Randall Akee is an associate professor in the Department of Public Policy and American Indian Studies at UCLA.

Ian Haney López is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law and director of the Racial Politics Project at the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society

Margaret Simms is a nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute. Previously, she was the Institute’s director of the Low-Income Working Families project.

William M. Rodgers III is a professor of public policy and chief economist at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University.

Graciela Aponte-Diaz is the director of federal campaigns at the Center for Responsible Lending, where she works to secure state support for federal policy initiatives.