As an activist, staff to elected officials, and analyst at the Department of Energy, Adi Liberman been involved in environmental issues for more than twenty-five years. He has done work on various environmental causes ranging from energy conservation to coastal pollution

After four years as executive vice president at the global communications firm Edelman, Inc., Liberman opened his own company , Adi Liberman & Associates, in 2006. The company specializes in public affairs, government relations, communications and advocacy on environmental issues. His current clients include a mix of non-profit organizations, government agencies and private corporations.

Over the last 15 years, Adi has helped lead a coalition of environmental, governmental, and business leaders in a campaign to restore Santa Monica Bay. They have, thus far, secured $4 billion worth of infrastructure improvements, while changing public attitudes towards coastal conservation.

Mark Gold is president of the environmental group Heal the Bay, and was executive director from 1994 to 2006. Heal the Bay is an environmental group dedicated to making Southern California coastal waters and watersheds, including Santa Monica Bay, safe, healthy and clean. Gold received his bachelor's and master's in Biology, and his doctorate in Environmental Science and Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Gold has worked extensively over the last 20 years in the field of coastal protection and water pollution. In particular, he has worked on research projects on urban runoff pollution, DDT and PCB contamination in fish, and the health risks of swimming at runoff contaminated beaches. He created Heal the Bay's Beach Report Card, and has authored or co-authored numerous California coastal protection, water quality and environmental education bills. Gold served on the USEPA Urban Stormwater Federal Advisory Committee. Currently, he is a vice chair of the National Estuary Program's Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, and was vice chair of the California Ocean Science Trust. He sits on numerous other environmental and water quality boards and task forces.

Gideon Kracov is a lawyer in private practice in Los Angeles, where he represents clients in civil law, environmental and zoning cases. His work includes high-stakes litigation and complex regulatory matters.

Previously, Kracov served as a deputy Los Angeles city attorney where he counseled the Department of Planning and the Bureau of Sanitation. He was on the team that negotiated the $168-million settlement of litigation concerning trash in the Los Angeles River, and advised the City's brownfield redevelopment program.

Before his public sector work, Kracov practiced at Rose, Klein & Marias LLP, a distinguished trial law firm. There he was lead counsel in mass toxic tort and environmental lawsuits that helped to shape these areas of the law. In 2009, the authoritative Lawyers Daily Journal named Kracov one of the top 20 attorneys under age 40 in the State of California.

In addition to his service as vice-chair of the Proposition O Citizen Oversight Advisory Committee, Kracov was a Governor's appointee and chair of the committee that analyzes the California's smog check program. He lectures at the South Coast Air Quality Institute, and has served for many years on the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Environmental Law Section.

Teresa Villegas is president of MTV Environmental Consulting, a consulting business that focuses on community organizing, environmental research and policy. She has an extensive background in statewide legislation, coalition building, strategic planning, media relations, public affairs and government service.

Prior to founding her consulting firm, Villegas served as an executive fellow for the California Air Resources Board privately funded by the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation. She also served as legislative director for The Trust for Public Land, and has been involved in numerous statewide initiative campaigns having served as staff to several elected officials, including United States Senator Barbara Boxer, County Supervisor Gloria Molina, and former Los Angeles City Mayor Richard Riordan.

Villegas serves on the Board of the Planning and Conservation League and is an active member of Comision Femenil de Los Angeles and Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE). She is a graduate of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Miguel A. Luna is the executive director of Urban Semillas, a social conscientious, reconnaissance and outreach, community-based, watershed-driven organization. Luna works to educate underserved and monolingual (Spanish-speaking) communities about watershed awareness and social justice issues. He provides them with community-building skills that empower them to participate in local and citywide planning, as well as play an active role in city, state and nationwide policies.

Luna specializes in cultivating relationships with and among community-based organizations, businesses, elected officials, environmental organizations, academia, governmental agencies and individual stakeholders. He guest lectures throughout the state, presenting topics like "Understanding Diversity within Diversity," "Cultivating Community Relationships vs. Marketing," and "Community Reconnaissance: Outreach."

Cynthia McClain-Hill is founder and principal of the law firm McClain-Hill Associates in Los Angeles. The law firm specializes in land use, planning and environmental law, public and administrative law and public policy development and advocacy.

McClain-Hill currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Health Foundation, is president-elect of the National Association of Women Business Owners-Los Angeles (NAWBO-LA), and a member of the UCLA Foundation Board of Councilors. She supports a host of charitable organizations aimed at enhancing opportunities for women and minorities.

McClain-Hill has previously served the State of California as a member of the California Fair Political Practices Commission, and now serves as the Governor of California's appointee to the California Coastal Commission.

Craig Perkins is the director of environmental and public works management and former environmental programs manager for the City of Santa Monica. Perkins has authored and co-authored a number of articles on solar electricity infrastructure, alternative fuel vehicle policies, water efficiency programs, energy efficiency strategies and urban runoff management practices. He is also a member of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project, the California Urban Water Conservation Council and the Sustainable Policies Institute Board.

Francine Diamond was a special assistant for environmental issues from 1990 to 1993 in the Office of the State Controller. In 1999, then Governor Gray Davis appointed her to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board. She has since been reappointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenneger.

Currently serving on the Executive Board and Governing Board of the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, Diamond is also a member of the Executive Board of the California League of Conservation Voters.

Diamond earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master's degree in Organizational Management from Antioch University, Los Angeles.

Tiger Kang is founder and president of the Pacific Volunteer Association (PAVA), a non-profit organization designed to encourage participation in Los Angeles through volunteering. Major PAVA events have included Coastal Cleanup Day, the Great Los Angeles River Cleanup and Bridging of 2 Communities.

PAVA's goal is to create safe homes, strong communities and a thriving economy through volunteer efforts to beautify neighborhoods, lessening street litter and examining people's impact on nearby rivers and oceans.