Duke University
- Gary Bennett, Bishop-MacDermott Family Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
- Ebony Boulware, Vice Dean for Translational Sciences, Duke School of Medicine
- Kelly Brownell, Robert L. Flowers Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
- Gavan Fitzsimons, R. David Thomas professor of marketing and psychology, Duke’s Fuqua School of Business
- Jay Golden, Associate Professor of the Practice, Duke’s Nicholas School for the Environment
- Anirudh Krishna, Edgar T. Thompson Professor of Public Policy in Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy
- Mark McClellan, Robert J. Margolis Professor of Business, Medicine, and Policy, Director of the Duke-Margolis Center for Public Policy,
- Subhrendu Pattanayak, Professor in Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy
- Eliana Perrin, Professor of Pediatrics, Duke’s School of Medicine
- Tim Profeta, Associate Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Founding Director of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
- Steven Sexton, Assistant Professor at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy
- Valerie Sabol, Professor in Duke’s School of Nursing
- Mary Story, Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Duke’s School of Medicine
- Jeff Vincent, Korstian Professor in Forest Economics and Management in Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment
- John Virdin, director of the Coastal and Ocean Policy Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
- Gene Washington, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke University and President and CEO of Duke University Health System
- Norman Wirzba, Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Agrarian Studies a Duke’s Divinity School
- Gavin Yamey, Professor of the Practice of Global Health in Duke’s Global Health Institute
City of Durham
- Steve Schewel, Mayor of Durham
East Durhams Children’s Initiative
- Barker French, Retired Investment Advisor; Community Volunteer
Helius Foundation
- Geraud Staton, Executive Director and Founder of Helius Foundation
Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc.
- Reuben Blackwell, President and CEO of Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc.
North Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations
- Sue Perry Cole, President/Chief Executive Officer
North Carolina State University
- Nancy Creamer, Professor and Director Center For Environmental Farming Systems at North Carolina State University
- Richard Linton, Dean, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences at North Carolina State University
Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina Foundation
- Merry Davis, Program Officer
Conetoe Baptist Church
- Reverend Richard Joyner, Pastor of the Conetoe Baptist Church in rural North Carolina
Self-Help, Inc.
- Martin Eakes, Chief Executive Officer
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- Elizabeth Frankenberg, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Carolina Population Center at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill,
- Barry Popkin, W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor, Department of Nutrition at UNC
The Duke Endowment
- Susan McConnell, Director of Higher Education at The Duke Endowment
- Robb Webb, III, Director of The Duke Endowment
RTI, International
- Paul Weisenfeld, Executive Vice President, International Development, RTI, International
Wake Forest University
- Rogan Kersh, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, and Provost, Wake Forest University