LAWRENCE BRENT BRILLIANT, M.D. , is Executive Director of Google.org, the umbrella organization for Google's philanthropic activities, where he works with the company's co-founders — Larry Page and Sergey Brin — to apply innovation and an estimated billion dollars to make a new assault on the largest of the world’s problems.

A survivor of unspeakable torture during the Vietnam War, LeLy Hayslip tells of her war-time experiences as a 12 year old spy for the Viet Cong and her remarkable transformation into an international leader of peace and reconciliation, in her bestselling autobiography When Heaven and Earth Changed Places.

Leo Burke is Professor and Director of the Global Commons Initiative at the Mendoza College of Business, the University of Notre Dame. In this capacity he teaches courses on the commons to undergraduates, MBAs and Executive MBAs. From December 2000 through June 2008, he served as Associate Dean and Director of Executive Education.

Lewis Marshall is a parish priest, the vicar of All Saints Church, a little Episcopal church on Staten Island. He is an aspiring systematic theologian with a particular interest in the integral discourse among all the approaches to knowledge and wisdom. He is very interested in nurturing integral inquiry and a sense of global community in his parish and in his neighborhood.

Lois Barber is Co-founder and Executive Director of EarthAction, a global network of over 2,000 organizations in over 160 countries. She is also the Founder and President Emerita of 20/20 Vision (now named 2020 Action), a US based activist network of over 30,000 citizens focused on peace and environmental security.

Raised in Dallas, Texas, Lynne received her B.A. from Tulane University and her M.A. in Public Law and Government from Columbia University's Graduate Faculties. She was a researcher and speech writer for John C. Clarke, Senior Vice President and Special Legal Counsel for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Marco Toscano-Rivalta (Italy) is Humanitarian Affairs Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, NY. He holds a Law degree and PhD in International Human Rights Law, and has served as a lecturer to the Universities of Bologna, Siena, Roma e Trento (Italy) and John Hopkins.

Mark Gerzon, President of Mediators Foundation, has been a mediator, leadership consultant, and activist across the political divide for 25 years. From Capitol Hill to foreign capitals around the world, from divided communities to conflict resolution workshops, he has chronicled his work in a series of books exploring how to harness conflict.

Martha Foster is a leading specialist in international documentary film and television. With graduate education in both anthropology and media, she has worked with universities, museums, festivals and broadcasters in the United States and Asia, created a highly prestigious juried international documentary festival