DAndre Wilson-Ihejirika is the project lead for research service excellence at York University. As a licensed professional engineer and project management professional, she has almost a decade of experience completing current state analyses and driving continuous improvement initiatives. D’Andre has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from McGill University, a Master’s Degree from the University of Toronto from their Centre of Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship, and recently completed a certificate in Data Analytics from York University. D’Andre is originally from Nassau, Bahamas, is a wife, and the mother of 3 young children.

Dr. Phipps is the administrative lead for all research programs and their impacts on local and global communities at York University (Toronto, Canada). He has received honours and awards from the Canadian Association of Research Administrators, Institute for Knowledge Mobilization, International Network of Research Management Societies and the EU based Knowledge Economy Network. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work in knowledge mobilization and was named the most influential knowledge mobilizer in Canada. He sits on knowledge mobilization committees around the world and is Network Director for Research Impact Canada.

Dr. Deborah Zornes is the Director, Research Services at Royal Roads University, and has been with the university since 2006. Prior to that, Deborah was the Manager, Research Services at Athabasca University for 15 years. In her capacity as Director she is responsible for both the strategic and operational directions of research at the university, working with faculty to find research opportunities, assisting in the development and submission of proposals, and the management and reporting of research activities.

Deborah is also the President for CARA. An avid sailor, Deborah holds a PhD from UVic. Her research interests focus on two areas: 1) evaluating and measuring research effectiveness and quality, including outputs, outcomes and impacts; and 2) the impact of corporatization on the university and the research supported and what this means for the role of the university in society. Deborah’s teaching areas include research methods and communication for learning.

Katie is Director of Research Administration at Hamilton Health Sciences, one of Canada's foremost research hospitals.

She holds an Executive MBA from the Ivey School of Business at Western University. Katie was key partner in the establishment of the Certificate of Research Administration at Mohawk College, the first of its kind in Canada, and this book has been used as a textbook at the University of South Central Florida’s Master of Research Administration degree.

Her contributions to the research administration profession have been recognized with awards from Canadian Association of Research Administrators, the Society of Research Administrators International, and the Association of Research Managers and Administrators in the United Kingdom. She was thrilled to be awarded the Excellence in Research Management Leadership from the International Network of Research Management Societies, which brings together research management societies and associations from across the globe.

Passionate educators, Sarah and Katie are also the co-authors of The A-Z Guide to Research Contract Review, the definitive volume on institutional research contract negotiations and a corresponding study guide. The authors' books are in use by research administrators at more than 450 institutions globally.