Robert P. Kirshner Harvard University Stephane Blondin European Southern Observatory - Germany Peter Challis Harvard University Roger A. Chevalier The University of Virginia Ryan Chornock University of California - Berkeley Ryan Foley University of California - Santa Cruz Claes Fransson Stockholm University Bruno Leibundgut European Southern Observatory - Germany Nathan Smith University of Arizona Alicia M. Soderberg Harvard University Jesper Sollerman Stockholm University