Bryan L. Sykes is an Associate Professor in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and the Department of Sociology at Cornell University. His research focuses on demography, mass incarceration, criminology/deviance, population health, and research methodology.

Dr. Michelle Van-Ess Grant serves as the Senior Associate Dean of Students for the Centers for Student Equity, Empowerment, and Belonging (The Centers) at Cornell University. In this role, she provides strategic leadership for a dynamic team that cultivates co-curricular, identity-based programs, resources, and community spaces.

Laura Weiss is the Sexual Violence Prevention Program Director of the SHARE Office in the Skorton Center for Health Initiatives within Cornell Health. In this role, she works to develop theory-driven violence prevention and educational initiatives to create environmental and cultural change to reduce sexual violence.

So-Yeon Yoon is a professor of Design and Environmental Analysis and the director of Design-User Experience-Technology (DUET) Research Lab at the College of Human Ecology. She is currently the president of the Design Communication Association. She practiced interior design and architecture in Korea and the U.S.

Andy is the Executive Director of the Finger Lakes Land Trust - an Ithaca-based non-profit conservation organization that works cooperatively with landowners and local communities to permanently protect undeveloped lands that are important to the character of the Finger Lakes Region.