Douglas Carnine, Professor Emeritus University of Oregon, specialized in evidence-based practices, especially curriculum design for at-risk k-12 students. He has written over a 100 scholarly articles, chapters and books and lectured around the world. He received the Life Time Achievement award from the Council for Exceptional Children, the Ersted Award for Outstanding Teaching at the University of Oregon, and a Presidential appointment to the National Institute for Literacy. Dr. Carnine has directed or co-directed over 20 federally funded grants, totaling over $15,000,000. He has consulted on evidence-based practices and policies with government groups at the federal, state, and local levels, teachers’ unions, business organizations, and community groups. He is currently the President of the Choose Kindness Foundation, that funds mindful kindness projects in schools, businesses, organizations serving the mental wellness of youth of color with a history of trauma and prisons.

Dr. Stephanie Bryson is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the School of Social Work at Portland State University. For the past 20 years, Dr. Bryson has conducted research on the rights and needs of children and families involved in multiple systems of care. She has received funding from NIMH, Children’s Bureau, and Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council funding and has served as Principal Investigator or Co-PI of more than 30 studies of children with special health care needs. Dr. Bryson began her collaboration with ISII while serving as Co-Principal Investigator of a five-year demonstration project which tested the effectiveness of Generations PMTO in reducing the time children spend in foster care. She also served as the initial PI of an evaluation of phone-administered Generations PMTO delivered by the Canadian Mental Health Association in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Carl Ivar Holmen is the CEO of Norhybrid Renewables AS, based in Porsgrunn, Norway. He is an experienced entrepreneur and business developer with a diverse background spanning multiple industries. His education includes Bachelor of Arts in Political Science & Communications from the University of North Dakota, Master of Arts in International Studies from the University of Oregon, Executive Master of Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Management/ESCP Business School Paris. Carl began his career in 1998 as a translator at the Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC), working on the Norwegian implementation of PMTO (Parent Management Training – Oregon model). He served as a project coordinator for both OSLC and ISII until 2004, contributing to the Norwegian PMTO Implementation Study and the ISII implementation of PMTO in the Netherlands. From 2004, he took on the role of project manager and later Regional Coordinator for PMTO implementation in Southern Norway at the Behavioral Center. In 2009, Carl joined the University of Tromsø as a senior advisor, where he had operational responsibility for the MultifunC Study, a national project introducing a novel treatment approach in residential youth care. Driven by a desire to leverage his extensive project management experience, Carl pursued an Executive MBA and embarked on entrepreneurial ventures. He founded what has become the world’s largest land-based trout farm in Rjukan, Norway, showcasing his ability to pioneer in diverse fields. His latest endeavor with Norhybrid Renewables AS aims to revolutionize distributed energy production.