Yang Ai, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Services in the School of Education at the University of Redlands, California, USA. He currently serves as the program chair for both the School and College Counseling program and the Counseling and Psychotherapy program (international). Dr. Ai previously served as Vice President of the Association of Multicultural Counseling and Development and Interim Associate Dean of the School of Education at Redlands. His research focuses on career development and counseling, school counseling, and the experiences of culturally diverse school and college students.

Bryan Dik, Ph.D., is a vocational psychologist and professor of psychology at Colorado State University. He also has an Extraordinary Professor appointment at North-West University in South Africa. He is co-creator of the award–winning PathwayU career assessment platform, and served as co-founder and Chief Science Officer of jobZology until its acquisition by PeopleGrove in 2023. Bryan’s scholarly work focuses on meaning and purpose in the workplace, calling and vocation in career development, and the intersection of faith and work. Currently he directs The LIVE Project (Longitudinal Investigation of Vocational Exploration), expected to be the largest-ever longitudinal study of calling and vocation among students and emerging adults. He has delivered keynote lectures on four continents and has published four books (including Redeeming Work and Make Your Job a Calling). He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and American Scientific Affiliation, and is recipient of the John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career or Personality Research (APA Div. 17) and the Applied Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Award (APA Div. 36). He lives with his wife Amy and their four sons in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

Sabrina Foka-Terles is a clinical psychologist. She specialises in career guidance and the conditions for academic and occupational success. She graduated from CNAM (Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, A tertiary research and education institution), Paris. She has been a national educational psychologist in an Information and Guidance Centre (CIO) since 2012. She supports and advises adolescents and adults in the construction of their educational and occupational project. She is also an independent consultant. Her areas of expertise are: technical vocational education and training, lifelong learning, the school system (school dropouts, establishment of a guidance and remediation system) and guidance for engaging in the French recognition of prior learning system (VAE, Validation des acquis de l'expérience). She has carried out missions in Europe and Africa, and in particular in Morocco. She teaches at Cnam – in Paris and Rouen – since 2020 in socioeconomics or school-to-work transition, and counselling psychology for master’s degree students in counselling psychology. She is currently in the fift year of her doctorate. Her research relates to systemic approaches to guidance within vocational upper secondary schools.