Margaret McKenna is an Ascend at the Aspen Institute Fellow and former President of the Wal-Mart Foundation.

Dr. C. Nicole Mason is an Ascend at the Aspen Institute Fellow and former Executive Director of the Women of Color Policy Network.

Dr. Meera Mani is an Ascend at the Aspen Institute Fellow and Director of the Children, Families, and Communities Program at The David & Lucile Packard Foundation.

Andrea Levere is an Ascend at the Aspen Institute Fellow and President of CFED.

Dr. Chris King is an Ascend at the Aspen Institute Fellow and Director of the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources at the University of Texas-Austin.

Karla Davis is an Ascend at the Aspen Institute Fellow and former Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.