Kenneth L. Johnson, PhD, FACHE, serves as associate dean and professor in the Dumke College of Health Professions at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. He holds a doctorate in health education and has primarily taught in the areas of healthcare administration and population health. He is a past chair of the Association of University Programs in Healthcare Administration and past president of the National Association of Local Boards of Health. He is a Fellow of both the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions. He represents the latter as a member of the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force. Prior to his appointment at Weber State, Dr. Johnson worked for 15 years in healthcare, holding positions in hospital administration and medical group management.

Stephen L. Walston, PhD, has worked as both a professor and a healthcare administrator. He currently serves as director of the University of Utah's master of healthcare administration (MHA) program. Previously, he served as vice president for academic affairs at the University of Utah Asia Campus, located at the Incheon Global Campus in Songdo, Korea. He has also been associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Oklahoma's College of Public Health, MHA program director at Indiana University, and a faculty member at Cornell University. Before his academic career, he spent 14 years as an executive in hospitals in the western United States, including ten years as a CEO. He became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives in 1993. He holds a PhD in healthcare systems and management from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.