1. Kevin J. Bennett () is an associate professor of family medicine and director of the Research Center for Transforming Health, both at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, in Columbia.
2. Tyrone F. Borders is a professor of health management and policy and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Endowed Chair in Rural Health Policy, both at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington.
3. George M. Holmes is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and director of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, both at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
4. Katy Backes Kozhimannil is an associate professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, in Minneapolis.
5. Erika Ziller is an assistant professor of public health and director of the Maine Rural Health Research Center, both at the University of Southern Maine, in Portland.