Kevan L. Main currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution's Aquaculture Division, in Fort Pierce, Florida. Main joined Harbor Branch in 1997; for more than ten years before that, she served as the Director of the USDAs Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture, located in Waimanalo, Hawaii. She also directed its Oceanic Institute's Asian Interchange Program. Main received her Ph.D. from Florida State University, where she focused on seagrass meadows. Main is a member of the World Aquaculture Society's Board of Directors and serves as the chairman of the Affiliations Committee for the Society.

Two members of the External Evaluation Panel were among those who learned about cage culture in aquaculture ponds during a field visit in Thailand.

Christine Crawford has worked in the marine aquaculture field for over twenty years, primarily in finfish and shellfish aquaculture research, and in aquaculture extension. She is currently the Marine Environment Section Leader for the Marine Research Laboratories, Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania, located in Taroona, Tasmania. Recently, Crawford has begun investigating the effects of aquaculture on the marine environment. Prior to joining the University of Tasmania, Crawford served as a consultant and lecturer around the world. She holds a Ph.D. in marine ecology from the University of Tasmania, Australia.

David Cummins has been closely allied with CRSP research for over twenty years, having served as Program Director and Associate Director of the Peanut CRSP, administered through the University of Georgia. As Director, Cummins organized research programs between the US and host countries and implemented research. Cummins holds a Ph.D. in Agronomy from the University of Georgia. He has traveled throughout the world, and from 1986 to 1988 served as the Agricultural Research Advisor for USAID in Manila, the Philippines. In 1996 Cummins was named recipient of the D.W. Brooks Award for Excellence in International Agriculture.

Edna McBreen has over twenty years of experience with domestic and international education. She is currently Associate Vice Chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Previously, McBreen was Associate Dean and Director of the Cooperative Extension of the College of Agriculture, University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where her dissertation focused on the interface between family law and home economics. McBreen has served on the EEP of the Bean/Cowpea CRSP and the Global Livestock CRSP.