Dr. Rainer Lohmann is Professor of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island (URI)’s Graduate School of Oceanography. He obtained a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Lancaster University (UK), and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from EHICS (Strasbourg, France). His group conducts research on the sources, transport, and bioaccumulation of anthropogenic pollutants….

Dianna Cohen is Co-Founder and CEO of Plastic Pollution Coalition and a passionate advocate against plastic pollution. A Los Angeles based visual artist, Dianna has shown her work internationally at galleries, foundations, and museums. She uses plastic in her artwork to make a visual and social impact….

Hans Peter Arp is a Professor in Environmental Chemistry at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and also an Expert Advisor at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute. His research interests intersect fundamental and applied aspects related to pollutants in the environment…

Maria Westerbos (born in Ethiopia on 10 September 1961) is an expert in mass communication, focusing on both traditional and new media. She combines a taste for inspiring social change projects with strategic insight and near flawless intuition covering a wide range of target groups….

Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH is the Director of and Alison S. Carlson Endowed Professor for PRHE and is a Professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies…

Michael Green is Chief Executive Officer at the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) which he founded in 1996. CEH is a leading advocate for comprehensive chemical policy, and uses both a carrot and stick to change corporate behavior in order to protect people from illnesses related to pollution in our air, water, products and food…

Jim is the co-founder and Executive Director of Basel Action Network, where he provides strategic oversight and implements and expands our programs. As an activist for over 25 years, his work on toxic waste and toxic waste trade has helped control pollution, safeguard fragile ecosystems from bio-accumulating toxins, protect the world’s poor from health hazards, and reuse the Earth’s limited resources….