Shahid Naeem is chair of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology at Columbia University and director of the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability.
Suzanne Lipton is currently pursuing a PhD in agroecology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and she previously worked in the food systems nonprofit sector and was assistant director of the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability.
Tiff van Huysen has a PhD in ecosystem ecology, previously managed the Executive Education program for the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability, and currently works for the USDA Agricultural Research Service.