Douglas Vakoch (Self - President of METI International), James Kasting (Self - Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Penn State University), Steven J. Dick (Self - Secretary of METI International), David Messerschmitt (Self - Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley), John Traphagan (Self - Professor of Religious Studies and Anthropology at University of Texas, Austin), Allan Penney (Self - Vice President of METI International)