Patricia Bean McConnell, Ph.D, CAAB Emeritus is an ethologist who consulted with pet dog and cat owners for over thirty years regarding serious behavioral problems, has given seminars on companion animal behavior both domestically and internationally, and has written several books on training and behavior relating to their dogs..

Julia Barnard is an author whose works include *New Decorator* (DK Living) and *La décoration aujourd'hui : confort et bien-être dans la maison*. She has also contributed writing to UNC Research Stories, the online magazine of research and creative activity published by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Mieshelle Nagelschneider is an American cat behaviorist, author of the eponymously titled book The Cat Whisperer and founder of The Cat Behavior Clinic in Portland, Oregon..

Thomas McNamee is an American writer and Guggenheim Fellow.