MELINA F. LAVERTY is a marine biologist, and former Senior Program Officer at the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. She is currently completing her law degree at the University of Toronto.

ELEANOR J. STERLING is the Director of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History, as well as the Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology at Columbia University.

AMELIA CHILES is a former staff member of the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. She now lives in Denver where she works for the Colorado chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.

GEORGINA CULLMAN works in the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History.