Sarah Moon is a 45 year resident of Hawaii. She is a graduate of Hilo High School and graduated with honors from University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is now retired. She is presently the co-chair of the Sierra Club Moku Loa Group Outings Committee. She is also Secretary for the Leleiwi Community Association and the Volunteer Technical Director of both the Hilo Chinese New Year Festival and the Hawaii World Heritage Festival.

Paul H. Campbell is a 25-year resident of Hawaii. Mr. Campbell has worked as a Montessori teacher and also as a lifeguard. He is currently a member of the Sierra Club.

Bill Gilmartin retired from federal government service in 1996, after 30 years of research on many marine mammal species, including 16 years managing the research and recovery program for the endangered Hawaiian monk seal. He is still a member of the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Team and, as Director of Research for the Hawaii Wildlife Fund, he conducts research and recovery projects for Hawaii's endangered hawksbill turtle and organizes shoreline marine debris cleanup events on the southeast Ka`u coast. He has also worked with the State to get nearly 2 miles of the Ka`u coast at Waiohinu, a natural resource and culturally rich area, protected in State "forest reserve" status. Bill was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Conservation Council for Hawaii in 2007.

Kim Garcia is a 38 year resident of the Big Island. Raised in Hilo, she has always believed in personal active volunteerism. She has lived all over the Big Island, having children while living in Kau. Currently she is an active scuba diver who is also a self-employed homeowner in Kona.

Hannah K. Springer is a lifelong resident of Hawaii. Ms. Springer is a self employed ethnographer. From 1996 to 2000, she was a Trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. She is presently the First Vice Chair of the Hawaii County Planning Commission, the Co-Chair of the West Hawaii Fishery Council, a member of the Kahu Ku Mauna and a past trustee of The Nature Conservancy Hawaii.

E. Kalani Flores is a lifelong resident of Hawaii. Mr. Flores is currently a Hawaiian Studies Instructor at Hawaii Community College, UH Center at West Hawaii, and since 1983 has lectured and taught at various colleges, schools and programs statewide, as well as coordinating many educational programs for Native Hawaiian Children. He is presently a Hawaii Island representative on the Native Hawaiian Historic Preservation Council of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and a committee member of the Pohakuloa Training Area Cultural Advisory Committee.