Anthony Hemmelgarn, PhD, is an industrial psychologist who has worked with researchers, organizational leaders, and practitioners nationwide to improve organizational cultures, climates, and effectiveness for over two decades. He is a primary co-developer and the lead implementation expert for ARC, an empirically-proven organizational development model that has improved organizational social contexts within human services across the nation, as well as client, staff,
and organizational outcomes. He and his colleagues' publications in leading journals have helped shape research, organizational change theory, and organizational strategies to improve cultures and climates within human service organizations. He continues to promote and develop innovative approaches
to optimize human services outcomes in healthcare and other human service organizations today.
Charles Glisson, PhD, is currently Chancellor's Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and has directed research on human service organizations funded by the National Institutes for Health, W.T. Grant Foundation and other funders for over 40 years. He has authored over one hundred publications on human service organizations and is internationally known for his research on assessing and changing organizational social context to improve human services. He was awarded the NASW
Lifetime Achievement Award in Health and Mental Health in 2014.