A member of the Chickasaw Nation, Felicia Mitchell has expertise in academic environment and social determinants of health. Dr. Mitchell is committed to social justice for all oppressed, marginalized, and minoritized peoples. She advocates for the advancement of environmental and health equity in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.

Ilima Ho-Lastimosa is Native Hawaiian, or Kānaka Maoli, from the Waimanalo Homestead and has expertise in food sovereignty and sustainability, including extensive knowledge of aquaponics. She is a 2020 recipient of the RWJF Award for Health Equity for her work in centering community connectedness and ensuring reverence for elders' wisdom informs research and practice.

Lydia Jennings is citizen of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. She is an environmental soil scientists, who completed her Ph.D. at the University of Arizona in the Department of Environmental Sciences, with a minor in American Indian Policy.

Her research interests are in soil health, environmental data stewardship and science communication. Lydia is a 2019 American Geophysical Union  “Voices for Science” Fellow, a 2020 Native Nations Institute Indigenous Data Sovereignty Fellow, and a 2021 Data Science Fellow.

Outside of her scholarship, Lydia is passionate about connecting her scholarship to outdoor spaces, through running and increasing representation in outdoor recreation. 

An enrolled member of the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes, Myra Parker is serving as an Associate Professor in the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behavior in the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry. She is also the current Chief Executive Officer for Seven Directions, as well as an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington.

Dr. Stephanie Russo Carroll is Dene/Ahtna, a citizen of the Native Village of Kluti-Kaah in Alaska, and of Sicilian-descent. Based at the University of Arizona (UA), she is an Associate Professor, Community, Environment and Policy Department at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health (MEZCOPH) and American Indian Studies Graduate Interdisciplinary Program; Affiliate Faculty, College of Law; Acting Director and Assistant Research Professor, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy; Associate Director, Native Nations Institute (NNI) at the Udall Center; and Director, Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance.