María Isabel Álvarez holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a BA in English Literature from Arizona State University. She supports the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory as Senior Communications Specialist.

Dr. Steven Hartman is Founding Executive Director of the BRIDGES Sustainability Science Coalition in UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations programme.

Kelly McElwain earned her BA from the University of San Diego and her MA from ASU. She teaches ENG 101 in the Writers' Studio, a fully online first-year composition program in the College of Interactive Sciences and Arts.