• Jace Tunnell, Mission-Aransas NERR/UT Marine Science Institute
• Tracy Weatherall, Mission-Aransas NERR/UT Marine Science Institute
• Katie Swanson, Mission-Aransas NERR/UT Marine Science Institute
• Joan Garland, Mission-Aransas NERR/UT Marine Science Institute
• Christina Marconi, Mission-Aransas NERR/UT Marine Science Institute
• Adriana Reza, Mission-Aransas NERR/UT Marine Science Institute
• Horacio Pérez-España, Universidad Veracruzana
• Minerva Flores, Universidad Veracruzana
• Caitlin Wessel, NOAA Marine Debris Program
• Pamela Plotkin, Texas Sea Grant
• Sara Carney, Texas Sea Grant
• Neil McQueen, Texas Coastal Bend Surfrider Foundation
• Adriana Leiva, US Fish & Wildlife
• Kathryn Tunnell, Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
• Kasla Dinkeloo, UT Austin