Justin Bomberg is founder and president of StoryMeThis Productions, an advertising, marketing, and video firm in Madison, Wisconsin. He has produced, directed, filmed and edited documentaries for major television networks in the U.S. and abroad, and traveled for two years internationally as the videographer for the Rolling Stones.

Rick Brooks, an Outreach Program Manager at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializes in health communication, youth and community development, and social marketing. He is co-founder of Dane Buy Local and chairman of Envest, a non-profit organization which supports microfinance programs in developing countries. He is also a founding board member of the Dane County Timebank, advisor to VolunTourism.org and founder of Where We Live: Villages, Neighborhoods and Communities Around the World. Rick has served as executive director and board member of Sarvodaya USA, a support organization for the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka.

Chuck Learned is a social entrepreneur with hands-on building, design and sustainability experience as well as decades of ideation, training in experiential education and organizing.  He is currently leading the effort to establish Tri-local Returns. 

Josie Pradella follows sustainability trends and advocates for sustainable practices among individuals, businesses, organizations and communities. She is the founder of Wisconsin Partners for SustainAbility and co-founder of the Dane Buy Local initiative, WiscPSA s Green Online Auction and Greener Business Network. Owner of Terra Source Gourmet Chocolates, she also works as an air management specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Josie is a writer for Sustainable Times and the creator of the Conscious Consumer Discussion Course. She consults with community organizations in dynamic facilitation.

Mark Stevens, Ph.D received his doctorate in urban and regional planning from the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Trained in dynamic and integral facilitation, he consults in environmental health, community sustainability and quality of life. He also holds a masters degree in land resources from the UW-Madison and a B.S. in Environmental Conservation from the University of New Hampshire. His expertise includes quality program design and evaluation, facilitating community participation processes, project management and organizational analysis.