Krishnan Subrahmanian is a father of two small children and pediatrician at Hennepin Healthcare and the Redleaf Center for Family Healing. He serves as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota where he is the Co-Chair of Admissions for the Medical School. He previously served with Partners in Health and as a clinician at Rosebud Indian Health Services as well as The Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative. His favorite children's book is The Velveteen Rabbit.

Gigi Chawla is Chief of General Pediatrics at Children's Minnesota as well as Medical Director for Reach Out and Read Minnesota. Throughout her career, Dr. Chawla has sought to better integrate behavioral health, developmental health and social services into children's primary care. She frequently appears in the media to provide health guidance to families.