Dana R. Fisher is a Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Program for Society and the Environment at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on understanding the relationship between environmentalism and democracy—most recently studying activism and American climate politics. Fisher is the author of National Governance and the Global Climate Change Regime (Rowman and Littlefield Press 2004) and Urban Environmental Stewardship and Civic Engagement (with Erika S. Svendsen and James Connolly, Routledge Press 2015). Media includes: The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,The Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Wired, Science Magazine. 

Dr. Barbara Buchner is Executive Director of the widely renowned Climate Finance program at Climate Policy Initiative. She is the lead author on CPI's 'Global Landscape of Climate Finance' analyses, which has set the benchmark for climate finance tracking, and 'Climate Finance in 2013-14 and the USD 100 billion Goal' - a joint report with the OECD that played a seminal role in the lead up to the Paris Agreement. Media includes: Bloomberg, E&E TV.

Heather McTeer Toney is currently the National Field Director at Moms Clean Air Force, an organization of over 1 million moms and dads committed to fighting climate change and protecting children from the dangers of air pollution. Heather is also a sought-after speaker and Executive Coach for elected officials. In 2014, she was appointed by President Barack Obama as Regional Administrator for Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Southeast Region. Media includes: CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Democracy Now!, The Washington Post, Jet Magazine, Essence Magazine.

Brenda Ekwurzel works on the national climate program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). She is leading UCS's climate science education work aimed at strengthening support for strong federal climate legislation and sound U.S. climate policies. Her specialty is isotope geochemistry, a tool she has used to study climate variability in places as disparate as the Arctic Ocean and the desert Southwest. Media includes: CNN, Fox News, ABC, Good Morning America, USA Today, NPR. 

Dr. Jessica Blunden is a climate scientist, working in the Center for Weather and Climate at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville, North Carolina. She serves as a lead editor for the State of the Climate report, an annual peer reviewed report published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society that examines climate and climate change across the globe, with more than 400 authors from about 50 countries across the globe, and has served as the lead scientific consultant for the Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 2013 report published by the United Nation’s World Meteorological Organization. Media includes: CBC National Radio, Associated Press,The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today.   

Kimberly Duong is a co-founder and Executive Board member for Climatepedia, a climate communications nonprofit. Climatepedia created the Tyndall Petition, a statement that says climate change is real, urgent, and requires immediate attention. Over 600 U.S. climate change experts have signed. They create a personal profile for every expert in an effort to inform the public of the scientific consensus around climate change. Media includes: Sierra Club Magazine, Earth and Space Science News, Southern California Public Radio 89.3 KPCC.

Paula DiPerna is a strategic environmental and philanthropic policy advisor, and writer. She served formerly as President of the International division of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), with special responsibility for China, India, Korea and other emerging markets. Currently, DiPerna is a Strategic Advisor for North America for the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), and also serves on the Advisory Board of the NTR Foundation, an environmental and leadership development foundation with headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, as well as Global Kids, based in New York City. Media includes: The New York Times, CNN, CNBC, NPR, Forbes.

An internationally recognized environmental lawyer, climate change and development policy expert, Farhana Yamin has advised leaders and countries for 20 years. COP 21 in Paris will be her 18th UN climate summit. In addition to founding Track 0 she is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, a visiting Professor at University College London and a member of the Global Agenda Council on Climate Change at the World Economic Forum. Media includes: Carbon Brief, Huffington Post, Christian Science Monitor. 

Susan Egan Keane is the Deputy Director of the Health and Environment Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Egan Keane is a public health specialist with over 25 years of experience working on domestic and international environmental health issues. In the US, her work experience has covered a range of topics, including toxics emissions reporting, air pollution regulation, pesticides management, and water quality standards and criteria. Internationally, she has worked at local, regional, and national levels on toxics, drinking water and air pollution issues. Media includes: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, National Geographic, The Guardian. 

Charon Asetoyer (Comanche), a Native American women's health activist, holds a Masters of International Administration and Management. She was one of twelve women honored with the "Bread and Roses" award for her leadership, impact in grassroots organizing, innovation in solving environmental justice problems, and commitment to the principles of environmental justice. Asetoyer was one of the original authors of points 1, 5,10,11,13 and 14 of the “Principles of Environmental Justice” and took a stand to insure the (s) on Peoples and Reproductive Health issues be included in the document. Media includes: Jezebel, The New York Times, CNN, NPR.

Simran Sethi is a journalist and educator focused on food, sustainability and social change. Named the environmental “messenger” by Vanity Fair, a top 10 eco-hero of the planet by the U.K.’s Independent, and designated one of the top eight women saving the planet by Marie Claire, Sethi is the author of the award-winning book Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love, about the story of changes in food and agriculture told through bread, wine, chocolate, coffee and beer. Media includes: CNBC, MSNBC, TODAY, Nightly News.

Professor Linda M. Campbell is a Senior Research Fellow at Saint Mary's University in Halifax. Her research and teaching focus on contaminants in the environment and on sustainability / resilience issues, with particular emphasis on aquatic ecosystems and water resources. Dr. Campbell leads research projects focusing on environmental contaminants, especially mercury, arsenic, selenium and metals, in aquatic ecosystems. Media includes: CBC Mainstreet Radio, Canada Globe & Mail, Halifax Chronicle Herald.

Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner co-founded the youth environmentalist ngo Jo-Jikum based in the Marshall Islands. She is a Marshall Islander poet, spoken word artist, and teacher. She has used her poetry to highlight the struggles of her people including social justice issues such as the threat of climate change for her islands, the American legacy of nuclear testing in her country, and racism against Micronesians in Hawaii. She received international acclaim after performing at the United Nations Climate Summit where she performed a poem to her daughter entitled, “Dear Matafele Peinam” which moved hundreds of world leaders to tears and has since launched her into global conversations on climate change. Media includes: CNN, Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, The Guardian. 

Kim Knowlton, Dr.P.H., is a senior scientist with the National Resources Defense Council in New York City. She is also assistant clinical professor of environmental health sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; and chair of the Global Climate Change and Health Topic Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section. She is co-convening lead author for the human health chapter of the 2013 National Climate Assessment; and was among the researchers who participated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 Fourth Assessment Report. Media includes:Bloomberg News, Reuters, NBC, NPR.

Junko Mochizuki is a natural disaster risk expert at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria. Her research focuses on the linkages between risk management, economic growth, and changing risks from climate extremes in connection with socioeconomic change.  Her particular interest lies in the interface between policy and scientific knowledge, investigating how governments and researchers can work together to redcuce the financial risk of disasters. 

Cassady Craighill manages communications and media for Greenpeace USA focusing on energy and climate change. She helped manage much of the communications strategy for Greenpeace's initiative to protect the Arctic from Shell’s offshore drilling plans which culminated in 2015 with a bridge protest in Portland. Media Includes: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Associated Press.

Simone N. Sneed is a writer, donor organizer and professor whose work centers on environmental conservation, racial justice and gender equity in the arts. Currently, Sneed is the Board Liaison for the Environmental Defense Fund where she ensures the effective governance, engagement and strategic relationship management of the c3 and c4 boards. Media includes: Blavity, The Huffington Post, CNN, Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Betsy Lopez-Wagner is a communications officer at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. She most recently worked at the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) as the communications director of LCV’s Chispa, a community organizing program that is growing the political power and leadership of Latino families to influence climate action at the national and state levels in six states. She previously served as Earthjustice’s first bilingual press secretary, where she facilitated the growth of the environmental non-profit law firm’s Latino outreach and media work in English and Spanish. Media includes: Univision, Telemundo, Associated Press, La Opinion.