Jennifer Lewis Priestley, Ph.D. is a Professor of Statistics and Data Science. Since 2004, she has served as the Associate Dean of the Graduate College and as the Executive Director of the Analytics and Data Science Institute at Kennesaw State University. In 2012, the SAS Institute recognized Dr. Priestley as the 2012 Distinguished Statistics Professor of the Year. She served as the 2012 and 2015 Co-Chair of the National Analytics Conference. Datanami recognized Dr. Priestley as one of the top 12 "Data Scientists to Watch in 2016." She architected the first Ph.D. Program in Data Science, which launched in February 2015.

Robert Joseph McGrath, Ph.D. is the Everett B Sackett Professor of Health Management and Policy within the College of Health and Human Services at the University of New Hampshire. Since 2018 he has served as the Chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy and the Director of the Graduate Programs in Health Data Science. Prior to that time, he founded and directed the UNH Graduate Programs in Analytics and Data Science.