Vashan Wright is an assistant professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a guest investigator at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Sarah Aarons is an earth scientist and assistant professor in the Geosciences Research Division of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego.

Jim Trotter is an NFL reporter and analyst at NFL.com. Previously, he was a reporter for ESPN and from 2007 to 2014, he was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated.

Tom K. Wong is an associate professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego. He is also the founding director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Center (USIPC).