Bruce Barry is the Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Professor of Management at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. His research on negotiation, ethics, power, influence, and justice has appeared in numerous scholarly journals and volumes. Professor Barry is a past president of the International Association for Conflict Management and a past chair of the Academy of Management Conflict Management Division. He has been recognized as a Fellow of the International Association for Conflict Management.

David Saunders is currently Professor (Administration) and Director, International at Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. He has over 20 years of experience as Dean, leading two business schools to the prestigious Financial Times ranking, and driving the schools' globalization and strategic growth. David has created more than 100 strategic partnerships around the globe. He has served on the board of CEIBS (China), and the International Advisory Boards of SKEMA (France) and Schaffhausen Institute of Technology (Switzerland). David has also forged exclusive strategic relationships with both private (e.g., IBM) and public sector (e.g.. The Canadian Olympic Committee) organizations to provide tailored business education to their needs. He served as Chair of the EQUIS Awarding Body and Vice-Chair of the AACSB Initial Accreditation Committee, as well as a board member of both EFMD and AACSB.