Edwin B. Faulkner graduated with a degree in Chemistry from Widener University and spent 44 years in the color industry. He retired from Sun Chemical Corporation in September of 2014 as General Manager - Global Cosmetics and Personal Care. During his 41-year career with the company, Ed held numerous technical, administrative, financial, sales, regulatory, manufacturing, and general management positions. He was a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Cincinnati, teaching color chemistry in the Cosmetic Science Master's Program. He has published numerous articles on organic pigments, authored a chapter in The Chemistry and Manufacture of Cosmetics, and co-edited the second edition of High Performance Pigments.

Jane C. Hollenberg has more than 40 years' experience in the cosmetic industry, working with cosmetic pigments and color cosmetic products at Coty, Revlon, and Merck KGaA. Since 1996, she has operated JCH Consulting, where she provides services in formulation, scale-up, and troubleshooting of pigmented formulations. She has a number of patents involving pigmented color cosmetics and is a three-time recipient of the Alan Black Memorial Award from the SCC for best paper concerning color cosmetic formulation. Jane has succeeded Ed Faulkner in teaching the color cosmetic course as an adjunct faculty member in the cosmetic science program of the University of Cincinnati School of Pharmacy.