Perry W. Buffington, Ph.D. Dr. Perry Buffington is an author, keynote speaker, media personality, and licensed applied psychologist. He is the author of numerous refereed journal articles and 13 books, including two bestsellers. Dr. Buffington has also penned thousands of articles in periodicals, mainly as a contributing editor for Delta Air Lines ' in -flight magazine, Sky, and as a syndicated columnist with Universal Press. He formerly served as a visiting instructor at The Disney Institute and is also an adjunct professor at UGA. He is now teaching psychology courses in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the UGA Griffin Campus. In 2014, he was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award by the psychology department at UGA. Dr. Buffington divides his time between teaching and showcasing his practical knowledge and well -honed wit in a series of different seminars, including the popular The Millionaire Code: How to Unlock your Financial Personality and Make More Money. Clients of his seminars have included NASA, AT&T, USA Today, the Federal Reserve Banks, and many more. Phillip J. Brantley, Ph.D. Dr. Phillip J. Brantley has taught and conducted research at Louisiana State University for over 34 years, and currently serves as the associate executive director for scientific education at Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Dr. Brantley developed one of the first integrated care, clinical psychology Ph.D. training programs in the country and has served as the primary mentor for 59 Ph.D. graduates in clinical psychology at LSU . He has also helped train over 500 medical residents at LSU Health Science Center and Tulane University residency programs in Baton Rouge. Dr. Brantley has over 30 years of continuous research grant funding, most of which came from the National Institutes of Health. He has contributed over 250 publications to medical and psychological literature, most of which focuses on management of chronic medical conditions. Additionally, Dr. Brantley is a member of the Executive Council of the Obesity Society, and a former member of the Executive Board for the Louisiana Psychological Society and the Board of the Directors for the United Way of Baton Rouge. Michael Feuerstein, Ph.D., M.P.H. Dr. Michael Feuerstein is a professor of medical and clinical psychology and preventive medicine/biometrics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He has also held faculty positions in psychiatry and anesthesiology. In 1994, Dr. Feuerstein moved to Washington, D.C. to develop and direct a new Ph.D. program in clinical psychology for the U.S. Department of Defense to train clinical providers and military leaders in behavioral health and behavioral medicine. After being diagnosed with brain cancer in 2002, he dedicated his career to improving the health of cancer patients following diagnosis and treatment. That effort resulted in the publication of four books and the launch of the Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice. He has also served on national committees to develop health care guide lines for cancer survivors. Dr. Feuerstein is currently working on the development of the Cancer Survivor Profile, a tool to be used by cancer survivors and their health care providers to help improve the quality of long-term health care, health, function , and well-being after treatment for cancer. Donald K. Ingram, Ph.D. Dr. Ingram is a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University. Dr. Ingram founded the Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and was instrumental in establishing the Primate Aging Database and the lnterventional Testing Program at the NIA. He is the current editor-inchief of AGE, the journal of the American Aging Association, and also serves as the organization's treasurer. Dr. Ingram's research has led to four Alzheimer's disease drug patents, the discovery of several mechanisms pertaining to long-term calorie restriction and its benefits to brain aging and function, and the establishment of the calorie restriction mimetics research field. He has several hundred publications and has given over one hundred invited lectures nationally and internationally in the past twenty-five years. Dr. Ingram received the S.T. Huang-Chan Memorial Lecture Award, the Harman Research Award and Lecture, the Merit Award from the National Institute on Aging, and the Zimmer Award for Research Productivity in the psychology department at the University of Georgia. He is very involved in his community, coaching youth soccer, teaching Sunday school, and leading a Boy Scout troop. Thomas L. Lyons, M.D. Dr. Lyons, of the Center for Women's Care and Reproductive Surgery in Atlanta, is considered a pioneer for his breakthroughs in gynecologic surgery, which have garnered him numerous awards. Throughout his career, he has participated in numerous academic and clinical studies and has authored more than ISO scholarly publications, dedicating his work to the education and training of gynecologists, particularly in the area of minimally invasive surgery. He is an adjunct assistant professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia, a clinical associate professor at Emory University Medical School, and an honorary professor at the Kulakov Institute for Perinatology and Gynecology in Moscow. He is also director of the Southeastern Institute for Endoscopic Laser Surgery and the AAGLISRS Fellowship in Endoscopic Pelvic and Reconstructive Surgery. A former UGA football player and Denver Bronco, Dr. Lyons was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1986 and won the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award in 1996. In 1999, the UGA Athletic Association inducted him into the Circle of Honor, the highest tribute paid to Bulldog athletes, and he received the Bill Hartman Award in 200 I.