Donald L. Kirkpatrick is a former national president of the American Society for Training and Development and regularly conducts evaluation workshops for ASTD and other organizations in both the private and public sectors. He has written several books, including How to Train and Develop Supervisors, How to Manage Change, How to Improve Performance Through Appraisal and Coaching, and Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels.

James D. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. is a Vice President, and currently works as the Director of the Corporate University, for First Indiana Bank in Indianapolis Indiana. He is an adjunct professor in the MBA program at the Indiana School of Technology, is co-founder of the downtown Indianapolis Organizational Development Network, and is on the Board of Directors for the American Red Cross.