John Peterson “Pete” Myers is founder and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences.

Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Toxicology Program.

Degrees in environmental toxicology and an MSc in environmental science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ).

Birgit holds a doctorate degree in Biology from the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf.

Ksenia holds an MSc in microbiology from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.

Dr. Maricel V. Maffini is an Independent Consultant. She holds a doctorate degree in Biological Sciences.

Gretchen Salter has spent over 15 years as an organizer, activist and advocate for progressive change in America.

Graduate Program Director in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences in the University of Massachusetts.

Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP is an internationally renowned leader in children’s environmental health.

Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at UCSF.

Martin Wagner is a biologist interested in what plastics and plastics-associated chemicals do to freshwater ecosystems and human health.

Tamara is Professor of Ecotoxicology at the University of Exeter and also holds an Honorary Chair at University of Exeter Medical School.

Martin Scheringer is a professor of environmental chemistry at the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic.

Justine Maillot is policy officer at Zero Waste Europe and policy coordinator of the European NGO coalition Rethink Plastic.

Plastics Campaigner for GAIA – Asia Pacific and Regional Coordinator for Break Free From Plastic – Asia Pacific.

Bjorn Beeler is the International Coordinator & General Manager of IPEN, a global network of over 550 NGOs in 118 countries.

Dr Michael Warhurst has been Executive Director of the European NGO CHEM Trust since July 2014.

Miriam is a Program Director with UPSTREAM, and spends her days working to make throw-away a thing of the past.

Mao Da is now the director of Toxics-Free China and the policy advisor of China Zero Waste Alliance.

His career has been marked by more than 25 years of campaign leadership, strategic planning, organizational development and management.

Randy Olson is a scientist-turned-filmmaker who left a tenured professorship of marine biology (PhD Harvard University)

A developer of innovative programs, tools, and initiatives for integrating sustainable materials and safer chemicals into the economy.

Meadhbh Bolger is a resource justice campaigner with Friends of the Earth Europe.

Jen Jackson manages the Toxics Reduction & Healthy Ecosystems Program at the San Francisco Department of the Environment.