Dr. Rita R. Colwell

• 11th Director of the National Science Foundation
• Chairman, Canon U. S. Life Sciences, Inc.
• Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland
• Former President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Member, National Academy of Sciences

Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy

• President, The Heinz Center
• Former Executive Vice President of the World Wildlife Fund

Dr. Robert B. Gagosian

• President Emeritus, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Former Chairman, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education

Dr. Jody W. Deming

• Professor University of Washington, School of Oceanography and Astrobiology
• Member, National Academy of Sciences

Dr. Deirdre Meldrum

• Dean, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University
• Team Member, NEPTUNE Project, Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks (ORION) & Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)

Dr. Edward L. Miles

• Virginia & Prentice Bloedel Professor of Marine & Public Affairs
• Senior Fellow, Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Oceans (JISAO) of University of Washington
• Member, National Academy of Sciences

Dr. Timothy L. Killeen

• Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research
• President, American Geophysical Union