W. Brad Johnson is a clinical psychologist and gender-in-the-workplace expert. A former commissioned officer in the Navy, Johnson served as a psychologist at Bethesda Naval Hospital and at the Medical Clinic at Pearl Harbor, and as a professor of leadership and psychology at the US Naval Academy. He is the author of fourteen books.

David G. Smith is a professor in the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. As a sociologist trained in military sociology and social psychology, he focuses his research in gender, work, and family issues, including bias in performance evaluations, retention of women, dual-career families, mental load, and allyship. Johnson and Smith are the cofounders of workplaceallies.com and speak around the globe on the topics of mentorship and cross-gender workplace relationships. They are the coauthors of Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace and Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women.