Born and educated in Cameroon, Alphonse Mekolo received an MS in Public Management from Quebec University, Canada; directed the Advanced Public Management Institute, Cameroon; then worked for the United Nations for 20 years as senior adviser in governance systems and public administration around the world. He founded the MEKALFONE Group Engineering Governance (MEG & Partners).
Born and educated in the United States, John Buck, MA in quantitative sociology from George Washington University, USA, managed federal government and corporate information technology programs. Author of two books on advanced governance methods, he co-founded GovernanceAlive LLC.