Jeffrey Pomerantz is an information scientist. He was most recently Associate Professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he developed and taught the MOOC "Metadata: Organizing and Discovering Information," and a Visiting Professor at the University of Washington.

Steve Menasche is a conservatory-trained actor and musician who has toured the world with "West Side Story", " Jesus Christ Superstar", and the American Folk Theatre. As a voice actor, he has been the guy next door voice for numerous national radio and television campaigns, including Proactive, Arby s, Countywide, Shaklee, and Lexus. He can also be seen as an on-screen actor featured in nationwide ads for IBM. He is a fourth degree black belt in jujitsu who still practices regularly and volunteers for underprivileged children.