Dr. Denneal Jamison-McClung serves as Interim Director of the UC Davis Biotechnology Program, a unit of the Office of Research, where she leads efforts to accelerate the development and use of new technologies in the life sciences and engineering through innovative graduate education programs, such as the Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology (DEB) and the Advanced Degree for Corporate Employees (ADP), development of public-private partnerships to support interdisciplinary education, and service as a public intellectual (papers, short courses, workshops and seminars).

Karen is a faculty director for the UC Davis ADVANCE Program and a Professor of Chemical Engineering.

Mary Lou de Leon Siantz is a professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis and founding director of the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS).

President Adela de la Torre is an agricultural and health economist, and nationally recognized expert on Latino and Chicano health issues.