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Dr. Megan L. Ranney is an emergency physician. Currently, she is a Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University. Additionally, she is the Academic Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and is the founding Director of the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health.Dr. Ranney is known for bringing public attention to the lack of protective equipment for frontline workers in the U.S. during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. She launched the grassroots organization #GetUsPPE to collect, create and distribute protective equipment around the United States.Dr. Ranney received her B.A. in History of Science from Harvard University. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cote d'Ivoire, then received her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. She completed internship, residency, and chief residency in Emergency Medicine, as well as a fellowship in Injury Prevention Research and a Master of Public Health, at Brown University.

Leah Greenberg is a political activist. She is known for co-founding the organization Indivisible, where she currently serves as co-Executive Director.Greenberg was raised in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She received her B.A. from Carleton College in 2008 and her Master's degree in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University.After graduating, Greenberg worked for Humanity United. In 2016, along with three other former Congressional staffers, she co-created the online publication Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda. The guide went viral, and the project became a movement. With Levin, Greenberg created a website and encouraged supporters to form their own local chapters. In 2017, the co-founders formed a 501(c) organization, with Levin designated as Indivisible's first President and Greenberg as Vice-President.Greenberg's first book, "We Are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy After Trump," was published in 2019.

Bruce Van Saun is chairman and chief executive officer of Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Gina Raimondo is Politician and Venture Capitalist Serving as the 75th Governor of Rhode Island since 2015.

Arne Duncan is an expert in education. He is known for having served as the U.S. Secretary of Education. He is currently a senior fellow at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and a board member for Communities In Schools and Community X.After university, Duncan played professional basketball in Australia. He was then appointed director of Chicago's Ariel Education Initiative, which he helped transform into a charter school. He was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff for the Chicago Public Schools CEO.Duncan was appointed Secretary of Education during the Obama administration. He stepped down amid opposition from teachers. He became a managing partner of the Emerson Collective education group in Palo Alto.His first book, "How Schools Work: An Inside Account of Failure and Success From One of the Nation’s Longest-Serving Secretaries of Education," was published in 2018.Duncan was raised in Chicago. He received is B.A. in sociology from Harvard College, where he co-captained the basketball team.

Amy Siskind is an American activist and writer. In 2008 she founded The New Agenda, an organization devoted to the empowerment of women, and she is its president.In June 2018, Siskind started The Weekly List podcast to accompany the lists.