Chap Clark is Professor of Youth, Family, and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA and President of Foothill Community Ministries, Inc., the parent company of the HURT Seminars. He is also the executive director of the Young Life Partnership Student Leadership Project as well as Institute of Youth Ministry. Chap is the senior editor or Youthworkers Journal and an active leader in many national youth organizations for more than 25 years.

John Bazzanella is the Director of Camp ReCreation, a residential camping program in northern California serving children and adults with developmental disabilities. John holds a master's degree in Business Administration from California State University Sacramento and a master's degree in Nonprofit Administration from the University of San Francisco. He has done independent consulting for nonprofit organizations in the areas of strategic planning and fundraising.

John R. Landgraf, Ph.D., wears many hats. As Dr. John Landgraf, he does pastoral psychotherapy, spiritual direction and vocational guidance in Redwood City, plus career counseling and consulting at The Center for Ministry in Oakland. As the Rev. John Landgraf, he leads workshops and retreats, teaches at Fuller Theological Seminary in Menlo Park and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and teaches and preaches in local churches.