| Douglas G. Capone | University of Southern California |
| Ajit Subramaniam | University of Southern California |
| Edward J. Carpenter | Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies |
| Raliegh R. Hood | University of Maryland - Center for Environmental Sciences |
| Donald B. Olson | University of Miami School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Sergio A. Sanudo | State University of New York - Stonybrook |
| Ronald L. Siefert | University of Maryland - Center for Environmental Sciences |
|
Maria Pascual |
University of Michigan |
| Jed Fuhrman | University of Southern California |
| Jonathan Zehr | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Sallie W. Chisholm | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |