Geraldine Rosa Henderson, MBA, PhD, is associate professor in the Department of Marketing at Loyola University Chicago. She has authored more than 50 publications, most of which are regarding various aspects of global marketplace diversity and inclusion. She is the corecipient of the Kinnear Best Paper Award for her coauthored article on social justice in the global marketplace. Henderson received her master's degree in business administration and doctorate in marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing her doctorate, she worked for IBM and Kraft. A "doctorpreneur" who often serves as a marketing consultant, expert witness, and research moderator, Henderson serves or has served on several nonprofit boards, including the American Marketing Association, the National Black MBA Association, and the National Society of Black Engineers.

Anne-Marie Hakstian, JD, PhD, is professor of business law at Salem State University. She earned her juris doctor degree from George Washington University Law School and a doctorate in law, policy, and society from Northeastern University. Her dissertation research focused on efforts undertaken by municipal police departments to address racial profiling. She currently works with the New York Attorney General's Office to assess compliance by a retailer with an Assurance of Discontinuance regarding consumer racial profiling. Her research was cited in the NAACP's amicus curiae brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the petitioners in Arguello v. Conoco Inc.. Hakstian's work has been published in law reviews and business journals. She serves on the editorial board of the Business Law Review. Prior to joining academia, she consulted with federal government agencies on matters of Equal Employment Opportunity law and policy.

Jerome D. Williams, PhD, is distinguished professor and the Prudential Chair in Business in the Marketing Department at the Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick. He was a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Food Marketing and Diets of Children and Youth that authored the book Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity? and was appointed by the U.S. Census Bureau to chair the 2010 Communications Contract Academic Assessment Team. He also is coeditor of two books, Advances in Communication Research to Reduce Childhood Obesity and Diversity in Advertising: Broadening the Scope of Research Directions. Williams currently serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing. His primary research interests include multicultural marketing and public health communication. He has been an expert witness in more than 100 court cases, most dealing with consumer racial profiling.