1. tayshu bommelyn is senior program officer for the Native Cultures Fund
2. martha gonzalez is Associate Professor at Scripps College in the Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies
3. debora kodish is a public interest folklorist who founded and directed the Philadelphia Folklore Project
4. selina morales, Philadelphia-based folklife strategist, consults nationally on initiatives connecting folklife and social justice
5. elizabeth peterson is the former director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
6. langston collin wilkins is Assistant Professor of Folklore and African American Studies at University of Wisconsin–Madison
7. andrew zitcer is Associate Professor at Drexel University's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, where he directs the Urban Strategy Graduate Program