Greg Brigman, Ph.D., is a Professor of Counselor Education at Florida Atlantic University and has been a counselor educator and researcher for 26 years. Dr. Brigman has extensive experience as a classroom teacher, school counselor, staff development trainer, and curriculum researcher and regularly consults with school districts to evaluate the impact of school counselor and teacher-led evidence-based programs to improve student performance. He is a frequent presenter at international, national, and state professional conferences and is the co-developer of the Student Success Skills program. His research has received numerous awards as has his teaching.

Elizabeth Villares, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Counselor Education and S.W.E.L.L. program director at FAU. Since 1997, Dr. Villares has been an FL educator serving in a variety of roles (e.g, secondary teacher, school counselor, counselor director, and counselor educator). Her research interests include developing school counselor-led evidence-based programs and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions to improve the academic, career, social/emotional development, and college and career readiness of K-12 students. Dr. Villares has received numerous awards for her scholarship and is a co-authored of the text, Evidence-Based School Counseling – A Student Success Approach (Routledge, 2017).

Melissa Mariani, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Her research interests include evaluating the effectiveness of evidence-based school counseling interventions, specifically those focused on improving students’ pro-social skills, fostering a positive classroom climate, and preventing bullying. In 2011, she was awarded Florida School Counselor of the Year for PK-8 and was recently (2016) honored at FAU as the University and College of Education’s Scholar of the Year. Dr. Mariani is a co-author of the book Facilitating Evidence-Based, Data-Driven School Counseling: A Manual for Practice (Corwin, 2016).

Hannah Bowers, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of School Counseling at FAU. Dr. Bowers has been working with children and families for the past seven years, as both a marriage and family therapist and a school counselor. Her research thus far has focused on investigating school counseling programs and interventions that are aligned with the ASCA National Model, advocates for the school counseling profession, and engages the entirety of the school system. Dr. Bowers was recently selected as an Emerging Leader for the Association of Humanistic Counseling and was promoted to Associate Editor for the Journal of Humanistic Counseling.