HELIO CARPINTERO, PHD, is a former Professor of Psychology at the Universities of Valencia and Complutense de Madrid, and the UDIMA (Distance University of Madrid). Founder and first president of IAAP Division 18 (History of Applied Psychology); past Board Member of IAAP. He is currently member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, and also of the Spanish Academy of Psychology. He has received five Honoris Causa Degrees in Psychology, from other Spanish and Argentinian universities.

RUBÉN ARDILA, PHD, is a Colombian research psychologist. He received his undergraduate training at the National University of Colombia, and his Ph.D. in experimental psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA). Dr. Ardila has been a member of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) for several decades. He belonged to the Board of Directors of IAAP from 2006 and 2018. He was President of Division 18 (History of Applied Psychology), and is currently the Past President of the Division.

ANA M. JACÓ-VILELA, PHD, is a Full Professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, UERJ). She coordinates the "History and Memory of Psychology Laboratory" at this university, where research, extension projects, and teaching are carried out. This Laboratory – called "Clio-Psyché" – is well known by researchers in the field. She is a Researcher-1 at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) Brazil. She currently is the President of Division 18 (History of Applied Psychology).