鄧先生於1978年加入香港政府擔任政務主任，至2012年間，他曾服務於政府各部門，包括：勞工及福利局常任秘書長、社會福利署署長。2012年7月至2015年7月，出任公務員事務局局長。離開政府後，鄧先生則參加義務工作。

楊建霞女士現任香港基督教女青年會總幹事、中央政策組特邀顧問、婦女事務委員會委員、社會企業總會理事、香港社會服務聯會業界及能力發展常設委員會委員及團結香港基金顧問。

Ms So hosts Master Degree in New Media, and Strategic Perspectives in Non-profit Management Course in Harvard Business School.

Ms So joined the Hong Kong Red Cross in 1990 participating in different major services and promoted to Secretary General in 2015 leading 1,300 staff members and 22,000 volunteers. She has been involving in a wide range of disaster relief and reconstruction projects all over the world. She is a member of the Field Assessment and Coordination Team (FACT) of the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and the founding member of the IFRC Asia Pacific Fundraisers’ Network.

In 2006, Ms So was awarded The Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong. In 2012, she established the Face-to-Face Monthly Giving Alliance in Hong Kong as founding Chairperson. Currently, she is the Vice Chairman of the Steering Committee on Work in Mainland China of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS), and the member of its Executive Committee. She is the Consultant of the Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women, Advisor of the InspiringHK Sports Foundation, and the member of the RTHK program Advisory Panel.

伍杏修先生是註冊社工，曾任香港復康會總裁，現任「沙田慈氏護養院」的醫院管治委員會成員。伍先生於2010年獲香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系頒發60周年「傑出校友」獎項表揚其對專業的承擔。