A leading expert in reading, Dr. Libby graduated from The University of Pittsburgh with a Doctorate in Reading, Language Arts and Children's Literature. She has her Masters in Reading, a Reading Specialist Certificate and a Bachelors degree in Elementary and Early Childhood Education from The Ohio State University. While working in higher education for 17 years, Dr. Libby taught elementary education courses at The University of Pittsburgh and both undergraduate and graduate courses in topics such as early childhood and elementary reading, language arts and children's literature at Slippery Rock University. Dr. Libby has worked as an elementary teacher, and as a freelance writer creating teaching guides to accompany reading and science material for elementary classrooms. Currently living outside of Pittsburgh with her husband and three daughters, she works with students in literature groups focusing on comprehension skills and conducts workshops for teachers.

Eric Klopfer is Associate Professor and the Director of the MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program and the Director of the The Education Arcade. His research focuses on the development and use of computer games and simulations for building understanding of science and complex systems. His work combines research and development of games and simulations, from initial conceptualization, through implementation, piloting, professional development and end-user research. He is the creator of StarLogo TNG, a platform for helping kids create 3D simulations and games using a graphical programming language, as well as several mobile game platforms including location-based Augmented Reality games, and ubiquitous casual games. He is the author of "Augmented Learning," a book on handheld games and learning from MIT Press, and is co-author of the book, "Adventures in Modeling: Exploring Complex, Dynamic Systems with StarLogo." He is a founding member of the Learning Games Network.

Dr. Lise Eliot is Associate Professor of Neuroscience at The Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science. A Chicago native, she received an A.B. degree from Harvard University, a Ph.D. from Columbia University, and did post-doctoral research at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. In addition to teaching and writing, Dr. Eliot lectures widely about children's brain and mental development. In addition to more than 50 published peer-reviewed journal articles and magazine pieces, Eliot is the author of two books, "Pink Brain, Blue Brain," which examines sex differences and children's gender development and "What's Going On In There," which charts babies' brain development from conception onward and its relationship to children's emerging mental abilities. Dr. Eliot and her husband live outside Chicago with their daughter and two sons.

For the past three years, Pilar Clark has worked closely with VTech Toys to broaden community outreach. In her role as the VTech Mom, she identifies the latest parenting trends and translates them to social media-based conversation. She is the voice behind VTech Toys’ Facebook and Twitter. Clark is an award-winning writer and social media strategist who graduated from Saint Mary’s College with a B.A. in English Writing, in addition to concentrations in Communications and Spanish. A Chicago native, she spent five years working in the fields of advertising and publishing. In 2006, Clark pitched a baby-finds-and-toddler-flaunts column to Chicago Parent magazine, which became Cosmotot. In late 2010, her second column for Chicago Parent magazine, Convonista, launched featuring exclusive celebrity interviews. She continues to author both, in addition to two independent blogs – one related to travel and the other to special needs. Clark and her husband live in the suburbs of Chicago with their two children.