Dr. Susanne Moser is Director and Principal Researcher of Susanne Moser Research & Consulting, a Research Faculty in the Environmental Studies Department of Antioch University New England and an Affiliated Faculty in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at UMass-Amherst. A geographer by training (Ph.D. 1997, Clark University), Susi works nationally and internationally as an independent scholar and consultant from a base in western Massachusetts, the ancestral homeland of the Nipmuc and Pocumtuc. Her work with government agencies, non-profits, foundations, other researchers and consultants focuses on adaptation to climate change, science-policy interactions, effective climate change communication, and psycho-social resilience in the face of the traumatic and transformative challenges associated with climate change. Susi is the editor of two award-winning edited volumes, one on successful adaptation to climate change; the other on how to communicate climate change. She is a prolific writer, an inspiring speaker and has served on scientific advisory boards for Future Earth, the International Science Council, the US National Research Council and has contributed to the IPCC and US national climate assessments. To learn more, go to: www.susannemoser.com.

George Wyeth is a Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute, which he joined in October 2018.  Before joining ELI, he was with the U.S. EPA for 27 years, in a variety of roles as an attorney and as an internal advocate for innovative approaches to environmental protection.  His work at ELI continues to focus on innovative strategies, particularly the potential for citizen science to impact policy and support agency programs.  He has published on a variety of legal and policy topics, including the impact of citizen science on policy in the U.S., and the relationship of sustainability to environmental regulation.  Mr. Wyeth holds a B.A. from Lawrence University (1973), M.P.P. from the University of California, Berkeley (1975) and J.D. from Yale Law School (1982).

Noah Chesnin is the Associate Director for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) New York Seascape program where he works on conservation engagement and policy advocacy efforts.  He has led the organization’s work to nominate Hudson Canyon as a National Marine Sanctuary. He also serves as Chair of the Aquarium Conservation Partnership, a consortium of 26 U.S. aquariums working collaboratively on conservation policy. Noah received his BA in humanities from Yale University and his Master of Environmental Management from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. Prior to joining WCS, Noah served as the Knauss Sea Grant Fellow in the Office of Congressman Sam Farr (CA-20) and also worked for a couple conservation organizations.

Dr. Sacoby Wilson is an Associate Professor with the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Health where directs the Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health (CEEJH).  Dr. Wilson has over 20 years of experience as environmental health scientist in the areas of exposure science, environmental justice, environmental health disparities, community-based participatory research, water quality analysis, air pollution studies, built environment, industrial animal production, climate change, community resiliency, and sustainability.  He works primarily in partnership with community-based organizations to study and address environmental justice and health issues and translate research to action.