Cyntrea Cotton, born and raised in New York, former U.S. AirForce veteran and founder of the Veterans Garden Initiative, non-profit organization dedicated to creating therapeutic gardens for veterans. 

Emily Falk is a Professor of Communication, Psychology, Marketing, and Operations, Informatics, and Decisions (OID) at the University of Pennsylvania; Vice Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication; Director of the Communication Neuroscience Lab; and Director of the Climate Communication Division of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. Falk is an expert in the science of behavior change. Her research uses tools from psychology, neuroscience, and communication to examine what makes messages persuasive, why and how ideas spread, and what makes people effective communicators.

Current fellow at UCLA’s Preventive Health and Medicine and graduate of UCLA's Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency, Dr. Fruin provides primary care to veterans experiencing homelessness at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, inpatient care to residents of the San Fernando Valley at Olive View Medical Center, and Angelenos from across the county seeking quaternary care at UCLA Ronald Reagan and Santa Monica hospitals.

Dr. Kaitlyn Fruin’s past research focuses on how improving economic development and financial health can improve physical and mental health outcomes. Her focus as of recently at UCLA’s Preventive Medicine is utilizing the economic and medical rationale to promote organic, healthy sourced food as preventive medicine.