Chad Federwitz is the Manager of Pitkin County Senior Services in Aspen, Colorado. He oversees the daily and strategic operations of the county department.  He also serves as an Adjunct Instructor of Human Services at both Colorado Community College and the University of Northern Colorado. He hails from Wisconsin, where after completing his undergraduate degree, he came to Colorado for graduate study in Religious Studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. After this, he continued his graduate work at the University of Northern Colorado, where he earned his degree in Gerontology. In 2024, Chad completed his PhD at Concordia University Chicago in Gerontology. His dissertation was titled: Spiritual Dementia Care: A Phenomenological Study of Spiritual Care Supports in Assisted Living for Older Adults with Dementia.    Chad's Gerontology research interests include Ageism, local and public policy, Alzheimer's Disease, spiritual care for those with memory loss, ethics and aging, senior centers, gerontological education, and rural aging.

Henry Shiu has a keen interest in the study of Mahayana Buddhism in India, China, and Tibet, particularly in the historical and doctrinal studies of the Madhyamaka and Yogacara traditions. His area of research specialization lies in the theory of the tathagatagarbha or Buddha nature. He also has a research interest in contemporary Buddhist movements, Buddhist Chaplaincy, and the development of Buddhism in Canada. He has been teaching at New College for many years, offering a variety of courses from Engaged Buddhism to Buddhist Psychology. In recent years, Shiu has taught courses at Emmanuel College, including Buddhist Contemplative Care, Buddhist Ethics, and Buddhist Meditative Traditions. His recent publication includes an in-depth examination and Chinese translation of the hymns of Nagarjuna. Besides Buddhist studies, Shiu has also taken on research in Western classical music. Three books on this subject were published by Oxford University Press in Hong Kong.  He is equally enthusiastic in the study of Daoist texts such as the Laozi and the Zhuangzi, and other Chinese classics like the Yijing (Book of Changes).