David Straus was born November 11, 1964 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Joyce Straus, an artist, and Neil Straus, a doctor. After graduating from Clark High School, he attended the University of Arizona and then Whittier Law School. Straus built a successful legal career focused on estate planning, asset protection and charitable planning.

William S. "Billy" Weinberger (1913-1996) was president of Caesars Palace in the 1960s and 1970s. He was also president of Bally's Park Place casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the 1970s and 1980s and ambassador emeritus for the Golden Nugget and the Mirage in Las Vegas in the 1980s and 1990s.

Matthew O'Brien is a journalist, author, and college instructor who is known for his nonfiction book Beneath the Neon about homeless people living underground in the Las Vegas Valley. He lived in Las Vegas from 1997-2017. O'Brien was born in Washington D.C. but grew up in Atlanta, GA, where he graduated from the University of West Georgia in 1995. He also earned an MFA from UNLV. O'Brien was a staff writer, news editor and managing editor of the alternative weekly Las Vegas CityLife from 2000 to 2008.

Brian Greenspun is the publisher and editor of the Las Vegas Sun, a newspaper founded by his parents Hank and Barbara Greenspun in 1950. Brian Greenspun is also the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and sole owner of the Sun's parent company, Greenspun Media Group. He is active in numerous civic and charitable organizations in the Las Vegas, Nevada community and is a Trustee of the University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation, the Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance, and The Brookings Institution.

Sister Rosemary Lynch was a Catholic nun, teacher, and social activist who advocated for world peace, disarmament, and an end to the testing and use of nuclear weapons.