Cay Holbrook is Professor of Special Education at The University of British Columbia, Canada. She has extensive experience and is widely known as a teacher, teacher educator, author and consultant. She is expert in selecting literacy media for students with visual impairments.

Frances Mary D’Andrea, Ph.D., is a reading specialist and a clinical instructor at the University of Pittsburgh and an independent contractor specializing in literacy issues related to students with visual impairments. D’Andrea began as a teacher of students with visual impairments in Utah in 1982. From 1995-2005, she worked at the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), and helped establish their National Literacy Center. After leaving AFB, she was an itinerant teacher of students with visual impairments in the Atlanta area again before moving to Pittsburgh to complete her doctorate as a National Center for Leadership in Visual Impairment Fellow. She has co-authored  the books Assistive Technology for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: A Guide to Assessment, Instructional Strategies for Braille Literacy, Looking to Learn: Promoting Literacy for Students with Low Vision, and The Braille Trail books. Dr. D'Andrea has conducted numerous workshops and presentations, and currently teaches the literary braille code instruction course at the University of Pittsburgh. She serves as AFB's representative to the Braille Authority of North America.

LaRhea Sanford, Ed. D. is a Special Education Coordinator, Metropolitan Nashville Public School System. She has many years experience as teacher and administrator in local and residential school programs and as a long-time adjunct faculty member at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. She is widely known as an author and for her services as a consultant to state and national organizations.