Julie Packard is the Executive Director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which she helped found in the late 1970s. She is an expert in the field of ocean conservation, and a leading voice for science-based policy reform in support of healthy oceans.

Fiorenza Micheli is chair of the Ocean Department at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, co-director of Stanford’s Center for Ocean Solutions, and a marine ecologist at the university’s Hopkins Marine Station. She is the David and Lucile Packard Professor of Marine Science. 

Julie Bert’s lab is focused on developing solutions to combat climate change, conserve energy, and mitigate environmental impact, as well as advancing sensor technologies and pushing the limits in materials science. She completed her Ph.D. in physics at Stanford University, where she used magnetic imaging to study superconductivity in novel material systems and earned her A.B. degree in physics from Princeton University.

Rosa Tuirán is an award-winning Mexican filmmaker, photographer, and journalist based in San Francisco. Tuirán was a part of the COVID-19 California reporting initiative with The New York Times and the Investigative Reporting Program. Her work has been featured on PBS Frontline, PBS NOVA, Vice News, National Geographic, The Guardian, The New York Times, and OceanX. She was recently honored with a Northern California Area Emmy, Science and Technology, 2023-2024.

David Parekh, Ph.D., is the chief executive officer of SRI, a leading research and development organization serving government and industry. Parekh has more than 30 years of experience leading research for industrial and academic research organizations. He joined SRI in December of 2021.