Wally Adeyemo
Deputy Secretary US Department of the Treasury
Wally Adeyemo was sworn in as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury on March 26, 2021. He has spent the majority of his career in public service, convening governments, companies, and organizations to move together toward achieving common goals. 

Erskine Bowles
Co-Chair, Aspen Economic Strategy Group
Erskine B. Bowles began his business career at Morgan Stanley and went on to found and lead Bowles, Hollowell, Conner, which became the preeminent investment bank focused on middle market mergers and acquisitions.

Chad P. Bown
Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Petersen Institute for International Economics

Chad P. Bown is Reginald Jones Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, DC. With Soumaya Keynes, he cohosts Trade Talks, a podcast on the economics of international trade policy. Bown previously served as senior economist for international trade and investment in the White House on the Council of Economic Advisers and most recently as a lead economist at the World Bank.

Jason Furman
Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard University

Jason Furman is the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy jointly at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He is also nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. 

Melissa S. Kearney
Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics, University of Maryland: Director, Aspen Economic Strategy Group

Melissa S. Kearney is the Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland. She is also director of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group; a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research; and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Michael R. Strain
Director, Economic Policy Studies; Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute

Michael R. Strain is Director of Economic Policy Studies and Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute. An economist, Dr. Strain’s research focuses on labor economics, public finance, and social policy, and his papers have been published in academic and policy journals. 

Holly Wade
Executive Director, National Federation of Independent Business Research Center

Holly Wade is the executive director of the NFIB Research Center, where she has 17 years of experience conducting original research on the small business sector focusing on small business economic conditions, business operations, and public policy issues impacting small firms.

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