Larry Goedde is Professor of Art History and the Chair of the  McIntire Department of Art at the University of Virginia. He has taught in the McIntire Department of Art since 1981, and has served the department as Chair since 1996. A scholar of Baroque art in Europe, Professor Goedde's areas of specialization include Northern Baroque art, especially 17th-century Dutch painting, early Netherlandish painting, and Old Master prints. He has lectured and written extensively on the topics of seascape, landscape and still life, with publications including his book Tempest and Shipwreck in Dutch and Flemish Art: Convention, Rhetoric and Interpretation and various exhibition catalogues and essays. He has led trips to Holland and Belgium, the Danube River, and a cruise on the Mediterranean from Rome to Lisbon.

David Keeling is is a lecturer for the American Geographical Society and head of Western Kentucky University’s (WKU) Department of Geography and Geology. Professor Keeling’s research interests include the geography of exploration and discovery, resource use, regional cultures, and development in emerging economies. He served as a Study Tour Leader on several AGS expeditions, including around the world expeditions in 2004 and 2009. He was born in England and lived in Australia for 12 years.

James D. Rosenthal lectures and writes on current affairs, traveling extensively and drawing on more than 30 years’ experience as a veteran Foreign Service officer and former U.S. Ambassador. He represented the U.S. State Department in Africa and Southeast Asia, served on the U.S. delegation to the Vietnam peace talks in Paris, and was U.S. Ambassador to the West African nation of Guinea. Other overseas posts and traveling include Mongolia, Trinidad, India, Vietnam, France, The Central African Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Philippines. In addition to his diplomatic duties, he taught political science and international relations at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Micheline Place has been successfully leading trips, including dozens of private jet expeditions to the far reaches of the globe for more than 25 years. She is fluent in French, German, and Italian, and lives in France, where she regularly guides select groups throughout her home country.