| Rashmi Jain | University of California, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Joel Martin | U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute |
| Wendy Schackwitz | U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute |
| Anna Lipzen | U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute |
| Pamela C Ronald | University of California, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |