Yoni Appelbaum is a deputy executive editor at The Atlantic and the author of Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity. Appelbaum is a social and cultural historian of the United States. Before joining The Atlantic, he was a lecturer on history and literature at Harvard University. He previously taught at Babson College and at Brandeis University, where he received his Ph.D. in American history.

Jerusalem Demsas is the Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The Argument, a magazine redefining and reinvigorating liberalism for the 21st century. She is also a contributing writer at The Atlantic where she worked as a Staff Writer for three years writing  about institutional failure, housing, energy, and economics.   Her work spans issues such as citizen voice, federalism, NIMBY-ism, gentrification, race, gender, and the politics of exclusion. She is the author of On The Housing Crisis: Land, Development, and Democracy and was recognized for her work by the American Society of Magazine Editors in 2023 with the ASME Next Award given to journalists under 30. She previously wrote for Vox as a policy journalist and co-host of the politics and policy podcast The Weeds.

Ken Biberaj is an Executive Managing Director in the Savills Washington, DC market, where he specializes in real estate portfolio advisory and site selection services for clients. An industry veteran with 20 years of experience domestically and internationally, Ken brings a holistic approach to client real estate needs. Prior to joining Savills, Ken spent 12 years with Morgan Barrington Associates of New York, his family’s real estate company, where he eventually became a vice president. In that capacity, Ken was involved in all aspects of the business, from acquisitions, leasing, dispositions and third party brokerage. Moreover, Ken helped oversee the renovation and reopening of the iconic Russian Tea Room, a portfolio business the family also operated. After running for New York City Council in 2013, Ken went on to serving for four years as the Chairman of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. Upon returning to the DC region in 2017, Ken started a thought leadership, Coffee with Ken, where he interviews business, governmental and non-profit leaders. Past conversations include multiple Governors, Mayors, the CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, the Secretary of the Navy and countless others. As a specialist in public policy, Ken now devotes a large portion of his time on site selection for Advanced Manufacturing companies, maybe of whom are tapping various federal agencies for loans and grants. His team will advise companies on location strategy, help them negotiate state and local incentives and ensure the right real estate location is identified. Professionally, Ken has been recognized throughout the industry as an exemplary broker. For his service as a Chairman of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, the Manhattan Borough President presented Ken with a proclamation and declared December 7, 2017 as “Ken Biberaj Appreciation Day on the Borough of Manhattan”. He also received the ’40 Under 40 Rising Star’ and ‘CSR Responsible 100’ awards from City & State Media. His first alma mater, American University, presented Ken with the ‘Rising Star Alumni Award’ and he was also a fellow at the Center for the Study of the Presidency.