Grace C. Huang, MD, is Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). She served for 8 years as the Editor-in-Chief of MedEdPORTAL, an online open access journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges and was on the editorial board of Academic Medicine. At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center she was previously Vice Chair for Career Development and Mentorship in the Department of Medicine, director of Academic Careers and Faculty Development, co-director of the BIDMC Academy, and director of the Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education.

 Dr. Joan Cangiarella is Executive Vice President and Vice Dean for Education, Faculty, and Academic Affairs, and Chief Academic Officer at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, where she also serves as the Elaine Langone Professor of Pathology and Vice Chair of Clinical Operations in the Department of Pathology. As a nationally recognized leader in medical education reform, she is the founding director of the school's accelerated three-year MD pathway. In 2015, she secured a Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation grant to establish the Consortium of Accelerated Medical Pathway Programs (CAMPP), which now includes over 40 medical schools nationwide. In 2024, she earned the NYU Grossman Master Educator Award, the school's highest honor in education. A proud triple alumna, Dr. Cangiarella earned her bachelor's degree, medical degree, and pathology residency all at NYU.