Zach is a 9th generation Hoosier, sociology professor, and director of the Center for a Sustainable Future at Indiana University South Bend. He teaches social theory, consumer society, and environmental sociology courses. In 2020, he co-directed the documentary Big Enough, Small Enough: South Bend in Transition, which is streaming through Hoodox; a service featuring exclusively nonfiction, Indiana-based films.

Aaron Yoder is a South Bend, Indiana native with passions for aviation, technology, and photography. He founded Indiana Aerials in early 2017 as a drone service provider in the Northern Indiana region and to foster the growth of aerial data capture techniques. Recently, he has largely focused on providing aerial drone base inspections for utility scale wind turbines.

The evolution of Metavari's work in electronic music has defined the career of Fort Wayne, IN composer Nate Utesch. The musician and Grammy nominated art director (Smashing Pumpkins, Phoebe Bridgers, Weezer, Sharon Van Etten, etc.) has led the act across the edges of the genre for over a decade. Metavari is best known for his career defining Record Store Day titles on the famed Belgian label, One Way Static Records; the synth-heavy reimagining of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, and ABSURDA, the pioneering collection of dark and phosphorus music for the short films of David Lynch.

Rocky Walls and Zach Downs, co-founders of production company 12 Stars Media and of niche streaming service Hoodox, focus on telling stories of interesting characters who inspire communities to make positive changes. Their first feature film, Finding Hygge (2019) explored Denmark's secret to happiness. Other projects have included No Limits: An Arts Series Focused on Access for All (2020), IMBPREZ (2021), Third Space (2022), and dozens of short films. They're currently working on More Than Corn, a docuseries that tells the stories of real Hoosier farmers who plan, build, plant, grow, nurture, harvest and prove once and for all - there is way more than corn in Indiana. In addition to projects of their own, Rocky and Zach support other projects they believe in by consulting, mentoring, and executive producing.