| Name | Organization | Position |
| Martin Jaffe | University of Illinois at Chicago | Professor |
| Pete Harmet | IDOT District 1 | Bureau Chief, Bureau of Programming |
| John Grosshans | USEPA, Region 5 | |
| Cathy Geraghty | Forest Preserve District of Cook County | Director of Development |
| Andy Kimmel | Lake County Forest Preserves | Deputy Director |
| Patricia Werner | Lake County Stormwater Management Commission | Planning Manager |
| Deborah Stone | Cook County Department of Environmental Control | Director |
| Sean Wiedel | City of Chicago | Asst Commissioner, Dept of Environment |
| Kate Agasie | Metropolitan Mayors Caucus | Director of Environmental Initiatives |
| Martha Dooley | Village of Schaumburg | Senior Landscape Planner |
| Harlan Spiroff | Spiroff & Gosselar, Ltd. | Village Attorney |
| Mike Sullivan | Kane / Kendall Council of Mayors | Planning Liaison |
| Christy Sabdo | Kane County | Senior Planner |
| Melinda Pruett-Jones | Chicago Wilderness | Executive Director |
| Jack Darin | Sierra Club, Illinois Chapter | Executive Director |
| Lenore Beyer-Clow | Openlands | Policy Director |
| Anne McKibbin | CNT Energy | Policy Director |
| Ashley Craig | Environmental Law and Policy Center | Environmental Business Specialist |
| Nancy Williamson | Illinois Department of Natural Resources | Watershed Coordinator |
| Wally Van Buren | Illinois Association of Wastewater Agencies | Member |
| Kindy Kruller | The Delta Institute | Director, Community Development Program |
| Joe Schussler | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District | Principal Civil Engineer |