Chair: Greg Podniesinski, PhD (Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry)
- Deric Case (Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry)
- Mary Ann Furedi, PhD (Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Harrisburg)
- Roger Latham, PhD (Continental Conservation)
- Norris Muth, PhD (Juniata College)
- Stephanie Perles (National Park Service)
- William Ryan, PhD (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
- Ephraim Zimmerman (Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh)