Amy Bickers is the assistant vice president of public affairs for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In this role, she manages media relations, social media, and government relations, and oversees the Money Museum, Money Smart Week, and economic education. Bickers came to the Chicago Fed from Northern Trust, where she helped launch an enterprise-wide customer experience lab and was a corporate communications director.

Bickers held customer-facing roles at Ameriprise Financial and Merrill Lynch. She also worked in Japan and Hong Kong for the U.S. Agency for Global Media. She was a reporter for CNBC Asia and a producer for CNN’s London bureau. Bickers has written for such publications as the South China Morning Post and Kiplinger's Personal Finance. She has served on the board of the Center for Economic Progress and worked as a volunteer financial coach and tax preparer.

Darienne Hudson is a nonprofit executive and life-long educator serving as president and CEO of United Way for Southeastern Michigan, located in Detroit. Throughout her career, Hudson has initiated a series of bold reforms designed to ensure equity for all. Most recently, she has mobilized corporations, foundations, and individual donors to orchestrate a coordinated community-based effort in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In her role at United Way, Hudson has begun to develop and initiate programs to improve the lives of children and families in southeastern Michigan. Hudson believes strongly in the power of collective impact and the importance of public–private partnerships to solve societal issues and inequity. Hudson is purposefully and intentionally leading the 100-plus-year-old organization in a direction that emphasizes listening to the community and addressing its greatest needs.

Kim Trent is the deputy director for prosperity at the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity. In this role, Trent is charged with guiding and building support for efforts to boost the economic security of Michigan citizens through strategic initiatives, programming, and partnerships. Her portfolio of leadership duties in state government includes serving as the key staffer to the Michigan Poverty Task Force. Trent’s career has included leadership roles on the staffs of former U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, and former Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm. For seven years, she held various key staff positions at Michigan Future Inc., a think tank dedicated to boosting prosperity in Michigan.