Kim Clark Pakstys is a managing director in CohnReznick’s Global Consulting practice specializing in business and finance transformation. She leads the firm’s National Finance Transformation practice.

Jonathan Burks is the Executive Vice President for Economic and Health Policy at the Bipartisan Center. Prior to joining the Bipartisan Center, Mr. Burks was Vice President for Global Public Policy at Walmart, where he led the global retailer’s efforts to analyze and develop positions on public policy issues.

Samuel A. Epps IV has three decades of experience in labor, government, advocacy, and electoral politics. Mr. Epps is currently the President of the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO which is made up of 150 local affiliated unions representing more than 150,000 working people in Washington, DC and Maryland’s Montgomery, Prince George’s, Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's counties.

Alex Vogel is the Chief Executive Officer of Vogel Group, a government affairs firm headquartered in Washington, DC and with offices in Virginia, Florida and Tennessee. He previously served as Chief Counsel to the Senate Majority Leader, General Counsel of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and Deputy Counsel of the Republican National Committee.

Mr. Taylor O. Chess is Senior Managing Director of Development and Investments for The Peterson Companies and serves on the company’s Investment Committee. Throughout the course of his career, Mr.

Timothy F. Poole serves as the President of Cyber Technology Services, Inc. (CyTech Services), a premier provider of cyber and analytic support to the Intelligence, Defense, and Federal communities.