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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.

Hiba Haroon is the founder of un(jaan), where she works in personal and group settings to heal minds, bodies, and spirits from the effects of colonialism and white supremacy. Previously Hiba was a senior associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, where she led the foundation’s Southern Partnership to Reduce Debt and Family Stability and Assets work. She has worked in the nonprofit sector for over a decade to address racial economic inequalities. Haroon completed her undergraduate studies in international studies and philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, Houston and her graduate studies in cultural foundations of education at Syracuse University.

Rohini Kosoglu is a venture partner at Fusion Fund, a venture firm focused on early-stage health care and technology investments, a policy fellow at Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and a former visiting fellow at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Kosoglu is a leading national expert in domestic policy and a veteran of the White House and the U.S. Senate, most recently serving as deputy assistant to the president and domestic policy advisor to the vice president in the White House.

While working in the White House, Kosoglu served as a key advisor during the creation and implementation of the American Rescue Plan, including the national response to the COVID-19 crisis, as well as on the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and the CHIPS Act. Before serving in the White House, Kosoglu served for more than a decade in the U.S. Senate, as chief of staff to former Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and on the staffs of Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).

Kosoglu also serves on several boards and advises across the public and private sectors. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was a former resident fellow at the Harvard University Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School. She received her B.A. with honors from the University of Michigan and her M.A. from George Washington University.

Barak D. Richman is the Katharine T. Bartlett Professor of Law and Business Administration at Duke University. Richman holds an A.B. from Brown University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Denis Sosinskiy is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Davis. He holds a B.S. in economics from the Higher School of Economics, a B.S. in mathematics and economics from the University of London, and an M.A. in economics from the University of California, Davis.

Edward Fox is an assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan. Fox holds a B.A. in economics and history from Columbia University, a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan, and a J.D. from Yale Law School.