Francis Collins is an American physician-scientist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He served for 32 years at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and as director from 2009 to 2021.

John Hendrix is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator.

Lanta Davis (PhD, Baylor University) is professor of humanities and literature in the John Wesley Honors College at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana.