Helen Blier is director of continuing education at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and the president of the Association for Leaders in Lifelong Learning for Ministry. She also works as a resource consultant for In Trust Center for Theological Schools. Blier previously served as director of student information and organizational evaluation at ATS, and she served on the faculty at Boston College Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry. A graduate in theology from Boston College, she holds a Master of Education in religious education from Boston College and a PhD in religion and education from the Graduate Division of Religion of Emory University.

Thad Austin serves as the executive director of the Common Table Collaborative and as vice president of the EveryAge Foundation. He recently worked as the senior director of strategic initiatives and congregational engagement at Duke University's Ormond Center. His most recent book Caring for Clergy: Understanding a Disconnected Network of Providers explores the frontiers of continuing education and its relationship to the care of pastors. An ordained clergyperson, Austin has served parishes in Kentucky and Tennessee. More information about his research can be found at https://www.caringforclergybook.com/.