Susan H. Rodger, PhD - Duke University
Susan H. Rodger is Associate Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Duke University. She received her B.S. degree from North Carolina State University in Computer Science and Mathematics. She received her Ph.D. in 1989 from Purdue University. Before coming to Duke, she was an Assistant Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1989-1994. Professor Rodger is the author of numerous computer science education articles including twelve SIGCSE papers, and has been a Principal Investigator on seven National Science Foundation grants, four of which were related to JFLAP. She has run over ten workshops for college faculty and high school teachers on various topics from JFLAP to Interactive and Visual Tools to AP Computer Science. She was on the Advanced Placement Computer Science Development Committee from 1995-2001, and was Chair from 1997-2000.

Thomas W. Finley - Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Thomas W. Finley is a graduate student at Cornell University working towards a Ph.D. in machine learning. He received a B.S. degree in Computer Science, an A.B. degree in Mathematics, and a minor in Economics in 2002 from Duke University, graduating with High Distinction in both Computer Science and Mathematics. While at Duke, Thomas was one of the main developers of JFLAP 4.0. He has coauthored and authored papers in SIGCSE and ICML, publishes freeware under the name of Leaky Puppy Software, and competed in the 2003 ACM ICPC.