Dr. Claire E. Hughes is Professor of Special, Gifted, and Twice-Exceptional Education at Cleveland State University. Previously, she was Professor of Elementary and Special Education at the College of Coastal Georgia, Faculty Director of Special Education Programmes at Canterbury Christ Church University in the UK, and has been a Fulbright Scholar to Greece twice. Winner of the Gifted & Award from NAGC, she is President of The Association of the Gifted for the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC-TAG). Her research areas include: twice-exceptional children- particularly gifted children with autism; Generational studies; the use of AI in education, and international education.

Eric Calvert, Ed.D., is an education consultant specializing in gifted education, talent development, and related applications of technology. He is also Associate Director of Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development where he oversees online programs for advanced learners and, through CTD’s School and Family Services division, conducts action research and provides policy and programming development for school districts, governmental agencies, and “third space” education-focused organizations. Previously he served as Assistant Director for Gifted Education and Global Learning Initiatives at the Ohio Department of Education and as Director of Youth Programs at Purdue University’s Gifted Education Resource Institute. He has also designed and led graduate courses in learning design and educational psychology for software development. He is a longtime activist for advanced learners and has served policy and advocacy roles for the Ohio Association for Gifted Children, Illinois Association for Gifted Children, and Georgia Association for Gifted Children’s Coalition for Equity and Access. He is the recipient of OAGC’s Distinguished Service Award and co-recipient of NAGC’s Gifted Child Quarterly Paper of the Year and Paper of the Decade awards.

Tyler Clark, Ed.D., is the Assistant Director of Operations at The Center for Gifted Studies and the Executive Administrator at the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. Dr. Clark currently serves on the Leadership Development Committee for the National Association for Gifted Children. Dr. Clark is also active in the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education, providing volunteer support including in the headquarters and during conferences and workshops. His research interests include topics in higher education, specifically related to honors education; leadership; gifted education and talent development specifically policy, creativity, social-emotional aspects, and underrepresentation issues; artificial intelligence, and mathematics education. He presents at the state, national, and international level. He is a graduate of the first class of The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science and completed a B.S. and M.S. in mathematics and an Ed.D. in postsecondary leadership and gifted education from WKU and an M.S. in mathematics from the University of Central Florida.