Erin O. Sills is the Edwin F. Conger Professor and Head of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University.  Her research lies at the interface of environment and development economics, including design and evaluation of forest conservation and climate change mitigation strategies.  She received her BA from Princeton University and her PhD from Duke University.

Allen Blackman is Principal Economic Advisor to the Climate and Sustainable Development sector at the Inter-American Development. An environmental economist, his research focuses on three broad areas: land use and land cover change, urban environmental issues, and agricultural supply chains. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics are from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.A. in International Relations and Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania.