is a senior fellow at the Urban Institute and former chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

is a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley and a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. Follow him on Bluesky @BDGesq.

is the former Deputy Assistant Administrator of the EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (2011-2014) and served previously as the Director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (now the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy). He is a member of the Environmental Protection Network, a national, bipartisan organization of EPA alumni […]

is Herbert H. Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He previously served at the U.S. Department of Labor and the Office of Management and Budget.

is vice president, chief counsel, and a cofounder of Student Defense. Previously, he served as the Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Postsecondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education, where he oversaw the Office of the General Counsel’s legal advice and litigation on higher education matters.

Ament is president and a cofounder of Student Defense. Previously, he served as Special Counsel for higher education issues and subsequently as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of the General Counsel.

is managing director of Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress.

is a senior fellow for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress.

is a Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution.

is a Fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution.