Name: Jessica Nigro
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: General Manager and Head of Technology & Innovation Policy, Daimler
Past job: Various positions within Daimler (in Washington and Stuttgart, Germany), Director of Programs at US Chamber of Commerce, Public Affairs at Dept. of Homeland Security
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Name: Casey Aden-Wansbury
Current city: San Francisco, CA
Current job: Director of Federal Affairs, Airbnb
Past job: Chief of Staff to US Senator Al Franken
Name: Peter Hames
Current city: San Francisco, CA
Current job: CEO, Big Health
Past job: I’ve worked in karaoke and advertising, set up a cookware business, and curated octogenarian art.
Name: Joseph Lorenzo Hall
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Chief Technologist at Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
Past job: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Helen Nissenbaum (NYU)/Ed Felten (Princeton)/Deirdre Mulligan (UC Berkeley)
Name: Josh Mendelsohn
Current city: New York, NY
Current job: Managing Partner, Hangar
Past job: Founder, Hattery
Name: Michael Ortiz
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Head of Public Affairs, Roivant Sciences
Past job: Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State
Name: Brian Tate
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: President & CEO of the Innovative Payments Association (IPA)
Past job: Vice President of Banking and Securities, Financial Services Roundtable
Name: Howard Kass
Current city: Washington, DC / New York, NY
Current job: Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs at CLEAR
Past job: Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at American Airlines
Name: Margaret Taylor
Current city: San Francisco, CA
Current job: Director of Global Public Affairs at AT&T
Past job: Managing Director at DCI Group
Name: Rebecca Yang
Current city: Seattle, WA
Current job: Business Advisor, Worldwide Public Sector, U.S. Education & State and Local Government
Past job: Global Operations, Facebook; US Diplomat, US Department of State
Name: Joshua New
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Senior Policy Analyst, ITIF's Center for Data Innovation
Name: Lolita Taub
Current city: Baltimore, MD
Current job: Chief of Staff at Catalyte; Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners and Enterprise Fund Investment Partner at Portfolia
Past job: Principal at Backstage Capital
Name: Mike Ference
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Partner, S-3 Group
Past job: Director for Strategic Development, Office of the Majority Leader
Name: Marvin Ammori
Current city: San Francisco, CA
Current job: Head of Policy, Protocol Labs
Past job: General Counsel, Virgin Hyperloop One
Name: Cory Siskind
Current city: Washington, D.C.
Current job: CEO, Base Operations
Past job: Senior Consultant, Booz & Company
Name: Niki Christoff
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: CEO of Christoff & Co
Past job: SVP, Strategy & Government Relations, Salesforce; Senior Director, Public Policy at Uber and lawyer/pollster/McCainiac/Googler
Name: Brittany Sickler
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Senior Innovation Policy Advisor, US Small Business Administration
Past job: Peace Corps Volunteer, El Novillero Guatemala
Name: Justin Griffin
Current city: Washington, DC and Gilford, NH
Current job: Managing Director, USC Election Cyber Security Initiative supported by Google
Past job: Director of Finance for Governor Charlie Baker & Lt. Governor Karyn Polito; SVP, Revolution Agency
Name: Anna Soellner
Current city: San Francisco, CA
Current job: Communications Director, Reddit
Past job: VP Communications, Motion Picture Association
Name: Lawrence Williams
Current city: San Francisco
Current job: Global Business Development Executive, Zipline International
Past job: VP for Strategic Relations, SpaceX