Carolyn C. Wheater teaches middle school and upper school mathematics at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City. Educated at Marymount Manhattan College and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, she has taught math and computer technology for more than 30 years to students from preschool through college.

Richard Dahoney is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, having served in Korea, Japan, Viet Nam, and numerous locations in the United States. He is now the principal author of disbursing policy guidance for the U.S. Department of Defense, with over 47 years of experience in military financial management. He holds a BA in Business Administration from Rutgers University and an MBA in Comptrollership and Finance from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.