Alan Hirsch is a neurologist and psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of smell and taste loss. He is the neurological director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago and a faculty member in the Department of Medicine at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center.

Akhil Reed Amar is a legal scholar known for his expertise in constitutional law and criminal procedure. He holds the position of Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. A Legal Affairs poll placed Amar among the top 20 contemporary US legal thinkers.