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Pamela Boyce Simms, KD2GUF, is a Convener of the Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub and an Eco-Buddhist-Quaker environmental activist.

Brett Barndt is a social researcher currently working on narrative approaches to engaging ordinary people in money system reform as part of the transition to sustainability.

David McCarthy is an activist and writer in the realm of new economics. He is the co-founder of the Hudson Valley Current and author of the book Civil Endowment — The Transformation of Economic Power.

Maria Reidelbach is an author, artist and local food activist working with farmers in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Her most recent book is the Stick to Local Farms Cookbook.

David McCarthy is an activist and writer in the realm of new economics. He is the co-founder of the Hudson Valley Current and author of the book Civil Endowment — The Transformation of Economic Power.

Maria Reidelbach is an author, artist and local food activist working with farmers in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Her most recent book is the Stick to Local Farms Cookbook.

Stephanie Rearick is Founder and Co-Director of the Dane County TimeBank and Project Coordinator of Mutual Aid Networks.

Al Campbell is a long-time socialist and member of the Steering Committee of the Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE). He teaches Economics at the University of Utah.  Some of his recent published work can be seen here.

Dr. Owusu Bandele is professor emeritus at the Southern University Agricultural Center and co-founder of the Southeastern African American Farmers Organic Network (SAAFON).

Dr. Gail Myers is a cultural anthropologist, community organizer, educator, and avid gardener. She founded Farms to Grow, Inc. and the Freedom Farmers Market in Oakland, CA.

Dr. Owusu Bandele is professor emeritus at the Southern University Agricultural Center and co-founder of the Southeastern African American Farmers Organic Network (SAAFON).

Dr. Gail Myers is a cultural anthropologist, community organizer, educator, and avid gardener. She founded Farms to Grow, Inc. and the Freedom Farmers Market in Oakland, CA.

Joseph Tharamangalam is Professor Emeritus in the department of Sociology and Anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University  (MSVU) in Halifax, Canada, and Adjunct Professor in International Development Studies at the neighboring Saint Mary’s University in the same city. His areas of research and publications have included peasant and agricultural labour movements, issues of agrarian distress and agrarian transition, and issues of secularism and religious conflict -- with specific focus on India.  In the past 15 years his work has focussed on “models of Human Development,”  investigating how a few countries and regions have succeeded in achieving relatively high levels of human and social well-being and  rapid progress in poverty reduction despite low incomes and without waiting for the elusive "trickle down "effect” of high growth as, advocated by the World Bank and other  global institutions promoting  “development” in the poor countries of the global South. From 2004 to 2010 he led a small team of scholars from Canada, Cuba and Kerala to make a comparative study of the HD experience of Kerala and Cuba.  Now retired after 40 years of full time teaching at MSVU, he continues to offer a course on “Development Issues in India” at Saint Mary’s University. He and wife, Elzy live in Halifax, but spend the winter months in Bangalore, India.

Matt Grillo has been a worker-owner member of Collective Copies since 2000.

Makani Themba is Chief Strategist at Higher Ground Change Strategies based in Detroit, Michigan. Previously, Makani served as the founder and executive director of The Praxis Project, a nonprofit organization helping communities use media and policy advocacy to advance health justice. Makani has published numerous articles, books, and case studies on race, class, media, policy advocacy and public health.

Jacobo Rivero Rodríguez:Trabajo en el Ayuntamiento de Madrid en el Área de Cultura y Deportes. Periodista, he trabajado para varios medios de comunicación españoles e internacionales. Autor de dos libros sobre Podemos: Conversación con Pablo Iglesias( 2014) y Podemos. Objetivo: Asaltar los cielos (2015). Además he escrito tres libros sobre ética y deporte y trabajado como documentalista y asesor de contenidos para cine y tv. Vinculado al activismo social en la ciudad de Madrid.

Kali Akuno is a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson. He served as the Director of Special Projects and External Funding in the Mayoral Administration of the late Chokwe Lumumba of Jackson, MS. Kali is also an educator, writer, and an organizer with the Malcolm X Grassroots movement.

Erica Smiley is the organizing director for Jobs With Justice. She sits on the board of the Highlander Research and Education Center. In the past, she has organized with community groups such as Progressive Maryland, the Tenants and Workers Support Committee (now Tenants and Workers United) in Virginia, and SEIU Local 500. She was national field director of Choice USA, a pro-choice organization focusing primarily on youth access to reproductive health care. And she previously held the positions of campaign director and senior field organizer for the Southern Region at Jobs With Justice. She is originally from Greensboro, N.C.

Betsy Damon is an artist and founder of Keepers of the Waters, supporting community-based models of water stewardship. Her work includes sculpture, teaching, lectures and workshops. In China, she created the nation's first public art event for the environment as well as the Living Water Garden.