JOEL FREEMAN, Ph.D has his degree in counselling and served as mentor/chaplain for the NBA's Washington Wizards for 19 years. He is president of The Freeman Institute in Severn, Maryland and facilitates many seminar programs, including the popular "Dealing With People Who Drive You Crazy!", "A White Man's Journey Into Black History", "Diversity: The Value of Mutual Respect" and "When Strangling Someone Is Not An Option." As a husband and father of four children, Freeman has also authored four other internationally acclaimed bestsellers. Freeman facilitates seminars with leaders in the Federal Judiciary, music, and entertainment industries, corporations, government agencies and heads of state of other nations.
DON GRIFFIN, M.A. is an accomplished human resources executive, an ordained minister, author, teacher, and counselor. He has coauthored the groundbreaking work entitled Return to Glory, and The Powerful Stirring of the Black Man. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Lafayette College, a master's degree in biblical counseling from Trinity Theological Seminary, is a Ph.D. candidate in conflict management, and is a certified behavioral analyst/consultant. He has been an athlete most of his life and is a loving and committed husband and father.