Dr. Rejmankova is a Professor at University of California, Davis in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy. She specializes in ecosystem and community ecology with particular attention to aquatic and wetland environments. Her continued research with her students and two local universities, Universidad del Valle and Universidad de San Carlos in Lake Atitlan, has provided the quantification and improved understanding of biogeochemical process ecosystems that are being exposed to increasing nutrient inputs through human activities.

Dr. Chandra is Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, in the Department of Natural Resources, Limnology and Conservation Ecology. He is also Director of Global Water Center and Aquatic Ecosystems Laboratory and is Associate Director of the Castle Lake Environmental Research & Education Program. Through 10 years of doing research in the Atitlan Basin he has come to know other organizations that provide evaluation, conservation, education and research with the objective of implementing comprehensive solutions.

Dr. Oakley is a professor at California State University, Chico in the Department of Civil Engineering and specializes in environmental engineering, wastewater treatment and solid waste management. He has extensive experience in research, publications and presentations regarding municipal environmental management policies and the design and operation of water treatment facilities in Latin America and the Caribbean.