- Jo Marie V. Acebes, National Museum of the Philippines and Balyena, Philippines
- Tundi Agardy, Sound Seas, USA
- Monica Arso Civil, University of St. Andrews, UK
- Karen Baird, SPREP, Samoa
- C. Scott Baker, Oregon State University, USA
- Rob Baldwin, Five Oceans Environmental Services, Oman
- Bradley Barr, University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland
- Jeffrey Bernus, Caribbean Cetacean Society, Martinique, France
- Charlotte Boyd, KBA Expert, IUCN, Switzerland
- Gill Braulik, University of St. Andrews, UK
- Anna Bunney, ORCA, UK
- Susana Cardenas Alayza, Peru
- Simon Childerhouse, Cawthron Institute, New Zealand
- Danielle Cholewiak, NOAA Fisheries, USA
- Tim Collins, Wildlife Conservation Society, Kenya
- Rochelle Constantine, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Enrique A. Crespo, CESIMAR-CONICET, Argentina
- Jon Day, Queensland, Australia
- Violaine Dulau, Globice, Reunion, France
- Peter Evans, Sea Watch Foundation, UK
- Susan Gallon, MedPAN, France
- Claire Garrigue, IRD, Noumea, New Caledonia, France
- Tilen Genov, Morigenos, Slovenia
- Anita Gilles, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Germany
- Pavel Gol’din, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine
- Sascha Hooker, University of St. Andrews, UK
- Erich Hoyt, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, UK
- Miguel Iñíguez, Fundacion Cethus, Argentina
- Fairul Izmal, Mare Cet Research, Malaysia
- Benjamin Kahn, APEX Environmental, Indonesia
- Francine Kershaw, Natural Resources Defense Council, UK
- Jeremy Kiszka, Florida International University, USA
- Caterina Lanfredi, Tethys Research Institute, Italy
- Sophie Laran, Université de La Rochelle, France
- Mary-Anne Lea, University of Tasmania/IMAS, Australia
- Phénia Marras-Ait Razouk, French Biodiversity Agency, France
- Helene Marsh, James Cook University, Australia
- David Mattila, International Whaling Commission Secretariat, USA
- Gianna Minton, Megaptera Marine Conservation, The Netherlands
- Hilary Moors-Murphy, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
- Putu Liza Mustika, Cetasi, Indonesia
- Anne Nelson, CollabPacific, USA
- Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Tethys Research Institute, Italy
- Linda Nowlan, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Carlos Olavarría, CEAZA, Chile
- Romulus-Marian Paiu, Mare Nostrum, Romania
- José Palazzo, Jr., Truda Palazzo & Associates, Brazil
- Simone Panigada, Tethys Research Institute, Italy
- Cecilia Passadore, Vida Silvestre Uruguay
- Graham Pierce, CSIC, Spain
- Elena Politi, Tethys Research Institute, Italy
- Monique S. Pool, Green Heritage Fund, Suriname
- Margi Prideaux, Wild Migration, Australia
- Ester Quintana, Guatemala
- Lorenzo Rojas Bracho, Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático, Mexico
- Howard Rosenbaum, Wildilfe Conservation Society, USA
- Debbie Russell, University of St. Andrews, UK
- Chandra P. Salgado Kent, Edith Cowan University, Australia
- Rodney Salm, The Nature Conservancy, USA
- Nataliya Shumeyko, Kaspika, Russian Federation
- Mark Simmonds, OceanCare, UK
- Brian Smith, Wildlife Conservation Society, USA
- Federico Sucunza, GEMARS & IA, Brazil
- Dipani Sutaria, Ahmedabad, India
- Michael Tetley, IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force, UK
- Jorge Urbán, UABCS, La Paz, Mexico
- Dag Vongraven, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway
- Rob Williams, Oceans Initiative, Vancouver, Canada
- Andrew Willson, Future Seas Global SPC, Sultanate of Oman
- Margherita Zanardelli, Tethys Research Institute, Italy
