Paul Bunje Ph.D. is managing director of the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC), a network of municipal governments, businesses, academia, labor and community organizations coordinating local government’s response to climate change.

Evan Gillespie is Southern California regional coordinator of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign.

Jennifer Grayson writes The Huffington Post’s green advice column and is regularly featured on MSNBC, USA Today, WGN, McClatchy, KPCC, PRN and Americablog.

Cara Horowitz is the first Andrew Sabin Family Foundation executive director of the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law. Horowitz is a 2001 graduate of the UCLA School of Law, where she was an Articles Editor of the UCLA Law Review and ranked first in her class.

Beth Jines is Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. She is former Director of Sustainability for the City of Los Angeles in the Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Larry Kopald is partner at Kopald Stranger Public Relations. He led Earth Communication Office and has been honored at the United Nations for his work on the environment.

H. David Nahai is partner at Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, and is president of David Nahai Consulting Services. Nahai served as the chief executive officer and general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. He also served for over ten years on California’s Regional Water Quality Control Board.

Jonathan Parfrey is the founding director of Climate Resolve.

Anthony Rendon Ph.D. is incoming Assemblymember for California’s 63rd Assembly District. Rendon was recently executive director of Plaza de la Raza Child Development Services and served as director of the California League of Conservation Voters.

Diana Schulz is chief executive officer of Dynamite Data. Prior to her current position Diana served as CEO of Cyber-Rain and Joann.com. Schulz was senior vice president of Corporate Development & Strategic Planning at Universal Studios.

Peter Stranger is partner at Kopald Stranger Public Relations. Stranger was chief executive officer of J. Walter Thompson West, president of Della Femina McNamee, Los Angeles, and managing partner at Bozell in Irvine, California. He is a founding director of CityLife Downtown Charter School in Los Angeles and a founding director of The Oaks School in Hollywood.

Michael Swords is executive director of Strategic Research Initiatives Group within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) at UCLA. Currently, Swords serves as president of CleanTech Los Angeles. Previously, Swords worked a legislative aide on Capitol Hill.