Krish witnessed the devastating impact of climate change on rural communities in India and vowed to make lowering CO2 emissions his life's mission. Krish was a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, with an MBA and Masters from Stanford. Previously Krish worked at Tesla and McKinsey, and studied finance at Wharton. Krish is an Activate Fellow and featured in Forbes 30 Under 30.

Jorge is a cement chemist with 12 years of experience working on various cementitious systems. His work on cement has focused on decarbonization working with SCMs, Alkali Activated Materials, and other novel cementitious binders. He was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow, GAANN fellow, and an ASEE eFellow.