Paul Zeitz (Co-founder, Academic Director) has devoted his career to mathematical outreach at all levels, from coaching the USA team for the International Math Olympiad (after previously winning the USA Math Olympiad) to teaching undergraduates at the University of San Francisco to working at math camps and math circles all over the country. He has produced dozens of lectures for the National Museum of Mathematics, wrote The Art and Craft of Problem Solving (1999), and produced a 12-hour video course for The Great Courses with the same title. Paul co-founded the Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad, the San Francisco Math Circle, and the Proof School in San Francisco, where he serves as Chairman.

Andrew Chung (Co-founder, Executive Director) invests in breakthrough technologies that can solve global challenges in health and sustainability. He was previously a partner at Khosla Ventures and Lightspeed, and founded 1955 Capital in 2016. He studied applied math at Harvard and received an MBA from Wharton. He calls Jackson Hole home and serves on the Board of Teton Science Schools and the Dean’s Cabinet at the Harvard School of Engineering. Andrew loves exploring the mountains with his math whiz kid Aria through rock climbing and ski mountaineering and was almost a professional singer in a past life. No stranger to math programs, Andrew was an early participant in PROMYS and recently celebrated the 30th reunion of his class. He is an IFSA L100 certified ski coach, supporting Aria in her winning the 2024 North American Jr. Freeride Championship.

Mira Bernstein received her PhD in algebraic geometry in 1999 and has taught at UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Wellesley College. She has been one of the key organizers of Canada/USA Mathcamp since 1997, was a founding faculty member and admissions director at Proof School in 2015, and co-founded the Cambridge Math Circle in 2018. In addition to her work in math education, Mira is a data science and statistics consultant. She focuses on applying mathematics to issues of social importance, such as voting rights and the effects of extending health insurance to the uninsured.

Ken Ono is an award-winning mathematician, expert triathlete, and film producer (The Man Who Knew Infinity). He is currently the Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia. Ken’s unique background includes being recognized as an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and a Guggenheim Fellow, receiving a Presidential Career Award for his work which "cracked partitions," and representing Team USA in the 2012, 2013, and 2014 ITU World Cross Triathlon Championships. He is at once the Founder and Director of the Spirit of Ramanujan Global STEM Talent Search and advisor to multiple NCAA champions and Olympic medalists.

John Berman is a mathematician, educator, former International Math Olympiad gold medalist, and Deputy Leader of the U.S. IMO team. He has taught mathematics at University of Texas Austin and University of Massachusetts Amherst. He also devotes energy to training the next generation of young mathematicians through GeodeMath and Mathnuts. John holds a bachelors from MIT and Ph.D. from University of Virginia.

Po-Shen Loh is a mathematician, social entrepreneur and inventor. He is a math professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and served a decade-long term as the national coach of the USA International Mathematical Olympiad team from 2013–2023, leading them to 4 victories in 5 years. He has pioneered innovations ranging from a scalable way to learn challenging math online to controlling pandemics by leveraging self-interest. As an academic, Po-Shen has earned distinctions ranging from an IMO silver medal to the Presidential Early Career Award. He reaches over 10,000 people each year through public lectures and events, and he has featured in or co-created videos totaling over 20 million YouTube views.

Jason Horowitz is the chair of the math department at Proof School, where teaches mathematics and computer science. He received a PhD in computability theory from UC Berkeley in 2004. Before joining Proof School, he worked at Google and several start-ups. He is an active classical and jazz pianist.

Lora Saarnio is the 5th Grade Dean and Math Specialist at the Nueva School. Lora is also Director Emerita of the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival (JRMF) and has helped to logistically and mathematically prepare math festivals across the US and internationally. Lora has served as faculty for Epsilon Camp and actively involved with math circles. In recent years, she has been a guest speaker for Stanford, Santa Cruz, Synapse, Bullis Charter School, New Delhi, and Nueva Math Circles. She is the recipient of the Sarah D. Barder Fellowship, a national teaching award from Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth.

Joshua Zucker (he/they) has had a love for number theory ever since attending summer math camp and shares that with students online with the Art of Problem Solving and in person at Helios School in Sunnyvale, CA. He helped launch the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival and the Math Teachers' Circle. He wrote problems for MATHCOUNTS and still enjoys contests like the MoMath Masters competition and the World Sudoku Championships. He holds an MS in math from Stanford University and in astronomy from UC Berkeley.