Dr. Katie Kamelamela (Kanaka Maoli) is an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University and researcher in the Global Discovery and Conservation Science Center who studies ethnoecology, ecological restoration, Indigenous conceptions of wealth, and Indigenous economies.

Her research focuses on historical and contemporary Native Hawaiian Forest plant gathering practices and continues to expand policy that includes community input within forest restoration management. 

Dr. Ryan Perroy is a Professor of Geography & Environmental Science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. He teaches courses in Remote Sensing, Advanced Geo-Spatial Techniques, Climate Change, Introduction to Geostatistics, and Field Methods

Dr. Haunani Kane is a scientist, surfer, and voyager from Kailua, Oʻahu.  Currently an assistant professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Haunani’s life is guided by the values and storied history of her kūpuna (ancestors). Using the ocean as her classroom, the sky as her blackboard, and islands as models for sustainable living, Haunani has found a unique way to blend observation and traditional knowledge to form a world view that focuses upon the similarities rather than the differences among western and indigenous science.