Jessica Kahn, Partner, McKinsey & Co, 

Allison DeHonney, CEO, Urban Fruits & Veggies, Buffalo, New York

John Thornton, retired president, Goldman Sachs, Chairman Emeritus, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

Lavonne Ansari, CEO, Community Health Center of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

Mimi Majumdar Narayan, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Health Impact Project, Washington, DC

Alexander Wright, Founder, African Heritage Food Co-Op, Buffalo, New York

Caroline Harries, Associate Director, The Food Trust, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thomas Beauford, President, Buffalo Urban League

Chris Kennedy, Chairman, Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, Chicago, Illinois

Adamaah Grayse, Buffalo Freedon Gardens; Grassroots Gardens of WNY

Ted Janicki, President, Bank of America, Buffalo, New York

Broderick Cason, Director, Community Engagement, Univera Healthcare, Buffalo, New York

Krista Elizabeth Toussant, Known Holdings LLC, Chicago, Illinois

Molly Hartman, Program Director, Reinvestment Fund, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

John Persons, President, Tops Markets, LLC, Buffalo, New York

Darriel Harris, Johns Hopkins University

Reverend Mark Blue, President, NAACP, Buffalo Branch, Buffalo, New York

Kenneth Kolb, author, “Retail Inequity: Reframing the Food Desert Debate,” Greenville, South Carolina

Lewis Clarke, Director, Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York

John Koelmel, Senior Consultant, Catapult Consulting; Chairman, New York State Power Authority; former CEO, First Niagara Bank, Buffalo, New York

Johnny Bowman, former COO, Upward Farms, Brooklyn, New York