Dr. Beaven received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas in 1995. From 1990-1995 he was a Research Assistant and Office of Naval Research Doctoral Fellow at the University of Kansas Radar Systems and Remote Sensing Laboratory, and from 1995-2000 he was with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center-San Diego (SSC-SD). While at SSC-SD, he served as Program Manager for real-time target detection and recognition under DARPA's Adaptive Spectral Reconnaissance Program (ASRP). Since joining Space Computer Corporation in 2000, Dr. Beaven's work has focused on adaptive detection and exploitation processing for hyperspectral, multispectral and multi-sensor image data. He is currently focused on research and development of multi-sensor exploitation, change detection and hyperspectral tracking concepts.

Roger Hathaway began his federal career in 1983 as an educational programs officer serving precollege institutions in North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia. Over his 22-year career with the Agency, he has served as a NASA consultant to national education associations, state and regional school and university administrations, private industry and local businesses. He has been a leader in such programs as the Cooperating Hampton Roads Organization for Minorities in Engineering (CHROME), the Summer High-School Apprenticeship Research Program (SHARP), the Virginia Chamber of Commerce Business/Industry/Government-Education (BIG-Ed) Council and Langley's Explorer Post program.

David Holland is a Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere-Ocean Science in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (CIMS) of New York University (NYU). He also serves as the Director of the Center for Atmosphere -Ocean Science (CAOS). Dr. Holland joined NYU in 1998 as an Assistant Professor. Prior to that he was an Associate Research Scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.Dr. Holland is an oceanographer studying phenomena of the polar oceans and their impacts on global climate, for example, the global sea level. His current research interests include the study of the interaction of floating ice shelves with polar ocean waters, the acquisition and implementation of observational data for model improvements, and the study of the teleconnection between polar and temperate/tropical latitudes.

Dr. Person is currently responsible for helping NASA ensure the participation of underrepresented and underserved populations in its programs, projects and activities as the Manager of MUREP and as NASA’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Program Manager. Prior to joining NASA in 1999,Dr. Person was employed by the US Department of Education as Director of the Institutional Development and Undergraduate Education Service and as Executive Director of the HBCU Capital Financing Program.

Christopher Shuman is an Associate Research Scientist for the University of Maryland's Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center at Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA/GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. As a member of the Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory in the Topography and Surface Change group, he is working with Dr. David Harding on a new swath laser altimeter, and continuing to study the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets using satellite and field observations. Of particular interest is assessing elevation change with ICESat laser altimetry data and the nature of Antarctica's large subglacial lakes. The overall goal is to help understand the current status of these vast ice sheets in the climate system so that their future may be predicted. He is also an Adjunct Faculty member of the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center at the University of Maryland, College Park.