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Name: Catherine Aiken
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Director of Data Science and Research, Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)
Past job: Survey Specialist, Center for Security and Emerging Technology; Lecturer, University of Maryland
Name: Jennifer Shieh
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Director of Ecosystem Development, Office of Investment & Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Past job: Chief Scientist for America's Seed Fund, Assistant Director for Entrepreneurship at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), food scooper at Dragon Bowl
Name: Afua Bruce
Current city: Washington, D.C.
Current job: Founder & Principal, ANB Advisory Group LLC & Author of The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World
Past job: Chief Program Officer, Datakind; Director of Engineering, Public Interest Technology at New America; Executive Director, National Science and Technology Council, White House; Science and Technology strategy and program management, FBI
Name: Will Hurd
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Former U.S. Congressman, Texas & Author of American Reboot: An Idealist's Way of Getting Things Done
Past job: Undercover CIA officer; cybersecurity entrepreneur
Name: Lisa Roman
Current city: Washington, D.C.
Current job: Vice President, Global Public Policy and Social Impact at Bumble
Past job: National Security Council, the State Department, the United Nations
Name: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: FCC Chairwoman
Past job: Senior Communications Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Name: George Chewning
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Deputy Director, Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation
Past job: Presidential Innovation Fellow, Department of Veterans Affairs
Name: Monty McGee
Current city: Washington, D.C.
Current job: Associate Director, Cyber Readiness Institute
Past job: Senior International Cyber Analyst, Booz Allen
Name: Ya'ara Barnoon
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Associate Program Director & Adjunct Professor, Tech, Law & Security AUWCL
Past job: National Security & Anti-Corruption Attorney at an international law firm; Human Rights & National Security researcher at Harvard Kennedy School; State Voter Protection Director & national security policy advisor for two presidential campaigns.
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
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: 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: Zinet Kemal
Current city: Blaine, MN
Current job: Associate Cloud Security Engineer, BestBuy
Past job: Senior Information Security Engineer, State of MN
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: Tiffany Moore
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Senior Vice President, Political and Industry Affairs at the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
Past job: Government relations consultant, political appointee, congressional staffer, corporate lobbyist
Name: Lisa Dyer
Current city: San Francisco, CA
Current job: Director of Policy, Partnership on AI
Past job: Director, Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement, U.S. Department of State
Name: Kate Black
Current city: Washington
Current job: Acting Chief Policy Advisor for Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel
Past job: Chief of Staff, EMILY's List
Name: Michael Steel
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Partner, Hamilton Place Strategies
Past job: Spokesman to former Speaker John Boehner & former VP candidate Paul Ryan. Senior campaign advisor to FL Gov. Jeb Bush
Name: Congressman Jerry McNerney
Current city: Stockton, VA
Current job: United States Congressman & Co-Chair of the House AI Caucus
Past job: Wind Energy Engineer
