Below is a list of persons committed to contributing to this effort, including affiliations, level of effort and task assignment. Names highlighted in green indicate members of the ALFALFA Oversight Committee.
| Name | Affiliation | Level of effort | Specific tasks |
| Betsey Adams | Cornell U. | Ph.D. thesis | Observing team ; software development, simulations |
| Tom Balonek | Colgate U. | significant | Observing team ; Zw1400+0949; serious flaggbb'ing; undergrad education; coqui recordings |
| Ayesha Begum | NCRA/Tata Institute | moderate | Synthesis observations followup; low mass galaxies |
| Mike Blanton | NYU | moderate | Rotation in low mass galaxies; SDSS photometry |
| Alessandro Boselli | Marseilles | moderate | Complementary/followup observations |
| Noah Brosch | Wise Obs | significant | Observing team , complementary/followup observations; |
| * Shea Brown | U. Minnesota | moderate | Observing team , follow/complementary observations |
| John Cannon | Macalester Coll. | moderate | Observing team , data analysis, follow-up |
| Barbara Catinella | MPIA-Garching | significant | Observing team , RFI algorithm development, liason to GASS |
| Vassilis Charmandaris | U. Crete | moderate | Complementary observations, esp. Spitzer |
| Jayaram Chengalur | NCRA/Tata Institute | moderate | Synthesis observations followup |
| Edvige Corbelli | Arcetri | moderate | Complementary analysis, M33 region |
| David Craig | West Texas A&M | moderate | Observing, undergraduate education |
| Jeremy Darling | OCIW | moderate | HI absorption lines, OH megamasers |
| Jonathan Davies | Cardiff | significant | AGES team leader |
| * Jayce Dowell | Indiana University | Ph.D. thesis | data analysis, deconvolution, extended gas disks |
| Paul Fisher | West Texas A&M | moderate | Observing, undergraduate education |
| Diego Garcia Lambas | Cordoba | moderate | Complementary analysis, galaxy simulations |
| Giuseppe Gavazzi | Milano-Bicocca | significant | Complementary/followup observations |
| Marla Geha | Yale | moderate | Rotation in low mass galaxies |
| Carlo Giovanardi | Arcetri | moderate | Complementary analysis, M33 region |
| Riccardo Giovanelli | Cornell U. | major | Observing team , survey strategy and management, software development, data analysis |
| Fabio Governato | U. Washington | moderate | Galaxy simulations; interactions |
| Marco Grossi | Arcetri | significant | Data reduction, M33 region, ellipticals |
| Eduardo Hardy | NRAO | moderate | Follow-up observations; stellar populations |
| Martha Haynes | Cornell U. | major | Observing team , survey strategy and management, web development, data analysis |
| * Kelley Hess | U. Wisconsin | Ph.D. thesis | Observing team , data analysis, HI in groups |
| Jim Higdon | Georgia Southern U. | moderate | data analysis, follow-up; interacting systems |
| Sarah Higdon | Georgia Southern U. | moderate | data analysis, follow-up; tidal dwarfs |
| Lyle Hoffman | Lafayette Coll. | major | Observing team , observing strategy, software development, data analysis, follow-up; HI in distant clusters |
| Leslie Hunt | Arcetri | moderate | AGN hosts, BCDs complementary observations |
| Angela Iovino | Milano-Brera | moderate | Complementary observations |
| Igor Karachentsev | SAO | moderate | Complementary analysis, primary distances |
| Valentina Karachentsev | Kiev | moderate | Complementary analysis, dwarf galaxies |
| * Brian Kent | Cornell U. | Ph.D. thesis | Observing team , software development, data analysis, NVO portal development |
| Rebecca Koopmann | Union Coll. | significant | Observing team , complementary observations, undergraduate education activities |
| David Kornreich | Humboldt State U. | moderate | N-body simulations, observing team |
| Mikael Lerner | NAIC-Arecibo | significant | Observing technique, system performance, data acquisition/monitoring |
| Christian Marinoni | Milano-Brera | significant | Group algorithm development |
| * Ann Martin | Cornell University | Ph.D. thesis | Observing team , data analysis |
| Karen Masters | Harvard-Smithsonian CfA | significant | Survey simulations, distance models, constrained simulations |
| Jeff Miller | St. Lawrence U. | moderate | Observing, undergraduate education |
| Robert Minchin | NAIC-Arecibo | moderate | Observing, connection to AUDS |
| Emmanuel Momjian | NAIC-Arecibo | significant | Observing team , data analysis, absorption lines |
| Erik Muller | ATNF | significant | Observing, HVC's, tidal streams |
| * Prasanth Nair | Indiana U. | Ph.D. thesis | Observing team , follow/complementary observations |
| Susan Neff | GSFC | significant | Complementary observations, esp. GALEX |
| Aileen O'Donoghue | St. Lawrence U. | moderate | Undergrad education; SDSS analysis |
| Carmen Pantoja | U. Puerto Rico | moderate | Observing, data analysis, follow-up, HVC's, ZOA |
| Phil Perillat | NAIC-Arecibo | significant | Observing technique, system performance, data processing/archiving |
| Mary Putman | U. Michigan | significant | Observing, follow-up, HVC's, TOGS team leader |
| Jessica Rosenberg | Harvard-Smithsonian CfA | significant | Observing team , data analysis, HIMF |
| Sabina Sabatini | Roma-Monte Porzio | moderate | Optical counterpart detection algorithms, complementary observations |
| Amélie Saintonge | U Zurich | Ph.D. thesis+ | Observing team
, software development, signal detection algorithm implementation, detection statistics Ph.D. thesis completed 2007, Cornell |
| John Salzer | Wesleyan U. | moderate | Observing team , complementary optical observations, emission line galaxies |
| Roberto Scaramella | Roma-Monte Porzio | moderate | Optical counterpart detection algorithms, complementary observations |
| Marco Scodeggio | Milano-CNR | moderate | Database tools, clustering algorithms, complementary observations |
| Sperello di Serego Alighieri | Arcetri | moderate | Ellipticals, X-ray followup |
| Evan Skillman | U. Minnesota | moderate | Complementary observations, comparison with synthesis observations |
| Jose Solanes | U. Barcelona | moderate | Galaxy dynamical simulations, environmental effects |
| * Oded Spector | Tel Aviv University | significant | Observing team, data analysis, extremely isolated galaxies |
| Kristine Spekkens | NRAO Jansky/Rutgers | significant | Observing, survey strategy development, mapping algorithm development |
| Christopher Springob | Naval Research Lab. | significant | HI data archive, connection to ZOA |
| * Sabrina Stierwalt | Cornell U. | Ph.D. thesis | Observing team , software development, data analysis, kinematics and dynamics |
| * Mari Carmen Toribio | U. Barcelona | Ph.D. thesis | Standard of HI content |
| Ginevra Trinchieri | INAF/Brera | moderate | Ellipticals, X-ray followup |
| Carlos Valotto | Cordoba | moderate | Complementary analysis, cluster simulations |
| Wim van Driel | Meudon | moderate | Observing |
| Liese van Zee | Indiana U. | moderate | Analysis of HI sizes, complementary optical and VLA observations, SMUDGES survey |
| Andrew West | UC Berkeley | moderate | Rotation in low mass galaxies; SDSS photometry |
| Eric Wilcots | U. Wisconsin | moderate | HI in groups |