Harvard Law School Professor Jacob Gersen created The Food Law Lab in 2013 and has served as its Director from inception. He holds a Ph.D. and J.D. from the University of Chicago, where he also taught prior to joining Harvard. He is co-editor of Food Law and Policy (with Margot J. Pollans and Michael T. Roberts) and is an expert in food law, administrative law, legislation, and constitutional law.

Harvard University Professor Stephen Ansolabehere joined the Food Law Lab as a co-Director in 2023. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University, and he taught at UCLA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before joining Harvard in 2008. He is an expert in public opinion, elections, media, and political economy, and he also directs the Harvard Center for American Political Studies.