Alexis Rivas is the CEO and cofounder of Cover, a Los Angeles based technology company that designs, permits, manufactures and installs custom backyard homes. His passion for building started in preschool, where his teacher found it necessary to create building block height limitations as a result of his structures. Today, Alexis continues to push the boundaries of the built environment through Cover, using software and manufacturing technology to streamline the entire home building process – from design and permitting, to manufacturing and assembly. His, and Cover’s mission is to make thoughtfully designed and well-built homes for everyone. 

Cover is backed by top tier investors including Founders Fund, Lennar (the largest homebuilder in the USA), Valor Equity Partners, General Catalyst, and Fifty Years, and graduated from the Y Combinator Fellowship program, a leading Silicon Valley startup incubator. 

Chloe Canton is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and owner of Beach Cities Child and Family Therapy, a private practice located in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Her practice specializes in therapeutic services for children, adolescents and families. In addition to her clinical work, Chloe works with local school districts and community organizations to provide mental health education and support through speaking engagements, assemblies and workshops.

Dante Cornejo is a Captain in the Safe Community Project and is responsible for wildfire mitigation in Los Angeles. 

David Barrett is the Executive Officer of the Safe Community Project.

Dr. Christopher Potter is an Earth Scientist with 35 years of experience working at NASA Ames Research Center.  He has published more than 200 scientific articles in peer-reviewed research journals on wildfires, carbon cycling, and satellite data analysis.  He is currently a Principal Investigator on the NASA Soil-Moisture-Active-Passive satellite mission science team, and on NASA’s Climate Adaptation Science Investigators program, which was awarded the 2024 Blue Marble award that recognizes excellence demonstrated in environmental and energy management in support of NASA's mission.

Enid Arana is a wildfire coordinator for the MySafe:Riverside, a division of the Safe Community Project.

Eunisses Hernandez is a community organizer, a daughter of Mexican immigrants, and a lifelong District 1 resident. Since taking office in December 2022, Councilmember Hernandez has prioritized a Care First agenda that focuses on investing in community care, workforce development, social services, and harm-reduction programs that help make our neighborhoods safer and healthier places for all Angelenos.

Greg Doyle is a veteran wildfire photographer whose work has been featured in fire service magazines and websites. He is the official photographer of MySafe:LA.

Joel founded Bright Harbor after witnessing a close friend lose their home in a wildfire, exposing the overwhelming challenges of disaster recovery. As Founder & CEO, he is using technology to transform how individuals and communities recover from crises. A seasoned entrepreneur, Joel has built and sold multiple companies and has invested in and advised more than 50 early-stage ventures across climate adaptation and resilience, health, and AI. His work is driven by a passion for leveraging cutting-edge technology to solve some of the world’s toughest challenges and build companies that create real impact.

Councilmember John Lee is a lifelong public servant, the son of Korean immigrants, and a resident of Council District 12 for over 40 years. He has dedicated his career to the City of Los Angeles and was first elected to serve as Councilmember for the Twelfth District of Los Angeles in a Special Election in 2019. He was elected to his first full term in 2020 and was re-elected in 2024. John’s priorities for Council District 12 and its residents are to increase public safety, support local businesses, deliver core city services and bring quality of life improvements to the community.

Justice Tricia Bigelow is a retired municipal and superior court judge as well as a Presiding Justice for the Court of Appeals, Justice Bigelow now works as a mediator for the company Signature Resolution.

CAL FIRE Aviation Public Information Officer

President of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Los Angeles

Michele Steinberg is the Wildfire Division Director at the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA®). Since 2002, she has guided the development and growth of the Firewise USA® recognition program, the Wildfire Community Preparedness Day campaign, and Outthink Wildfire™, a policy initiative to end the destruction of communities by wildfire. Michele served on the presidential Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission (2022-2024), developing comprehensive policy recommendations and strategies on better ways to prevent, manage, suppress and recover from wildfires. Michele is a past officer of the International Association of Wildland Fire and a co-founder of the Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Recovery Membership Division of the American Planning Association. She holds a Master of Urban Affairs degree from Boston University, has served as an adjunct professor of emergency management, and as a guest lecturer at numerous universities, including UCLA.

Nicole Vazquez is a wildfire coordinator for the MySafe:Riverside, a division of the Safe Community Project.

Pat Hanley is a real estate broker with Berkshire Hathaway, a Director with the California Association of Realtors, the Treasurer of the Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council and a member of Team Rubicon.

Rich Thompson graduated from Penn State in May 1992 with a BS in Meteorology. He joined the National Weather Service in January 1993 as an intern at NWS Chicago. In June 1995, he became a forecaster with NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard  and has been at the Los Angeles/Oxnard office ever since. In 2006, Rich joined the Incident Meteorologist (IMET) program and has been an NWS IMET ever since. In his IMET career, Rich has been dispatched to over 80 wildfires, including the Thomas, Woolsey and Palisades fires. 

Sue Larson Pascoe was raised on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Mission, South Dakota. After graduating from the University of South Dakota, she moved to New York City where she did standup comedy. She moved to Los Angeles in 1992, and worked part-time for a local newspaper, while she raised her three children. In 2018, she started an online-newspaper Circling the News, which can be found at circlingthenews.com.