Jean T. Larmon is an archaeologist at Historical Research Associates in Missoula, Montana. Her research interests include the intersection of environmental justice and archaeology, climate change, relational ontologies, and public outreach. She applies her research throughout North America and, primarily, in Belize, where she works at ancient Maya sites with contemporary Maya peoples. Her recent work has been mitigating the damage done to archaeological resources as the result of wildfires and wildfire suppression.

Lisa J. Lucero is professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her interests focus on the emergence and demise of political power, ritual, water management, the impact of climate change on society, sustainability in tropical regions, and the Classic Maya. She has conducted archaeological projects in Belize for thirty years and uses insights from the Maya on tropical sustainability issues, working with colleagues in Southeast Asia.

Fred Valdez Jr. is professor in the Department of Anthropology at The University of Texas at Austin. He has directed and codirected archaeological research in the Maya area for more than three decades, and he was a Fulbright Scholar to Guatemala and currently serves as director of the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory (TARL) at UT Austin.