Brian S. Hooker, PhD, is the chief scientific officer for Children's Health Defense and has been involved with the organization since 2016. He is also emeritus professor of biology at Simpson University in Redding, California. He has been active in biotechnology and epidemiology research over the last thirty-six years. Dr. Hooker is the coinventor for five patents and has authored over ninety research papers, published in internationally recognized, peer-reviewed journals. In 2013 and 2014, he worked with the CDC whistleblower, Dr. William Thompson, to expose fraud and corruption within vaccine safety research in the CDC which led to the 2016 movie Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe. Dr. Hooker coauthored with Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the New York Times bestseller, Vax-Unvax: Let the Science Speak.

John-Michael Dumais is an independent researcher and consultant specializing in strategic communications, organizational development, and public health advocacy. He has over four decades of experience spanning education, nonprofit management, communications, and public affairs. His recent work includes leading a successful campaign for repealing the death penalty in New Hampshire and serving as executive director of Rise Up New Hampshire, a health freedom advocacy organization he founded during the COVID-19 pandemic to coordinate grassroots mobilization and legislative efforts around medical autonomy and informed consent. From 2023 to 2024, he served as an investigative journalist for Children's Health Defense, producing research on vaccine safety, regulatory capture, and public health policy.