Ryan M. Niemiec is a leading figure in the education, research, and practice of character strengths that are found in all human beings. Ryan is education director of the VIA Institute on Character, a global nonprofit organization that advances the latest science and practical applications of character strengths.
Robert E. McGrath is professor of psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University, senior scientist at the VIA Institute, and has published extensively on the topic of character and virtue. He lives with his wife and very spoiled kitty outside New York City.
Mike Chamberlain is an actor and voice-over performer, as well as an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. Along with animation and video game characters, Mike performs narration and voices promos for television. He lives with his wife and daughter in Southern California.