LAWRENCE VERRIA is the Social Studies Department Chair at North Kingstown High School and Rhode Island’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. During his twenty-nine-year teaching career, he has served as an educational consultant to Frontline (PBS) and as a spokesperson for the Watson Institute for International Studies’ Choices for the 21st Century Education Program at Brown University. He is the recipient of the Susan B. Wilson Civic Education Merit Award and Rhode Island College’s Evelyn Walsh Prize for excellence in history studies.
GEORGE GALDORISI is director of the Corporate Strategy Group at SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific where he helps direct the center’s efforts in strategic planning and corporate communications. Prior to joining SSC Pacific, he completed a 30-year career as a naval aviator, culminating in fourteen years of consecutive experience as executive officer, commanding officer, commodore, and chief of staff. He has published two books on the law of the sea, a definitive study on the history of combat search and rescue titled Leave No Man Behind, and three novels including the New York Times best seller Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor.