Brian Dowd-Uribe is associate professor and chair of the international studies department at the University of San Francisco. His research focuses on understanding how changes in food and agricultural systems affect producers, consumers, and communities, primarily in West Africa and Central America.

Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, public theologian and a leader among innovative Christian leaders. His dozen-plus books include "A New Kind of Christianity," "A Generous Orthodoxy," "Naked Spirituality" and "Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha and Mohammed Cross the Road?" He is on the board of Convergence. He and his wife, Grace, live in Florida and have four adult children and four grandchildren. He's an avid wildlife and outdoors enthusiast who believes God's first language is this amazing universe.

Brian McWalters is a policy fellow at Accountability Counsel. He attends Georgetown Law and will earn his J.D. in May 2018. Brian previously served at the Environmental Protection Bureau of the New York Attorney General’s Office.

Brian Rettmann is a global health and HIV/AIDS expert with more than 20 years of experience. He is currently the HIV technical director in Chemonics’ global health division. Previously, Rettmann served as country coordinator for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief at the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania, where he oversaw the implementation of the $512 million (annual) interagency program. He also served as a country support team lead for the western hemisphere at the U.S. Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, and as a prevention technical advisor. Rettmann holds an MPH from the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.

Brian Shea is an expert in conflict resolution, institutional capacity building, and human resources management. He has extensive experience directing policy initiatives in countries such as Somalia, Kenya, Afghanistan, Cyprus, the Palestinian Territories, Israel, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Jamaica, and the United States. He holds a B.B.A in marketing and economics from Radford University and is completing a M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Brian Webster is a research assistant with the Center for Global Development. He supports the work of Nancy Birdsall, senior fellow emeritus Alan Gelb, and various other experts. He previously worked as a research assistant with Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies where he earned a Master of Arts in International Relations.

Briana Wilson is a disability inclusion advisor-manager at CBM Australia. Wilson manages a team that works with the disability movement and provides disability inclusion advice to DFAT and a range of other development agencies, including Australian NGOs, managing contractors, and multilaterals. Wilson has a clinical background in occupational therapy and a master's in international development (policy and human rights).

Bridget Mugambe, program coordinator at the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, is a social scientist who leads the agroecology and climate working group at AFSA, which represents more than 200 million farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolk, Indigenous peoples, faith groups, women’s movements, youth, and consumer associations across 50 countries.

Brieuc Pont is France's special envoy on nutrition and secretary-general of the Nutrition for Growth Summit. He previously served as France's ambassador to Nicaragua 2020-2023 and consul general in Sao Paulo 2016-2020. Pont is a graduate of the Bordeaux Institute of Political Studies. He holds a post-graduate diploma in Political Communication from the University of Paris.