Catherine M. Gerard serves as Director of the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC), Associate Director of Executive Education Programs, and Adjunct Professor of Public Administration at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. In her role as Director of PARCC, she oversees an internationally known center for theory-building and practice in conflict and collaboration. Her research focus is the education and practice of managers and students in the skills of collaborative leadership and change.

W. Henry Lambright is Professor of Public Administration, International Affairs, and Political Science and Director of the Science and Technology Policy Program at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He teaches courses at the Maxwell School on technology and politics; energy, environment, and resources policy; and bureaucracy and politics.

Steve Sawyer is a Professor in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University and currently serves as Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Programs. He does social informatics research, with a particular focus on the ways in which people work together and use information and communication technologies. His research has been supported by Credit Suisse, Corning, IBM, Sonoco, Xerox, the Lattanze Foundation, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the National Center for Real Estate Research, and the National Science Foundation.

Rosemary O’Leary is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, Phanstiel Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership, and Director of the Collaborative Governance Initiative at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. She is the former Co-Director of the Syracuse University Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC). O’Leary is also the Birkhead-Burkhead Professor of Teaching Excellence.