- Hitoshi Abe – Chair, UCLA Dept of Architecture and Urban Design; Principal, Atelier Hitoshi Abe
- Cesar Armendariz – President of Board of Directors, Boyle Heights Chamber of Commerce; Professor, USC Marshall School of Business
- Yuval Bar-Zemer – Arts District Resident; President and CEO, Linear City, LLC
- Jonathan Jerald, – Arts District Resident; Secretary, Los Angeles River Artists Business Association (LARABA)
- Tony V. Harris – PE, Partner, Point C, LLC
- Ozzie Lopez – Executive Director, Boyle Heights Technology Center; City of Los Angeles Community Development Department
- Lewis MacAdams – President, Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR)
- Eric Owen Moss, FAIA – Principal, Eric Owen Moss Architects; Director, Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
- Doug Suisman, FAIA – Principal, Suisman Urban Design