Philip Wallach is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who studies America's separation of powers, with a focus on the relationship between Congress and the administrative state. His 2023 book Why Congress argues that the legislative branch sits at the heart of the constitutional system and warns that its self-imposed irrelevance is letting the executive and the courts rush into the vacuum. A Princeton-trained scholar and a fixture in debates over regulatory policy, DOGE, and congressional reform, he writes for outlets ranging from National Affairs to the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.
Michael Saracini is the CEO of Aravo Solutions, a San Francisco-based enterprise SaaS company he has led since 2011. With over two decades building profitable high-growth software businesses across CRM, HCM, and supply chain, Saracini has positioned Aravo as the category-defining platform for third-party risk management - managing 10.5 million suppliers and vendors across 177 countries for global enterprises in financial services, pharma, high-tech, and consumer goods. Under his leadership, Aravo has earned five consecutive Chartis Category Leader designations, won the 2025 TPRM Innovator Award, and built an AI-driven TPRM platform trusted by Fortune 500 companies navigating an era of regulatory complexity.
Ross Shuel is Network Operations Partner at a16z Crypto, the crypto-focused arm of Andreessen Horowitz. A West Point graduate and former U.S. Army Ranger with seven years of military service including a deployment to Afghanistan, Shuel brought a systems-thinker's discipline to crypto governance. At a16z Crypto, he helps portfolio companies navigate the full arc of decentralized governance - from network launch and governance design to on-chain participation as protocols mature. He co-authored research on application token economics and has appeared on the web3 with a16z podcast discussing DAO governance attacks. His ENS identity, shuel.eth, reflects his deep embeddedness in the on-chain world he helps shape.
Joel Monegro is a Managing Partner and Co-founder of Placeholder, a New York City-based venture capital firm that invests exclusively in decentralized blockchain networks and cryptoassets. Best known for authoring the seminal 2016 essay 'Fat Protocols' - one of the most influential frameworks in crypto investing - he built Union Square Ventures' blockchain thesis before launching Placeholder in 2017 with Chris Burniske. A former Dominican Republic government technology official turned VC, he is also an amateur competitive racing driver who races under @racingpapi with the Dominican flag proudly displayed.