Rachel Snyderman is the managing director of economic policy at Bipartisan Policy Center. She leads organizational fiscal, tax, and retirement and financial security policy research, and strategy. She joined BPC following years of federal service with the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Commerce, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation. She also spent time abroad with the U.S. government and with the Mexican Ministry of Finance & Public Credit. Her work is regularly featured in major media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Politico.

Michael Thorning is the director of structural democracy at Bipartisan Policy Center, where his work has focused on democracy, governance, and elections, including creating the Healthy Congress Index, co-leading task forces on federal oversight, spearheading work to modernize Congress, and engaging the business community in elections issues. Prior to joining BPC, Thorning worked on Capitol Hill for Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Tom Udall (D-NM), where he focused on campaign finance and election reform, Senate rules and congressional reform, and judiciary, civil rights, and civil liberties issues.