Dr. Jim Cain is the author of five adventure-based teambuilding texts: Teamwork & Teamplay, which received the Karl Rohnke Creativity Award presented by the Association for Experiential Education (AEE); The Book on Raccoon Circles; A Teachable Moment; Teambuilding Puzzles; and Essential Staff Training Activities. He is the owner and creative force behind the training company known as Teamwork & Teamplay, a Senior Consultant for the Cornell University Corporate Teambuilding Program, and a former Executive Director for the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT). He is the innovator of more than three dozen teambuilding activities and props. Jim makes his home in Brockport, NY.

He holds four engineering degrees including a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester. He frequently serves as a visiting professor and staff development specialist on subjects ranging from teambuilding and experiential education using adventure-based and active learning strategies to corporate culture and leadership. In the past decade, he has presented programs and workshops in 46 states and 17 countries and generally has more teambuilding equipment and a library of adventure-based and active learning books larger than that of many developing nations.

Tiffany Wynn, MA, PC is a professional counselor in Columbus, Ohio. She began utilizing experiential education methodology and theory seven years ago as field staff in a Wilderness Therapy program.  During that time she realized that she needed more education and a deeper understanding of EE if she was going to continue in this field.  Since then she has specialized in adventure and wilderness based interventions with deaf and hearing adolescents and families. Tiffany also has a private practice where she serves adults experiencing mental illness due to chronic pain or injury.  She serves the Association of Experiential Education though the Council on Research and Evaluation and the Therapeutic Adventure Professionals Group. Tiffany is an independent researcher and has supported the dissemination of research and best practices in AEE and within her community.  She has served alongside Dr. Bobbi Beale by presenting on Evidenced Based Kernels and prevention for all (Dr. Dennis Embry's work).  She has also presented on classroom interventions for alternative school teachers since 2005.