Scott is a native of PEI, having grown up on a mixed farm on the north shore. He attended UPEI and then moved on to the Technical University of Nova Scotia in Halifax to obtain his Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Engineering. Upon graduation, he was hired by the PEI Department of Agriculture and has worked in the position of Soil and Water Engineer for the past 15 years; responsible for water resources engineering, irrigation, and other water related issues. He was the technical lead and chief project engineer for PEI’s cranberry development program; and he still acts as the technical contact for the province on most cranberry design issues. In 2008, through an Interchange with the Agri Environment Services Branch of Agriculture Canada, Scott took on the role as Regional Water Resources Engineer. He has also acted in the positions of Regional Ag Water Manager and Regional Agro Climate Specialist for the Atlantic Region.

Frank received his BS in Biology from Gettysburg College, his MS in Plant Pathology from the University of Massachusetts and his PhD in Plant Pathology from the University of Kentucky. He was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at the University of Maine-Orono from 1979-1985 where he taught Introductory Plant Pathology and Disease Physiology. He joined the team at the University of Massachusetts Cranberry Station in East Wareham in 1985. Frank is currently an Associate Extension Professor with an adjunct appointment in the Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences at UMass-Amherst. He is currently working on the second edition of the Compendium of Blueberry, Cranberry and Lingonberry Diseases and was one of the two authors of the first edition. He served two separate terms as Acting Director of the Cranberry Station. He has served as a consultant in Chile and Scotland as they investigated the startup of cranberry industries.

Marc Daoust now lives in Richibouctou-Village, New-Brunswick, and is the owner of a 54 acres cranberry farm named « Atoca NB Inc. » since 1997. He started out in this business in 1993 with Mr. Benoît Richard as the founder of one of the first Commercially viable Cranberry farm in NB. He’s been doing some consultation in the cranberry business since 1997 in order to help new growers establishing their own Cranberry project in the southeast region of New-Brunswick.He’s presently involved in the Ocean Spray cranberry farm project in Rogersville, New-Brunswick.

John C. Decas manages the various Decas Family enterprises originally founded by his father, Charles Decas, and his two brothers, William and Nick. The Decas family began growing and marketing cranberries in the mid-1930’s. Decas Cranberry Sales is the oldest Independent handler of cranberries in the industry, and was founded about four years after the Ocean Spray grower cooperative was founded. John has been with the family business since January 1959, when he completed his duty with the U.S. Army. In 1960, he took over the management of the Decas bogs and processing plants, and in 1992 became Chief Executive Officer of Decas Cranberry Sales, Inc. He has led the family in transitioning the business into the production of cranberry products. The Decas mission is to be the worldwide leader in technologically advanced cranberry-based ingredients for the food, health and nutrition markets. John has lived all of his life in Wareham, Massachusetts, is married to his wife, Beverly, and has a son, Dean, and a daughter, Alexandra.

Carolyn DeMoranville is the Director of the UMass Cranberry Station. She has an active research and extension program in cranberry nutrient management and horticulture, including frost protection. Dr. DeMoranville's PhD. degree is in Plant and Soil Sciences from UMass Amherst. She also had Master's Degrees from Yale University in Biology and University of Maryland in Botany/Biochemistry. Dr. DeMoranville's recent projects have included an investigation of the impact of road salt on cranberry; the interaction of phosphorus nutrition, water management and water quality; the potential to use pruning as a substitute for sanding; and the development of Best Management Practices for Nutrient Management in cranberry production. With Hilary Sandler, she has recently edited Cranberry Production, A Guide for Massachusetts. Dr. DeMoranville's current research projects include several fertilizer field trials, a study of yield and water quality response on bogs with reduced phosphorus inputs, and an evaluation of Stevens cranberry response to mowing.

Mr. Frantz has almost thirty years of agricultural and cooperative experience working with growers in Pennsylvania, Minnesota and, for the past 24 years, with cranberry growers in North America. For many of those years he headed Ocean Spray’s grower environmental program, which encompassed water quality research and education, best management practices development, as well as public and government relations. Between 1993-1997 he chaired the Environmental Policy Committee of the National Council of Farmers Cooperatives. More recently, as Senior Manager of Agricultural Supply Development at Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Mr. Frantz’ responsibilities included: understanding the dynamics of cranberry supply-demand and pricing; studying on-farm demographics and profitability, including the eonomics of renovation; forecasting; and
industry relations, including the Cranberry Institute and Cranberry Marketing Committee. He currently is responsible for leading the construction of the company’s first cranberry farm, a multi-million dollar project located near Miramichi, N.B. Prior to Ocean Spray Cranberries, Mr. Frantz worked on contract to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Between receiving his B.S. from Pennsylvania State University in agronomy and earning a M.S. in soil chemistry from Clemson University, Mr. Frantz worked in the upper Midwest for Midland/Land-O-Lakes as a field agronomist. In addition to course work from Harvard and Vermont Law School, Mr. Frantz graduated from Northeastern University's business school with a M.B.A.

Sébastien Marchand graduated from Laval University (Quebec City) in 2000 where he did a baccalaureat in Agronomy. His Masters Project was in Soils and Environment at Laval University in 2000-2004 and was titled "Soil-plant Diagnosis to Improve Phosphorus Management in Cranberry Production”. He worked as a pest scout (IPM) for Quebec growers while a student and worked on cranberry nutrition and agri-environment issues for the Club Environnemental et Technique Atocas Québec (CETAQ) from 2000 to 2005. Since 2005, he has worked as a private advisor for Quebec growers in cranberry nutrition and crop management.