his early background was in social psychology and nonverbal communication. His areas of expertise include Human Resources Management, Innovation, Leadership, Organizational Psychology, and Non-Verbal Communication. He has co-authored Leadership Studies: The Dialogue of Disciplines, The Practice of Leadership, Transformational Leadership, and Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations.

Alicia Valladolid-Cuaron, OSF, Founder and Director of Bienestar Family Services

Sr. Alicia Valladolid-Cuarón received her B.S and M.A degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso and a doctorate in Education from the University of Northern Colorado. Recently she served as Vice President of Provincial Council for the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, Sacred Heart Province. At the national level, Sr. Alicia served on the National Board of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) as National Director of Education, Leadership and Economic Development. Sr. Cuarón was inducted into the Women’s Colorado Hall of Fame and received The ATHENA Award from the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce, the Vale La Pena Award- Boy Scouts of America and the Colorado Rockies Community Award.

Daniel Watola, Assistant Professor and Deputy Department Head for Leadership Programs and Curriculum, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, Dean of Faculty, United States Air Force Academy

Lieutenant Colonel Watola has served in several science and engineering positions throughout the Air Force, including flight test engineer for the Northrup-Grumman B-2A Spirit, occupational analyst, and research laboratory division chief.  He is responsible for a core leadership development course for 1,100 cadets per year as well as a four-course leadership track within the behavioral science major. He is also Program Manager for the Air Officers Commanding Master’s Program, a joint Air Force Intermediate Development Education Program and Air Force Institute of Technology graduate degree program that prepares high potential Air Force Majors to command cadet squadrons at the United States Air Force Academy. Lt. Col. Watola also oversees the Cadet Commanders’ Leadership Enrichment Seminar, a leadership development workshop for 155 cadet commanders and intercollegiate team captains per year.