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RAN LIBESKIND-HADAS (born 1965) is the founding chair of the Department of Integrated Sciences at Claremont McKenna College. Previously, he was the R. Michael Shanahan Professor of Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College where he served as department chair and Associate Dean of Faculty. He received his A.B. in applied mathematics from Harvard University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. He has over 60 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of algorithms, computer networks, and computational biology. He has held two endowed chairs for effective teaching at Harvey Mudd.

MICHAEL ORRISON is a Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College.  He received his A.B. from Wabash College in 1995, and his Ph.D. from Dartmouth College in 2001.  His teaching interests include linear algebra, abstract algebra, discrete mathematics, and representation theory.  His research interests include voting theory and harmonic analysis on finite groups.  He particularly enjoys finding, exploring, and describing applications of the representation theory of finite groups with the help of his talented and energetic undergraduate research students.