Steven W. Shirley, Ph.D.: Shirley is vice president and dean of student affairs at Dakota State University, Madison, S.D. He is responsible for undergraduate admissions and oversees the university relations department. He is a former business faculty member and director of study abroad at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. Shirley holds a doctorate in teaching and learning: higher education, a master's degree in marketing and global business, and a bachelor's degree in marketing and management, all from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D. He also is a graduate of the Institute for Educational Management at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Program in Professional Education, Cambridge, Mass.

Blake Faulkner, D.B.A.: Faulkner is president of the online campus/system vice president for international affairs at National American University in Rapid City, S.D. He has worked for the university for 14 years, serving in a variety of roles, including vice president of enrollment, vice president of administration and president of the Rapid City residential campus and online campus. He also has served as athletic director/associate athletic director at Western New Mexico University, Silver City, N.M.; as an instructor at Cameron University, Lawton, Okla., and Peru State College, Peru, Neb.; and as a graduate assistant at Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kan. Faulkner holds a doctorate in business administration from Argosy University, a master's degree from Pittsburg State University and a bachelor's degree from Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colo.