Bruce D. McDonald III, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Public Budgeting and Finance at NC State University. He also serves as the Editor-in-chief of Public Administration, Co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education, Co-editor of Routledge's Public Affairs Education Book Series, and President of the North Carolina Public Administration Alliance.

Meagan M. Jordan, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Public Budgeting and Finance in the School of Public Service at Old Dominion University. She previously served as the Secretary of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management and is the Chair of the Budget and Finance Management Section of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Public Affairs Education.