Eliana López Álvarez is a Venezuelan journalist with experience in radio and television, corporate communications and corporate social responsibility. With a degree in social communication, she is also a collaborator of the Pastoral Educativa of the Archdiocese of Calabozo, Venezuela, and a volunteer with Caritas and partner of the Spanish Red Cross.

Mary Ellen Gondeck is a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph. Although retired from the congregation's Justice Team, she remains active in anti-racism efforts and lobbying with the Friends Committee on National Legislation team in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She has also served as a teacher and principal in elementary education and worked in community organizing. Additionally, she has spent time in the West Bank and Gaza with the Meta Peace Team, founded in Lansing, Michigan.