David E. Rencher, AG ® , CG ® , FUGA, FIGRS, FNGS, is employed as the Chief Genealogical Officer for FamilySearch. He is both an Accredited Genealogist ® and a Certified Genealogist ®  with the Board for Certification of Genealogists. He is the current president of the National Genealogical Society.

J. H. (“Jay”) Fonkert, CG,  is a two-time past president of the Minnesota Genealogical Society. He has served many years on the MGS Education Committee and was the prime mover behind the creation of the North Star Genealogy Conference in 2008. Jay also served fifteen years as Editor of Generations (formerly Minnesota Genealogist).