The editors building the institution.

Aaron P. Dworkin is a 2005 MacArthur Fellow and one of America's leading social entrepreneurs in the field of cultural recognition. As founder of the globally recognized Sphinx Organization, he has spent more than two decades building institutions that identify and celebrate human excellence at the highest levels. He is the longest-serving member of the National Council on the Arts, having advised five presidential administrations, and is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His leadership has been recognized with the National Governors Association Distinguished Service to State Government Award, Newsweek's "15 People Who Make America Great," BET's History Makers in the Making Award, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Lifetime Achievement Award.Aaron has raised more than $50 million for philanthropic causes and is a former Dean and currently serves as Professor of Arts Leadership and Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan. He is the author of multiple books on creativity, leadership, and entrepreneurship, including The Entrepreneurial Artist: Lessons from Highly Successful Creatives, and serves as host of the nationally broadcast Arts Engines show.At The Obsidia Project, Aaron is building a nonprofit home for public cybersecurity Casebooks, partnerships, and standards that help the field learn from consequential incidents.

Amani J. Dworkin is a cybersecurity practitioner, technology entrepreneur, and member of SecDaemons, the second-ranked collegiate cybersecurity team in the United States. As a SecDaemons competitor, he participates in Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition events at the highest level, specializing in blue-team defense, operational resilience, and live incident response.A Presidential Scholar at DePaul University and a recipient of national academic distinctions including selection as an NAACP Scholar and the National African American Academic Recognition Award, Amani pursues advanced study in cybersecurity, cyber law, and ethics. His technical expertise spans network architecture, infrastructure design, and threat analysis, with hands-on experience leading large-scale network configuration projects using Cisco technologies. He was the youngest individual ever to earn the University of Michigan Nexus cybersecurity certification. Amani is the founder of GhostGuard, a cybersecurity initiative focused on proactive defense and modern digital protection strategies, and of Jaise Enterprises, a web development and cybersecurity consulting firm through which he has conducted security audits and built secure digital infrastructure for clients including multi-million dollar national clients. He is also a BIG EAST Rugby Freshman of the Year, a Division I distinction that reflects the discipline, competitive focus, and team leadership he brings to his cybersecurity work and to building organizations. At The Obsidia Project, Amani brings a working practitioner's view to the Casebook program, with a direct line of sight into the people, systems, and threats that define cybersecurity today.