Ryan Sallans, MA is an international speaker and author who specializes in inclusion, diversity, and healthcare. Over the past 20 years, Ryan has worked in the fields of eating disorder recovery, sexual orientation, and gender identity development. In 2021, Ryan became the first person outside a lawyer to address the United States Courts for a Heritage Month Event (Pride Month). Ryan uses the craft of educational storytelling, guided by his academic degrees in cultural anthropology, English and educational psychology to assist audiences in breaking down the barriers that gender presents us all.

Matt Rice is a long-time transitioned (more than 30 years) non-binary trans guy. Matt began his activism in the late 1980s and early 1990s with ACT UP and Queer Nation in Chicago. Matt was involved in trans visibility activism in the early 1990s in San Francisco. Matt was a research assistant for the SF Department of Public Health on the first HIV seroprevalence study of the transgender community in San Francisco in the late 1990s. Matt has been a high school science teacher for more than 17 years, and currently works as an instructional coach for his local school district. He is happiest when he is working in intersectional equity advocacy in PreK–12 spaces. Matt has just finished his dissertation on the experiences of trans and non-binary teachers in K–12 education.

Finn identifies as a transman and began his medical transition in 2006 at the age of 31. He grew up in a small town in Iowa, and is a first generation college graduate. He has a master's degree in nursing and works as a community mental health nurse. He's also a veteran of the United States Navy. Finn loves the outdoors, trees, and hiking adventures with his spouse. He's a proud stepdad to two wonderful young people.

Cooper Lee Bombardier is a queer, trans American writer and visual artist living in Canada. He is the author of the memoir-in-essays Pass With Care, a finalist for the 2021 Firecracker Award in Nonfiction. His writing appears in The Kenyon Review, The Malahat Review, Ninth Letter, CutBank, Nailed Magazine, Longreads, Narratively, BOMB, and The Rumpus; and in 19 anthologies, including the Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology, The Remedy–Essays on Queer Health Issues, and the Lambda-nominated anthology, Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Speculative Fiction From Transgender Writers, which won a 2018 American Library Association Stonewall Book Award. He teaches in the MFA in Creative Nonfiction program at University of King’s College and in women, gender, and sexuality studies at Saint Mary’s University.

Mac co-founded the nonprofit, “Positive Masculinity”, a project for heart-led masculine folks who want to create a transformative path for masculinity in our world. He is a radio show host of "The You Can Make A Difference Show" on Rainier Avenue Radio and in 2017 Mac ran for Seattle City Council and was the first transgender person ever to be on a ballot in Washington State. The Mayor appointed Mac as a Seattle City Commissioner in 2011 and he served until 2016. He currently serves on the Seattle Renter's Commission appointed by the City Council. Mac is on the Washington state council for PFLAG and on the Seattle Police Department LGBT advisory board. He continuously speaks on panels and solo at numerous colleges, non-profit groups, and state and city governments on gender & sexuality.