Jane B. Weinstock (co-chair), Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany & Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. (WHOI), Massachusetts, USA

Kharis Schrage (co-chair), Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Stonehill College, & WHOI, Massachusetts, USA

Shawn M. Arellano, Western Washington University, Washington, USA

Alex Ascher, WHOI, Massachusetts, USA & Quahog Bay Conservancy, Maine, USA

Tyler Carrier, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Philip M. Gravinese, Eckerd College, Florida, USA

Caitlin Q. Plowman, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon, Oregon, USA

Sinja Rist, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Kevin Ugwu Hernández, Roskilde University, Denmark

Jared Weems, Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Alaska, USA

Hails Tanaka (social media manager), Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA