Bob Lenz is the CEO of PBLWorks (formerly Buck Institute for Education), the leader in preparing teachers, schools, and districts to implement high-quality project based learning in K–12 education. Recognized as an expert in project based learning and school redesign, he is co-author of Project Based Learning for All: A Leader's Guide.

Lenz's commitment to advancing racial equity in education has driven his efforts to expand deeper learning for all students. His early career as a middle and high school teacher inspired him to co-found Envision Education, which developed innovative project based schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. He served as Envision's CEO and chief of innovation from 2001 to 2015.

Dr. Lisa Mireles is the senior director of professional learning design and senior advisor to the CEO at PBLWorks. She is recognized as an expert in leadership for project based learning and in leveraging digital tools to accelerate deeper learning. She is co-author of Project Based Learning for All: A Leader's Guide.

A seasoned school and district leader, Mireles co-founded the Kauaʻi Educational Leadership Alliance and the Hawaiʻi chapter of the Society for Technology in Education. She has also helped lead Hawaiʻi's Schools of the Future conference for over a decade. Mireles's early career as a bilingual high school teacher in Oxnard, California, solidified her belief in the power of constructivist, student-centered learning.