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Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is the bishop of Brooklyn and an advocate for migrants and immigrants, whose causes he has supported throughout his priestly ministry in the Roman Catholic Church. He was named bishop to the Diocese of Brooklyn in 2003. He also holds a doctorate in social work research and policy from Rutgers University.

Richard Land is president of Southern Evangelical Seminary, a position he assumed in 2013 after serving as president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission for 25 years. Land served on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom from 2001 to 2012.

Peggy Levitt is Luella LaMer Slaner Professor in Latin American Studies and professor of sociology at Wellesley College. Levitt is also an associate at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, where she co-directs the Politics and Social Change Workshop.

Susan Martin is the Donald G. Herzberg Professor Emerita of International Migration at Georgetown University and is currently serving as chair of the Thematic Working Group on Environmental Change and Migration in the World Bank's Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development. Martin received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Michael Werz is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. His work focuses on the nexus of climate change, migration, and security and emerging democracies. Werz holds a Ph.D. in philosophy and an M.A. in philosophy, political science, and Latin American studies from Goethe University Frankfurt.