David Wessel is a senior fellow in economic studies at Brookings and director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, the mission of which is to improve the quality of fiscal and monetary policies and public understanding of them. He is a contributing correspondent to The Wall Street Journal, appears frequently on NPR’s Morning Edition, and tweets often at @davidmwessel.

Amanda Cage is the chief program officer at the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) where she oversees programs and initiatives for the country’s second largest workforce system, including responsibility for $60 million of public and private funding and a network of over 50 agencies.

Victor Dickson is president and CEO of Safer Foundation. He joined the company as its president in 2013, and under his leadership, Safer Foundation has moved more toward training clients for high-demand industries and occupations so they can have a better chance of ending the cycle of poverty.

Russell Kavalhuna joined Henry Ford College as the institution’s sixth president in July 2018. The role unites his passions for public service, education, and institutional leadership. He was previously the executive director of flight operations at the Western Michigan University (WMU) College of Aviation, the nation’s third-largest collegiate aviation program.

Robert Reiter is the president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, the third largest central labor council of the national AFL-CIO. He previously served two terms as secretary-treasurer of the CFL from July 2010 to May 2018. Reiter is a third-generation member of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150.