Ruth Dittrich is an associate professor of economics at the University of Portland. She holds a Ph.D. in climate change adaptation economics from the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on economic impacts from wildfire smoke and decision-making for climate adaptation.

Pablo Aranda Valenzuela, lawyer and IWM master's graduate, lectures on Environmental Law at the University of Chile and researches at The University of Queensland's Sustainable Infrastructure Research Hub. He supports Newenko on water governance and is a PhD candidate at UQ, focusing on water governance, justice, and rural community impacts.

Dr. Esther A. Onyango is an Interdisciplinary Scientist focused on policy-driven research and innovation in environmental systems, human health, and sustainability. She employs a Planetary Health approach to identify human health risks in socio-ecological systems impacted by global stressors like climate change to facilitate decision-making for adaptation.

Ms. Abhilasha Singh is a doctoral researcher at the School of Public Policy in the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Her research pertains to food systems transformations, agro-ecology and resilience to climate change. She is also interested in exploring the changing mobility patterns of rural communities in the context of changing climate.

Nick has over 15 years’ experience working with communities, sectors, and government on climate change adaptation, disaster risk and resilience in Aotearoa New Zealand, South Asia and Canada. He uses participatory and collaborative methods and systems dynamics, tools and approaches to explore practical solutions to complex social-ecological problems.