Michelle A. Williams is a professor of epidemiology and population health at Stanford University School of Medicine and former Dean of the Faculty at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, where she also served as the Angelopoulos Professor in Public Health and International Development and currently holds an adjunct professorship. An internationally renowned epidemiologist and award-winning educator, Dr. Williams is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Epidemiological Society. She has authored more than 550 peer-reviewed research articles and is recognized as a leading voice in public health science and global health.

Linda Marsa is an award-winning investigative journalist. She is a former Los Angeles Times reporter and has written two books, Prescription for Profits, about the pharmaceutical industry, and Fevered: Why a Hotter Planet Will Harm Our Health and How We Can Save Ourselves, which the New York Times called "gripping to read."