Dr. Cash holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, and the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, Minnesota. In addition to work in magnet schools for gifted students and as a curriculum specialist, he has been the Administrator of Gifted Programs in Rochester, Minnesota, and the Director of Gifted Programs for the Bloomington Public Schools in Minnesota. He has presented internationally on research-based strategies and techniques with proven connections to increased student achievement and has published numerous articles and books, including Advancing Differentiation: Thinking and Learning for the 21st Century and Self-Regulation in the Classroom: Helping Students Learn How to Learn. At the end of the day, his greatest passion is helping teachers recognize the various talents all children possess and create learning experiences to allow those talents to flourish.

Dr. Carol V. Horn is a graduate of Emmanuel College in Boston, has a Master of Education in Educational Psychology with an emphasis on Gifted from the University of Virginia, and a doctorate in Teacher Preparation and Special Education from The George Washington University. She is the 2002 recipient of the Hollingsworth Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) for outstanding research in the field of gifted education and in 2010 she received the first Outstanding Leader Award from the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary. In 2015 she was recognized as a Coordinator of the Year by the National Association for Gifted Children. Dr. Horn has worked extensively to develop and implement the Young Scholars model, a comprehensive approach to finding and nurturing gifted potential in young learners from underrepresented populations. Young Scholars was featured as one of eight successful programs that support low-income high-ability students in the 2012 NAGC Unlocking Emergent Talent report.