Jane Anderson is an Associate Professor at New York University in Lenapehoking (New York) and Global Fellow in the Engelberg Center for Innovation Law and Policy in the Law School at NYU. Jane has a Ph.D. in Law from the Law School at University of New South Wales in Australia. Their work is focused on intellectual and cultural property law, Indigenous rights and the protection of Indigenous/traditional knowledge and cultural heritage.

Maui Hudson (Whakatōhea, Ngāruahine, Te Māhurehure) is an interdisciplinary researcher in Indigenous ethics, data sovereignty, mātauranga Māori and science. He is the Director of Te Kotahi Research Institute, where his research focuses on Indigenous trade, benefit sharing, and enhancing research practices with Indigenous communities. Maui is a founding member of Te Mana Raraunga – the Māori Data Sovereignty Network – and the Global Indigenous Data Alliance. He is also a co-author of the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. In addition, he serves on the Council of Local Contexts and is a co-developer of the Biocultural Labels. 

Erin Robinson is a sociotechnical infrastructure designer, community facilitator, and the CEO of Metadata Game Changers. With a Ph.D. in Information Science from CU Boulder and over two decades of experience in Earth and environmental science data, she helps place-based organizations—like biological field stations and Indigenous communities—build FAIR/CARE-aligned systems that organize research by the places from which it is derived. Erin is a current Fellow at the NYU Indigenous Data Law Lab. 

Maheata White Davies (Raiatea, French Polynesia) served as an advisor to the Vice President and Minister of Economy in the French Polynesian government. She now provides public and private organizations with strategic and operational support for compliance with local, national and international regulations, as well as project management services for initiatives related to sustainable development. Her work helps to integrate diverse stakeholders around common goals, foster collaborations across societal structures, and adapt regulations to fast-evolving technologies. Her current research focuses on public policy, research administration, data sovereignty and science communication. Meheata is a current Fellow at the NYU Indigenous Data Law Lab

Nathaniel Cummings-Lambert (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) is a PhD candidate in Sociocultural Anthropology at NYU and an NYU Predoctoral Fellow at the Indigenous Data Law Lab. His dissertation work focuses on the infrastructures of land reclamation by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His research has been supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, the Society for Visual Anthropology Robert Lemelson Foundation Fellowship and he was a 2022 Mellon Sawyer Seminar Graduate Student Fellow at NYU.