Michael Kluckner is an artist and the author of a number of illustrated books of history and cultural geography, including Vanishing Vancouver (1990 and 2012) and Vanishing British Columbia (2005). His other books include memoirs of sheep farming in the Fraser Valley and a graphic novel, Toshiko, set in B.C. during the Second World War and reflecting on the Japanese-Canadian experience. He lives in Vancouver, volunteers on the city's Heritage Commission, and is president of the Vancouver Historical Society.

Neal LaMontagne is a Vancouver-based city planner, urbanist, and educator. He is a former planner with the cities of Vancouver and North Vancouver and is currently working as an instructor in the Langara Applied Planning program, the UBC Master of Urban Design program, and the School of Community and Regional Planning as well as completing his PhD in Urban Planning at UCLA. He is the vice-chair of the Vancouver City Planning Commission and the Vancouver Urban Design Panel. 

Donald Luxton is the principal of Donald Luxton & Associates Inc., a leading heritage and museum consulting firm as well as the principal consultant for the City of Vancouver Heritage Action Plan. Involved in the field of heritage resource management since 1983, he is a well known consultant, advocate, educator and author, and has worked on numerous projects throughout Western Canada, including municipal planning projects, museum development and the restoration of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings. In 1983, he was a founding Director of the Victoria Heritage Foundation. In 2009, he was the recipient of the British Columbia Heritage Award.

Amy Robinson has worked for nearly two decades as a researcher, trainer and consultant in sustainable procurement, waste management and greenhouse gas management with some of Vancouver’s best-known business sustainability programs – Green Table Network, Sustainability Purchasing Network and Climate Smart Business. She is intimately connected with the local sustainable business community, and has worked for almost two decades to build community and partnerships to move sustainability deep into small and mid-sized businesses. Frustrated with how sustainability efforts often underplay economic and social concerns, she founded LOCO BC to focus on how local business contribute to our communities. LOCO published Canada's first research on the multiplier effect, and continues to lead with research on the effect of online shopping on independent retailers and is now launching a local impact assessment tool for businesses to help organizations big and small use their purchasing power to support strong vibrant communities.

Marianne Amodio holds a Masters Degree of Architecture from the University of Manitoba. She is a registered Architect and the principal at Marianne Amodio Architecture Studio whose work seeks to craft creative solutions that speak to today’s issues of affordability and social sustainability and our drive to a sharing economy. She is a regular guest instructor at Arts Umbrella and a regular guest critic and thesis advisor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. She is the recipient of the 2015 Arthur Erickson Memorial Award for Emerging Architect.