Veronica Boix Mansilla, EdD, is a senior principal investigator at Project Zero, the renowned educational research institute at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and an international expert on global and intercultural education. Boix Mansilla's research examines conditions that enable individuals to understand and take action on the most pressing issues of our times, from human migration to climate change and environmental stewardship. The resulting research-based frameworks and tools have set the foundations for high-quality interdisciplinary, global, and intercultural education at Project Zero, OECD, Asia Society, Smithsonian Institution, and the International Baccalaureate, among other high-reach initiatives.

Anthony W. Jackson, PhD, is the former vice president for education and founding director of the Center for Global Education at Asia Society. Jackson founded the International Studies Schools Network, an international network of schools dedicated to teaching for global competence now hosted by Community Catalyst Partners. Previously, he directed the Carnegie Corporation's Task Force on the Education of Young Adolescents, which produced the groundbreaking report Turning Points: Educating Adolescents in the 21st Century, and coauthored the seminal follow-up blueprint Turning Points 2000, considered one of the most influential books on middle school reform. Jackson is currently a writer, speaker, and advocate for global competence education.