E.J. Dionne, Jr. is an internationally-recognized journalist, political commentator, thought-leader, and professor. He has been writing a column for the Washington Post since 1993. It is syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group and appears in more than 250 newspapers. He is the author of eight books, most recently Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country. He is a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and a professor at Georgetown University.

Rich Thau is the president and founder of Engagious. He has spearheaded groundbreaking research in public policy, financial communications, insurance, trial consulting and infomercials. His firm’s clients range from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable to CNN and NBC. Thau regularly advises leaders in Congress and their staffs, Presidential campaigns and corporate executives on how to improve their messaging. His recommendations have shaped the national debate over Social Security, Medicare and tax reform. His firm’s recent policy messaging projects have focused on energy, climate change, immigration, foreign policy, welfare, government spending, healthcare, labor/management issues and international trade.

Bakari Sellers made history in 2006 when, at just 22 years old, he defeated a 26-year incumbent State Representative to become the youngest member of the South Carolina state legislature and the youngest African American elected official in the nation. Sellers represented South Carolina's 90th district in the lower house of the state legislature from 2006 to 2014 and was also the first vice chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party. Sellers has been an attorney with the Strom Law Firm, L.L.C. since 2007 and is an analyst on CNN. In 2010, Time magazine featured Sellers on its 40 Under 40 list, in 2012, Politico named Sellers on its "50 politicos to watch" list and in 2014 was named HBCU Top 30 Under 30.

Susan Sher, the former chief of staff to First Lady Michelle Obama and Chicago’s first female corporation counsel, is a long-time friend of the Obamas. Originally hired as the President’s associate counsel, Sher was part of his health care reform team before moving to the East Wing. There she helped promote the new legislation and the First Lady’s anti-obesity campaign. Previously, Sher was the vice president for legal and governmental affairs of the University of Chicago Hospitals for more than a decade. She addresses health care, the White House, and women in leadership.

John McLaughlin has worked professionally as a strategic consultant and pollster for over 35 years. During this time he has earned a reputation for helping some of America’s most successful corporations and winning some of the toughest elections in the nation. His political clients have included former Presidential candidates Steve Forbes and Fred Thompson, former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, and 22 current and former US Senators and 21 current Republican members of Congress. Last year, John worked as an adviser and pollster for Donald Trump from the primaries through Election Day.

Gianno Caldwell is founder and principal at Caldwell Strategic Consulting—a bipartisan firm headquartered in Washington, DC, which provides strategic advice and consulting in the areas of Public Affairs and Government Relations. Gianno has held a role on behalf of a member of Congress as well as roles at the federal, state, and local level reflecting over 15 years of total experience and seven years of legislative experience culminating in the recognition of his ability to effectively create legislative strategies and build bipartisan coalitions. He is a Fox News Political Analyst who frequently provides analysis and commentary on political, financial, and cultural issues. He's also a contributor to the Hill Newspaper. His opinions are sought out on a wide variety of topics, including domestic policy, the economy, and Congress. In addition, Gianno is Porsche Power 30 under 30 as well as Red Alert Politics 30 under 30 award recipient for 2016.

Few people know their way around the West Wing as well as Doug Sosnik. Having served as a senior adviser to President Bill Clinton for six years, Sosnik played a key role in the policy, strategy, and communications decisions made during the Clinton administration's tenure. A consummate Washington insider and contributor to TV and digital news outlets, his speeches draw on many years spent in the political arena to take audiences inside the White House and behind the closed doors of Capitol Hill's most powerful offices.

Throughout his career, Mr. Oczkowski has worked at the intersection of where product development meets data science to forecast, predict, and analyze commercial markets and American elections. Prior to his work at Data Propria, Mr. Oczkowski also served as Head of Product for Cambridge Analytica where he most notably ran the team of embedded technical specialists inside the Trump Campaign that led to the scientific understanding of the eventual outcome of the election - a scenario that pundits missed. Using tactics from the worlds of: behavioral science, growth hacking, machine learning, sentiment analysis, and NLP, Mr. Oczkowski successfully connects behavioral dots together to make informed decisions about groups of people.

Former Congressman, David Jolly, served in the US House of Representatives from 2014 to 2017. Known for his fierce independent streak and bipartisan approach, Jolly was first elected in a special election in Florida, a Republican winning a Democratic-leaning district. Today, Jolly can often be seen as a policy and politics analyst on MSNBC and CNN. Jolly’s work has been published in TIME magazine, Roll Call, The Washington Post, CNN.com, NewsMax, The Washington Times, and The Tampa Bay Times and he is currently writing his first book.

Rick Klein is Political Director of ABC News. In that role, he leads the network's political coverage and planning, and serves as an on-air political analyst across ABC News platforms. Klein contributes stories and analysis to all ABC News broadcasts, including "Good Morning America" and "World News Tonight with David Muir." He also provides regular political commentary and analysis for ABC News Radio, ABC News digital and live-streaming programs, and NewsOne, the network's affiliate news service.

David Rennie is the Geopolitics Editor and columnist of The Economist, the world’s most influential news magazine of business and politics. With 27 years of experience as a foreign correspondent and a six-year posting as the Beijing Bureau Chief and Chaguan columnist, Rennie is more than a seasoned journalist—he is a well-regarded, go-to expert on international politics. Rennie’s insights are so trusted that he has been asked twice to launch a column for The Economist.

Ambassador James K. Glassman is widely recognized as an expert on economics, finance, technology, and international affairs. With a career that spans the fields of business, media, and government, he has a unique, multi-discipline perspective on the complex financial matters that weigh most on the mind of American business.