Thomas Phillips is a member of the faculty of Business Administration at Fleming College and Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He holds Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research, NY, NY, USA. From 2004 to 2006 he was a founding member of the undergraduate faculty at the newly created University College of the Cayman Islands. In the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan in September 2004, Dr. Phillips served as the Interim Director of Logistics for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service. He has been a regular commentator on economic issues in the Cayman Islands for the Cayman Net News (2004 to 2006), the Grand Cayman Magazine (2006 to present), and more recently in the Cayman News Service.

Dr. Phillips brings his expertise on issues of economic growth and development with an emphasis on creating innovative social institutions that complement technological change. At the heart of his approach to economic growth is social and environmental sustainability. Currently, Dr. Phillips is seconded to the Greater Peterborough Innovation Cluster where he is providing economic and planning support for faculty and organizations at various stages of research and commercial development.

Asaf Zohar is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Business Administration Program at Trent University. He is also the current and Founding Chair of the Masters in Sustainability Studies Program at Trent. Dr. Zohar plays a leadership role in promoting sustainability into both undergraduate and graduate studies. His teaching focuses on sustainable strategic management and corporate social responsibility, in which social and environmental issues are taken as the strategic domain for economic value creation.

Dr. Zohar’s research focuses on processes that promote sustainable organizing strategies and actions. He has authored a series of international publications on organizational learning and change management. His recent work has examined programs that promote peacebuilding through the promotion of principles of sustainable practice. He has developed and facilitated numerous academic and executive development programs in Canada, the Middle East, and the US on how we can create sustainable organizations that self-organize - continually creating new, emergent learning structures and processes that effectively respond to current challenges.