David Andow, is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Insect Ecology at the University of Minnesota where he teaches courses in insect ecology and population ecology, ecological risk assessment in addition to numerous guest lectures.  His research interests include ecological risk assessment of biological stressors, science policy associated with GMO's, ecology of natural enemy food webs in agricultural crops, and the use of vegetational diversity in the conservation of natural enemies. He is the coordinator of the International Project on GMO Environmental Risk Assessme‌nt Methodologies (GMO ERA Project) and an International Delegate to the Brazilian Entomological Society FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization).                                    

‌Christopher Thompson, is the Academic Dean of Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he also teaches moral theology. Dr. Thompson has written on the subjects of moral theology, psychology, marriage and family, and the importance of the environment, and has a particular area of interest in the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Chapelstone Foundation, National Catholic Rural Life Association, and the International Catholic Rural Association as well as oversees a native prairie restoration project in central, western Wisconsin.