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Christine Silvia-DeGennaro

Christine Silvia-DeGennaro is the Senior Workplace Technology Policy Advocate for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), where she works on policies related to A

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Representative Ro Khanna

Representative Ro Khanna represents California's 17th Congressional District and is serving his fifth term.

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Claude Cummings Jr.

Claude Cummings Jr. is president of the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

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Amy Chin-Lai

Amy Chin-Lai serves as the President of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU), IFPTE Local 70, which empowers thousands members at over 50 nonprofit organizations nationwide to advocate

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Bob Foose

Bob Foose is the Executive Director of the Major League Soccer Players Association, a role he has held since the PA’s formation in 2003.

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Mike Kubzansky

Mike Kubzansky serves as CEO of Omidyar Network, a role he has held since 2018.

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Jose Garcia

Jose Garcia is the Director of the Future of Work at the Ford Foundation, where he leads the foundation’s global mission to strengthen worker power and advance economic justice.

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Alexander Hertel-Fernandez

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez is the Herbert H.

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Jodi Forlizzi

Jodi Forlizzi is the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Janet Haven

Janet Haven is the executive director of Data & Society.

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Chrissy Lynch

Chrissy Lynch was unanimously elected as President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO in October 2023 after previously serving as the Secretary-Treasurer and Chief of Staff of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO,

Charlotte A. Burrows

From 2021-2025, Charlotte A.

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Heidi Shierholz

Heidi Shierholz (she/her) is the president of the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that uses the power of its research on economic trends and on the impact of ec

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Cherika Carter

Cherika Carter (she/her) is the Secretary Treasurer of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO.

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Randi Weingarten

Randi Weingarten is president of the AFT, a union of 1.8 million
teachers; paraprofessionals and school-related personnel; higher education

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Ed Hawthorne

Ed Hawthorne was unanimously elected President of the Connecticut AFL-CIO in October 2021, making him the youngest president in the organization’s history.

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Maya Wiley

Maya Wiley is the president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund.

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Megan E. Rivera

Megan E.