Members
- Shannon Bennett, California Academy of Science
- Gwyn Beattie, Iowa State University
- Steven Hallam, University of British Columbia
- Kostas Konstantinidis, Georgia Tech
- Mary Ann Moran, University of Georgia
- Howard Ochman, University of Texas at Austin
- Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
-
Lynn Schriml, University of Maryland
- Ramunas Stepanauskas, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
- Matt Sullivan, The Ohio State University
- Daniel van der Lelie, Gusto Global