DEBRA DENKER is a writer, photographer, film-maker and energy healer. Published in National Geographic and other publications, she is the author of Sisters on the Bridge of Fire: One Woman's Journeys in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, and has had a documentary film shown on TV and in film festivals. She also has taught healing internationally and is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner.

PHILLIP GIBBS has worked in international development for over twenty years with various United Nations agencies in Somalia, Mozambique, Croatia, Nepal and Uganda, and with national agencies in the U.S. and Canada. His primary areas of expertise are qualitative data gathering, program design and evaluation, organizational development and conflict resolution.

CRICKET HOOPER JIRANEK is Executive Vice-President Sales at CTM Brochure Display, Inc., the largest brochure distribution company on the East Coast, and also is the Managing Partner of CTM Productions, which produces Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. In addition, as a board member of Perception, she oversees The Rwanda Project which was founded by her late husband David Jiranek.

TARA LUMPKIN, PhD, is an anthropologist who has worked in humanitarian aid and environmental projects for over fifteen years in Latin America, Africa and Asia. In addition, she treats individuals suffering from trauma in the U.S. and abroad. And she has published poetry, fiction and nonfiction, as well as winning more than half a dozen writing prizes, fellowships and grants.