The Honorable Gregory Winston Slayton is an American professor, diplomat, author, businessman, and philanthropist. He is an adjunct professor of business administration at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and continues to work as a venture capitalist. He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership at UIBE Business School in Beijing. Slayton resides in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his wife and children.

Chuck Colson was a popular and widely known author, speaker, and radio commentator. A former presidential aide to Richard Nixon and founder of the international ministry Prison Fellowship, he wrote many books that have shaped Christian thinking on a variety of subjects, including Born Again, Loving God, How Now Shall We Live?, The Good Life, and The Faith. The radio broadcast he started, BreakPoint, continues to reach 6.5 million listeners per week through more than 1,300 outlets. Chuck Colson donated all of his royalties, awards, and speaking fees to Prison Fellowship Ministries.