May Berenbaum (committee chair, member of National Academy of Sciences)  
professor and head department of Entomology, University of Illinois 

Pablo J. Boczkowski
associate professor, program in media, technology, and society, department of communication studies, Northwestern University
 
Alan Boyle
blogger, CosmicLog; science editor, MSNBC
 
David K. Campbell
professor of physics and electrical engineering, Boston University

Cornelia Dean
science writer, The New York Times

Peggy Girshman
executive editor, Kaiser Health News

Mark Johnson
reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

John H. Linehan (member, National Academy of Engineering)
professor of biomedical engineering, Northwestern University

Charles C. Mann
author; contributing correspondent, Science; contributing editor, The Atlantic
 
Gregory A. Petsko (member, National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine)
Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Brandeis University
 
Nancy Shute
freelance writer