Cindi Laukes, MA, MFA is Director and COO of the Neural Injury Center at the University of Montana, where she directs a multidisciplinary research and clinical team with a strong focus on neural injury screening, research, and innovation. She is a Research Affiliate Faculty member in the School of Integrative Physiology and serves on the Regional Executive Committee for the Institute of Translational Health Sciences at the University of Washington-Seattle. She was selected as one of nine Northwest Patient Centered Outcomes Research Scholars in the PCORI program at the University of Washington (2015-2017). She has conducted, directed, or managed over 300 research projects, with 17 years of experience working on projects with Tribal communities, and 11 years working extensively with veteran communities. Her experience spans the fields of neuroscience, neurosurgery, neurology, brain injury, clinical/biological psychiatry, oncology, biomarker development, pharmacogenomics, cardiology, internal medicine, and community-based research and outreach. She previously held clinical research and leadership positions at Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula Montana, the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center-Tucson, and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics-Iowa City. She has her own research consulting business.

Garrett Bussiere is the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Sande Health. He attended the University of California, Berkeley and, after competing as a student-athlete at Cal, went on to play professional baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals. Following a career in elite athletics, Garrett has spent over 10 years in the field of diagnostics, health detection, and monitoring. He has led strategic operations for diagnostic neuroimaging and research corporations, neuroanalytics platforms, and leading digital health and medicine solutions. Garrett is passionate about the intersection of technology and neuroscience to improve cognitive health and champions the accessibility of scalable, non-invasive digital health solutions to those in need. He and his wife and daughter reside in Colorado.

Dr. Gregory T Carter, MD, MS is chief medical officer at Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center in Spokane, WA, where he also directs the physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program. He is a professor in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine and a research fellow at the Gleason Institute for Neuroscience, at Washington State University. He is a past recipient of numerous awards for research and teaching, including the Distinguished Researcher and the Ernest Johnson Outstanding Educator Awards from the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the Best Research Paper Award from the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the Excellence in Research Writing Award from the Association of Academic Physiatrists. His research has helped identify novel ways of enhancing recovery from central and peripheral neurological trauma, including traumatic brain injury.

Dr. Carrie W. Hoppes is an active duty physical therapist in the U.S. Army. LTC Hoppes is currently serving as Professor and Director of the Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy. She graduated from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania in 2003 (BS), the U.S. Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy in 2006 (DPT), and the University of Pittsburgh in 2017 (PhD). Her dissertation work utilized functional near-infrared spectroscopy to study the cerebral activation of individuals with visual vertigo during optic flow. Dr. Hoppes is a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in both Neurologic and Orthopedic Physical Therapy, a Certified Athletic Trainer, and a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. She has served as the Chief of Inpatient Physical Therapy and Amputee Physical Therapy at major military medical centers during the past 19 years. LTC Hoppes is also the co-founder of the Military Vestibular Assessment and Rehabilitation Course.

Thomas Rau, Ph.D. is neuroscientist specialized in traumatic brain injury and stroke. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Montana in cell and molecular biology and continued his graduate work in neuroscience. He was previously an associate research professor in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UM developing blood biomarkers for TBI diagnosis. Dr. Rau was one of the UM investigators awarded funding through two rounds of the GE-NFL Head Health Challenge, and through the Montana Research and Economic Development Initiative grant. In 2016, he co-founded FYR diagnostics to further develop mi RNA technology for traumatic brain injury diagnosis. Dr. Rau is the author on several patents for the pharmacological treatment of brain injury including low dose amphetamine and the FDA approved drug, phenoxybenzamine. He currently works as the Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) for Wintermute Biomedical, a biotech startup that is developing new antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral compounds for infectious diseases in humans and animals. He also serves as the CSO for Ten Carbon Chemistry, a company that has developed a natural disinfectant product for the Australian market. Dr. Rau served in the US Air Force at Travis AFB from 1991-1994 and then Montana Air National Guard in Great Falls from 1994-1998.

LTC Kevin Sickinger (ret) enlisted in the Army in 1987 and graduated from Officer Candidate School and was commissioned as a 2LT in the Military Police Corps in 1988. Kevin led units from Platoon to Battalion level to include commanding Joint Task Cerberus in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from February 05-06. His last assignment culminating a 23-year career in the Army was as the Professor of Military Science at University of North Dakota. Prior to joining the Army, Kevin received his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from University of Richmond and later earned his Master's degree in International Relations from Troy University. Upon retirement from the Army, Kevin moved back to Richmond, VA with his family and taught JROTC for five years before joining the Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC) in 2015. Kevin now serves as the Director of the Coordinating Center for the Long-term Impact of Military-relevant Brain Injury Consortium - Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (LIMBIC-CENC).

Grzegorz Zurek, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostructure (Neuroscience Unit) at Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences (WUHSS) in Wroclaw, Poland. He graduated in Physical Therapy (1993) at the Faculty of Physiotherapy, WUHSS and earned his PhD in Kinesiology in 1997 at the same University. He is passionate about developing research and care strategies for patients with brain injuries, and is particularly interested in diagnostic and neurorehabilitation options for patients after severe TBI, for whom vision is the only channel of communication. His research is published in prestigious peer-revied professional journals and has been presented at the annual meetings of international and national professional associations. Dr. Zurek is currently a collaborator with the Neural Injury Center at the University of Montana on projects related to moderate TBI.