1. Alee Hernandez () is a senior researcher in the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School, in Boston, Massachusetts.
2. Robert S. Kaplan is a senior fellow and the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus, in the Accounting and Management Unit, Harvard Business School.
3. Mary L. Witkowski is a fellow in the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School.
4. C. Forrest Faison III is a vice admiral and surgeon general of the US Navy, Department of Defense, in Falls Church, Virginia.
5. Michael E. Porter is a university professor at Harvard Business School and director of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness.