Edith Ackermann is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Aix-Marseille in France. She is a Visiting Scientist at the M.I.T. School of Architecture's Center for Advanced Visual Studies. In addition to teaching graduate students and conducting research, she consults for companies and institutions interested in the intersection between learning, teaching, design, and digital technologies.

Hallie Cohen is Professor and Head of the Art Department at Marymount Manhattan College. She is Curator of the Philoctetes Center exhibition space.

Paul Harris is Professor of Education at Harvard University and author of The Work of Imagination.

Mary Luallen is a psychotherapist and serves on the Advisory Board of the Philoctetes Center.

Edward Nersessian is a psychotherapist and Co-Director of the Philoctetes Center.