- Aixa Aleman-Diaz, American Geophysical Union
- H. Justin Ballenger, Morehouse University
- Mona Behl, Georgia Sea Grant
- Sharon Cooper, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
- Dwight Ebanks, Savannah State University
- Corey Garza, University of Washington
- M. Brandon Jones, National Science Foundation
- Sarah Kolesar, Oregon Sea Grant
- Jon Lewis, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Loraine Martell-Bonet, University of South Florida
- Isabel Martinez Farrington, University of Puerto Rico Humacao
- Lisa White, University of California, Berkeley