Víctor Orozco, Professor Emeritus, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
Paul Ganster, Professor Emeritus, San Diego State University
David Shirk, Professor, University of San Diego
Josiah Heyman, Professor, University of Texas, El Paso
Gilberto Rosas, Professor, University of Illinois, Champaign
Luis Miguel Rionda, Professor, Universidad de Guanajuato
Richard Kiy, President/CEO, Institute of the Americas
Mariana Aparicio, Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Silvia Nuñez García, Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Victor Alejandro Espinoza, President, Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Sergio Aguayo, Professor, El Colegio de México
John Sullivan, Senior El Centro Fellow, Small Wars Journal
Sylvia Gonzalez Gorman, Associate Professor, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
Heide Castañeda, Professor, University of South Florida
Emmy Pérez, Professor and Poet, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Natalie Scenters-Zapico, Professor and Poet, University of South Florida
Pati Jinich, Award-winning filmmaker and chef
M. Jenea Sanchez, Artist, Fronterizx Collective, Border Arts Corridor
Andrew Glazer, Documentary filmmaker
Celeste Gonzalez de Bustamante, Professor/Journalist, University of Texas at Austin
Jeannine Relly, Professor/Journalist, University of Arizona
Ken Roberts, CEO, World City
Alan Bersin, Former Assistant Secretary of International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer for the DHS
Fernando Alba, Undersecretary of Mining, Industry, Energy, State of Chihuahua
Joseph Gill, CEO, Arizona Border Alliance
Joaquin Luken, Executive Director, San Diego-Tijuana Smart Border Coalition
Lilian Serrano, Director, Southern Border Communities Coalition
Natala Mendoza, Co-Director, Altar CI