THEODORE W. KHEEL, founder and president of Earth Pledge, is a lawyer, arbitrator, and mediator. He is a former president of the National Urban League and member of numerous government-appointed fact-finding boards. The New York Times has declared him "the most influential peacemaker in New York City in the last half-century."

LESLIE HOFFMAN, executive director of Earth Pledge, holds a degree in architecture and design, and worked as a carpenter and green builder for ten years. She has led the Earth Pledge team since 1994. Hoffman is an avid gardener who has maintained a small organic coffee farm in Hawaii since 1990.