R. Kelly Crace, Ph.D.

Dr. Crace is director of the Counseling Center at the College of William & Mary. He is the co-author of the Life Values Inventory, and creator of The Praestare Project, an online, values-based personal development program. He is president of Applied Psychology Resources and has conducted over a thousand seminars for business, sport and academic groups. He is a licensed psychologist and received his academic and clinical training from Vanderbilt University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Duke University. He has published and presented extensively in the areas of values, transition, family business dynamics, organizational development and performance psychology. He is co-inventor of a U.S. Patented Interactive Sports Simulator System designed for scientific and entertainment application. Dr. Crace was the recipient of the Chambers-Reid Award for Professional Excellence at William & Mary.

Duane Brown, Ph.D.

Duane Brown is a professor in the school counseling program at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. His scholarship specialties are career development and consultation. He has authored or coauthored 24 books and manuals and 100 research studies, articles and book chapters. He edited Counselor Education and Supervision for three years and has served on the editorial boards of three other journals. Dr. Brown has served on numerous state, regional and national committees. He has also served as president of the North Carolina Career Development Association, the North Carolina Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors, the North Carolina Counseling Association, and the National Career Development Association. He is currently serving on the Board of the National Career Development Association as Trustee-at-Large. He has twice received the North Carolina Career Development Association's Roy N. Anderson Award for outstanding contributions to career development. He also received the North Carolina Counseling Association's highest award, the Ella Stephens Barrett Leadership Award, as well as their Distinguished Service Award. He has received numerous other awards for his professional contributions including the Association of Counselor Education's President's Award. In 1998, the University of British Columbia selected him to serve in their Noted Scholars program. Dr. Brown is a Licensed Professional Counselor in North Carolina and maintains a small private practice. In 2002, he was among the first group to become fellows in the National Career Development Association.