Name: Penny Lee
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: CEO of the Financial Technology Association (FTA)
Past job: Public Affairs at Invariant; Chief Strategy Officer, 1776; Senior Advisor to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
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Name: Michael Peckham
Current city: Bethesda, MD
Current job: Acting Chief Financial Officer & Director Financial Management Portfolio, Program Support Center at U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
Past job: ReInvent Grants Management Lead at HHS
Name: Nancy Scola
Current city: Washington, D.C.
Current job: Journalist
Past job: Senior Tech Reporter, POLITICO
Name: Tia Hopkins
Current city: Greensboro, N.C.
Current job: Field CTO & Chief Cyber Risk Strategist at eSentire, Inc. & Founder and Partner in Advocacy at Empow(H)er Cybersecurity
Past job: Senior Security Solutions Architect and Systems Engineer at Zones, Inc.
Name: Juliet Okafor
Current city: Columbus, OH
Current job: CEO & Founder, RevolutionCyber
Past job: SVP of Global Security Solutions
Name: Jake Seaton
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Founder & CEO, Column
Past job: Early Employee, Quorum
Name: Austin Carson
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Founder & President at SeedAI
Past job: Government Relations at NVIDIA; Executive Director, TechFreedom; Legislative Director for Chairman Michael McCaul
Name: Nicol Turner Lee
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Senior Fellow, Governance Studies and Director, Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution
Past job: Chief Research and Policy executive, Multicultural Media, Telecom, and Internet Council
Name: Wendy Baker
Current city: High Point, NC
Current job: Legal Counsel at Human Interest
Past job: ERISA Attorney at Ascensus
Name: Stu Solomon
Current city: Arlington, VA
Current job: CEO of Connected DMV
Past job: Managing Director at Accenture
Name: Vera Zakem
Current city: San Francisco, CA
Current job: Senior Technology and Policy Advisor at Institute for Security and Technology / Founder, Zakem Global Strategies
Past job: Director, Strategy and Research, Twitter; Director of Strategy, Partnerships, and Sr. Research Scientist on disinformation and malign influence, CNA Corporation
Name: Jannelle Watson
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Politics and Government Outreach Manager, Facebook and Instagram
Past job: Head of Constituency Groups, National League of Cities
Name: Alayna Kennedy
Current city: Washington, D.C.
Current job: Masters Student at The University of Edinburgh (Masters in in Science & Technology in Society)
Past job: AI Ethics Consultant at IBM; Machine Learning Researcher at Intelligent Information Systems Research Group
Name: Korin Torrence Johnson
Current city: Washington, D.C.
Current job: Global Solutions Manager, Google
Past job: Senior Business Strategy and Marketing Manager, Noblis
Name: Kate Tummarello
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Executive Director, Engine
Past job: Before Engine; Formerly at the Electronic Frontier Foundation; tech policy reporter at Politico
Name: Maria Underwood
Current city: Birmingham, AL
Current job: Founder of Fundrage & VP of Development and Social Impact at YWCA Central Alabama
Past job: Senior Manager, Development and Strategic Partnerships at Vital Voices in D.C.
Name: Lisa Hayes
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Senior Director, Tech Policy & Senior Counsel at TikTok
Past job: Interim Co-CEO, Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT);
Name: Aerica Banks
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Founder and Principal, Shiso LLC
Past job: Head of Federal Policy and Founder of DC Office, Pinterest
Name: Sean Perryman
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Director of Social Impact Policy & Counsel at the Internet Association
Past job: Counsel at House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Democratic Staff
Name: Malcom Glenn
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Senior Fellow, CWI Labs and Fellow at New America
Past job: Head of Global Policy, Accessibility and Underserved Communities at Uber; Executive Communications Manager, Google