With J. Fred Giertz, Ph.D. (Interim Head of the Department of Economics, Professor of Economics and at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois), and , and Anne P. Villamil, Ph.D. (Professor of Economics, University of Illinois)
With Mark A. Chaves, Ph.D. (Professor of Sociology, Religion, and Divinity at Duke University)
With Larry Keller (Owner, Wild Birds, Inc., Champaign)
With David Jauss (Teacher of Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas and in the MFA in Writing Program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts; Award Winning Poet, Essayist and Fiction Writer)
With Michael Jeffords (Visiting Associate Professor with the Illinois Natural History Survey), and , and Susan Post (Associated Technical Scientist with the Illinois Natural History Survey), and , and Joseph Spencer (Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Illinois Natural History Survey)
With Terry W. Ruprecht, MBA (Director of Energy Conservation, Associate Provost and Vice Chancellor-Academic Affairs-Facilities & Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
With Kate Stohr (Managing Director and Co-Founder of Architecture for Humanity, San Francisco)
With Alexander Kitroeff (Associate Professor in History at Haverford College)
With Nancy Kriplen (Freelance Writer)
With Kevin Craver (Journalist with The Northwest Herald), and , and Loretta Tofani (Award Winning Investigative Journalist)
