Suzanne Hunt
Suzanne Hunt coordinated the landmark study Biofuels for Transportation: Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Agriculture and Energy in the 21^st Century for WorldWatch. Under her leadership a team of international experts  in the field of bioenergy assessed the opportunities and risks of large-scale international development of biofuels.  Ms. Hunt has extensive environmental research, policy, education and planning experience.  She speaks frequently before diverse audiences ranging from European Parliamentarians to farm associations.  Most recently she has spoken at the World Bank, the United Nations, Yale University and on Capitol Hill.  Ms. Hunt has a BS in Environmental Science from Penn State University and a dual master’s degree in International Affairs and Natural Resource Management from American University and the UN’s University for Peace in Costa Rica.

Dr. Cynthia E. Rosenzweig
Dr. Rosenzweig is a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University where she is the leader of the Climate Impacts Group.  The mission of the group is to investigate the interactions of climate with systems and sectors important to ecological and human well-being.  Recognizing that the complex interactions engendered by global environmental change can best be understood by coordinated teams of experts she has organized and led a number of large-scale interdisciplinary, national and international studies. Her primary research involves the development of interdisciplinary methodologies by which to assess the potential impacts and adaptations to global environmental change.  Dr. Rosenzweig received her Ph.D from the University of Massachusetts and earned her M.S. and BA from Rutgers University.

Dr. Stephen H. Schneider
Dr. Schneider is the Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University.  He is actively involved with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC). He is currently a Coordinating Lead Author of Working Group II on “Assessing Key Vulnerabilities and the Risk from Climate Change,” as well as a member of the Writing Team for the Synthesis Report, which is synthesizing the contributions of Working Groups I, II and III and the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.  Dr. Schneider was honored in 1992 with a MacArthur Fellowship for his ability to integrate and interpret the results of global climate research.  Dr. Schneider received his BS, MS and Ph.D degrees from Columbia University.

RAY SUAREZ
Program Host

Ray Suarez is a senior correspondent with the PBS Jim Lehrer NewsHour and formerly host of NPR's news program Talk of the Nation.  He brings more than 30 years of experience in the news business to the daily broadcast, having worked for NBC-TV in Chicago, CNN, ABC Radio, CBS Radio in Rome and been a reporter for  various American and British news services in London. Author of several books, his most recent, The Holy Vote:  The Politics of Faith in America. was published last year. Recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, he holds a B.A.  degree in African history from New York University and a M.A. in social sciences from the University of Chicago.  Mr. Suarez has moderated seven previous teleconferences for World Food Day – in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000,  2001, 2003 and 2006.