Executive Director – John G. Stevens, Distinguished University Professor, University of North Carolina, Asheville; PhD, Physical Chemistry, North Carolina State University, 1969
Co-Interim Chief Scientist and Director of Atmospheric Science - John E. Allen, Jr., Formerly Deputy Chief, Astrochemistry Branch, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center; PhD, Applied Physics, University of Florida, 1976.
Co-Interim Chief Scientist - Jon R. Wiener, PhD, 1984 Microbiology, University of Virginia. Currently Associate Professor, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Formerly Dean of Academic Affairs, University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston. Areas of Interest: Cancer Biology and Metastasis, Virology, Biomedical Ethics, Graduate Education.
Special Advisor, Finances and Development – Paul F. Bellows, Chief Operating Officer, Retired, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP; Master of Public Administration, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1973
Special Advisor, Development – Alan Escovitz, Formerly Director for External Affairs, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Ohio State University. 2008
Director of Communication and Education – Steven Samuels, MA, Creative Writing, Brown University, 1979
Senior Advisor on Water Quality and Resources – Robert A. Sweeney, Formerly Executive Director, International Association for Great Lakes Research, PhD, Water Resources, The Ohio State University
Senior Advisor, Natural Environment – Rebecca A. Efroymson, PhD, Environmental Toxicology, Cornell University, 1993
Senior Advisor, Built and Natural Environment – David A. Johnson, FAICP, Professor Emeritus of Planning, University of Tennessee; PhD, Regional Planning, Cornell University, 1972
Leader, Sustainability Indicators Project – Drew Kitt, Director of Contracts, Higher Source Aviation, Inc.
Researcher – Graham Derryberry, B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aerospace Engineering with Information Technology, 2007
Co-Chair, Advisory Council – Russ Martin, Formerly Mayor of Asheville and Investment Officer, Merrill Lynch & Co.
Co-Chair, Advisory Council – David Wallace, Vice President for Strategic Development, Vanir Energy (a clean energy company), Asheville; MSc, Physical Oceanography, University College of North Wales, 1986
