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James Cloyne is an associate professor of economics at the University of California Davis. He holds a B.A. in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford, and a MSc and Ph.D. in economics from University College London.

Shira Markoff is a former mobility fellow at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. She has more than 15 years of experience in promoting policies and programs that help families with low incomes build financial stability, advance economic equity, and narrow the racial and ethnic wealth divide. Prior, she was a senior policy fellow at Prosperity Now, where she developed and led strategies to advance policies that build wealth and financial stability across the lifecycle and address the racial wealth divide. Markoff holds a Master of Public Policy degree from American University and a B.A. in history from Rutgers University.

Rakeen Mabud is the chief economist and a senior fellow at Groundwork Collaborative. She holds a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University and a B.A. from Wellesley College in economics & political science.

Meghana Gaur is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University. She holds a B.A. in mathematics and mathematical economic analysis from Rice University.

John Grigsby is an assistant professor in the Economics Department and School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is also a faculty research fellow with the NBER and an associate editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor's Degree from Washington and Lee University in economics and mathematics.

Javier Avila-Mahecha is an official in tax administration at the Directory of Taxes and Customs of Colombia. He holds a degree in economics from the National University of Colombia.

Molly Kinder is a David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. She holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Notre Dame and an M.P.A. in public administration in international development from Harvard University.

Adia Harvey Wingfield is the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Arts & Sciences and vice dean for faculty development and diversity at Washington University in St. Louis. She holds a B.A. in english from Spelman College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Johns Hopkins University.

Lev Klarnet is a Ph.D. candidate in business economics at Harvard Business School. He holds a B.A. in international affairs and economics from George Washington University.

Jake Schild is a research economist at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. He holds a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Wabash College, an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Indiana University.