Mary Cay Ricci is an education consultant, speaker, and author of The New York Times best- selling education book, Mindsets in the Classroom: Building a Growth Mindset School Community; its companion, Ready- to- Use Resources for Mindsets in the Classroom; children's book, Nothing You Can't Do! The Secret Power of Growth Mindsets, and a book for education administrators, Create a Growth Mindset School: An Administrator's Guide to Leading a Growth Mindset Community. She is a former teacher and central office administrator. Mary Cay holds a Master of Science in Education from Johns Hopkins University.

Margaret "Meg" Lee is a public-school educator, holding many roles from English teacher to school administrator to director of organizational development. Meg's work in the field of learning science led to projects with the Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning, the Education Writers Association, and the International Society for Technology in Education. She has written for EdSurge, Impact: The Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching, and researchED Magazine, and speaks at gatherings of educators across the United States and in Europe.