Philip Howard, a civic leader, former special advisor to the SEC, American law expert, and noted commentator on the effects of modern law and bureaucracy on human behavior, society, and business. One of America’s most prominent thinkers and called “one of America’s finest public minds” by former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, he is the author of best-selling The Death of Common Sense, and an expert on managing America's growing infrastructure crisis.

Widely respected for his determined dedication to upholding American values and democracy, The Honorable Ken Buck represented Colorado’s 4th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives during one of the most transformative periods in our nation’s history. Republican Congressman Buck was first elected to Congress in 2014 and served an impactful five terms until making the decision to resign in 2024. Throughout his decade-long tenure in Congress, Buck sought to affect change to policy and politics from inside the beltway and championed legislation in favor of small government, less debt, and antitrust initiatives. Following his time in Congress, Buck retains his unwavering passion for driving meaningful change in politics and solving problems for the American people.

Judge Michael Mukasey served as the 81st attorney general of the United States. With a legal background spanning more than 40 years, he has ruled on high-profile terrorism cases, including the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Jose Padilla, and Susan Lindauer. He connects the historical dots for his audience and uses personal anecdotes that inspire discussion as he shares insights on the intersection of politics and law, terrorism and torture, health care, balancing security with civil liberties, and other legal issues.

Kenji Yoshino is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law. He is an East Coast native, now living in NYC with his husband and two children. Kenji studied at Harvard, Oxford, and Yale Law School. His fields are constitutional law, anti-discrimination law, and law and literature. He has received several distinctions for his teaching and research, including the Podell Distinguished Teaching Award in 2014, the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award in 2016, an honorary degree from Pomona College in 2018, and the Peck Medal in Jurisprudence in 2021.