Lynn Stout was the Distinguished Professor of Corporate and Business Law at the Jack G. Clarke Business Law Institute at Cornell Law School. She was the author of Cultivating Conscience: How Good Laws Make Good People and the award-winning book, The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public.

Sergio Gramitto is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Cornell Law School, where he also serves as the Assistant Director of the Clarke Program on Corporations and Society.

Tamara Belinfanti is a Professor of Law at New York Law School. Along with Lynn Stout, she co-founded the Ethical Shareholder Initiative, a nonprofit that seeks to revolutionize share voting to create a more sustainable corporate system.