Don Chambers (PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is Emeritus Professor of Finance at Lafayette College in Easton and Chief Investment Officer at Biltmore Capital Advisors. Don has published over fifty articles and several books in investments, corporate finance and risk management. Most recently, he co-authored Alternative Investments, which is used by the CAIA organization (the Chartered Alternative Investment Association) in its charter program where he serves as the Associate Director of Programs. Previously, he served at The Bank of New York on a consulting basis and Karpus Investment Management of Pittsford, NY in various roles including Director of Alternative Investments and Director of Equities.

Nelson Lacey (PhD The Pennsylvania State Univesity) is Emeritus Professor of Finance at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts. Nelson's academic work has led to over fifty publications in finance and economics. He was part of a consortium of academics that assisted in the establishment of a business school at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow Poland in the early 1990s. He has held visiting teaching positions in places such as Poland, Greece, and Portugal. Nelson currently serves as the Director of Examinations for the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA), a position he has held since 2004, and, as CAIA’s first Program Director, he was part of a small team that launched the Association.