Prof Jose Frantz, PhD has been involved in capacity development for more than a decade and in leadership development for the last 5 years. Prof Frantz has 20 years experience as an academic, researcher and manager with her background in the health sciences. She has extensive experience in research in the area of promotion of physical activity to combat the risk of chronic diseases as well as research in capacity development. She has been involved in developing and implementing leadership development programs for the past 5 years and incorporated in this is the aspect of self-management as a leader. Prof Frantz has supervised several PhD and masters students to completion and has engaged in several capacity building projects.

Laura Schopp, PhD, ABPP has served over 20 years as a researcher, teacher, and clinician with a focus on health promotion and prevention, particularly among persons with chronic conditions such as neurologic injury or neurologic disease.  She has received over $6M USD as Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator of federal research grants to improve health and quality of life for persons with chronic health conditions.  In addition to her roles as Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Psychology at the University of Missouri, she has served as Director of a university employee health promotion program serving over 41,000 covered lives.   She has conducted workshops and published in the area of self-management.

Prof Anthea Rhoda, PhD has over 15 years experience as an academic, educator, researcher, included in this tenor she has 7 years of leadership experience holding positions as a Chair of the Department of Physiotherapy and Vice-Dean Teaching and Learning. Prior to joining academia Prof Rhoda worked as a Physiotherapist in the clinical field for 12 years, 6 of which was at a community level specifically in the area of stroke rehabilitation. Prof Rhoda hastherefore extensive research experience in stroke rehabilitation. She has published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals in stroke rehabilitation. Her work in this area has also been presented on numerous international platforms. Prof Rhoda is currently the principal investigator on a project which is adapting a self-management programme developed in the United Kingdom for individuals with stroke for the South African Context. She is currently supervising PhD students who are completing studies in self-management.