Steve Forbes is chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media. His newest project is the podcast "What's Ahead," where he engages the world's top newsmakers, politicians, and pioneers in business and economics in honest conversations meant to challenge traditional conventions as well as featuring his signature views on the intersection of society, economy, and policy. Mr. Forbes helped create the highly acclaimed public television documentary, In Money We Trust?, which was produced under the auspices of Maryland Public television. The film was inspired by the book he co-authored, Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy - and What We Can Do About It. His latest book is Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames and Nathan Lewis. Mr. Forbes writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of "Fact and Comment." A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious Crystal Owl Award four times. The prize was formerly given by US Steel Corporation to the financial journalist whose economic forecasts for the coming year proved most accurate. In both 1996 and 2000, Mr. Forbes campaigned vigorously for the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits, and a strong national defense.

Rich Karlgaard is editor-at-large and global futurist at Forbes, one of the world's most popular business and financial magazines, reaching 80 million people per month. In every issue of Forbes, he writes a column about technology, entrepreneurship, regional and economic development, and the future of business and work called "Innovation Rules." He is the author of Life 2.0 How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happiness, The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success, and Team Genius: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations. His latest book is Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement. Mr. Karlgaard joined Forbes in 1992 and started Forbes ASAP, a technology magazine, along with Forbes chairman and editor-in-chief, Steve Forbes, and the futurist and writer, George Gilder. He has co-founded two companies, Garage Technology Ventures and Upside magazine as well as a civic organization called the Churchill Club. For the latter, Mr. Karlgaard was a co-winner of an Ernst & Young "Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year" award. He is also on the board of directors at Forbes.com, Garage Technology Ventures, and Extend America. Mr. Karlgaard is a graduate of Stanford University.

John McIntyre is one of the early new media political entrepreneurs, co-founding RealClearPolitics (RCP) in 2000. RealClearPolitics has become the go-to digital source for Washington news and information. The RCP Poll Average is considered the gold standard in political polling and is widely used by news organizations around the world. Mr. McIntyre is a long-time political commentator, having appeared on CNBC, FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, C-Span, Reuters, and the BBC to provide political insight and analysis. He is one of the few political analysts to have understood the impact of Donald Trump on US politics. As a weekly guest on Larry Kudlow's nationally syndicated radio program, Mr. McIntyre reported throughout the 2016 election that candidate Donald Trump had a very good chance to win the White House.

Mark Mills is a co-founding partner in Montrose Lane, a software-centric energy-tech venture fund, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a faculty fellow at Northwestern University's engineering school. He writes for numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal, and his online PragerU videos have been viewed over 10 million times. Mr. Mills is the author of The Cloud Revolution (2021). His previous books include Digital Cathedrals: The Information Infrastructure Era, (2020), Work In The Age Of Robots (2018), and The Bottomless Well, (2005), about which Bill Gates said, "This is the only book I've ever seen that really explains energy." He served as Chairman/CTO of ICx Technologies helping take it public in a 2007 IPO. Mr. Mills served in President Reagan's White House Science Office, and earlier, was an experimental physicist and development engineer in microprocessors and fiber optics, earning several patents at Bell Northern Research (Canada's Bell Labs) and RCA Semiconductor.

John Buckingham joined AFAM Capital in 1987 and Kovitz in 2018, as part of the Kovitz acquisition of AFAM. He has more than 30 years of investment management experience and serves as editor of The Prudent Speculator, which has been a trusted newsletter for over 40 years. Mr. Buckingham chairs the AFAM Investment Committee, leading a team that performs comprehensive investment research and financial market analysis. He has been featured in Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes, and frequently contributes to CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business News. Mr. Buckingham is a recognized industry contributor who regularly speaks at prominent industry seminars and events.

Lindsey Bell is chief strategist at 248 Ventures, where she provides insights and guidance on equity market investing strategies for institutional clients, advisors, and high net-worth clients. Prior to 248 Ventures, she was the chief markets & money strategist at Ally where she was responsible for the development of the firms investment outlook, as well as strategies for making smart money decisions. Ms. Bells unique ability to connect the dots between data and real life stems from her deep background as an analyst, researcher, and portfolio manager at organizations including J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, and S&P Global (CFRA Research). She is a BetterInvesting board member, which is a non-profit that helps create investment clubs to teach individual investors how to become successful long-term investors. Finally, Ms. Bell was named one of American Bankers Most Powerful Women in Banking: Next 2021 and is an honoree of the 2020 Investment News 40 Under 40. Bell graduated from the University of Pittsburgh.

John Mousseau is currently the chief executive officer and director of Fixed Income at Cumberland Advisors. He is also a portfolio manager and has overall responsibility for portfolio construction, management, analysis, trading, and research for all tax-free and taxable bond accounts. Mr. Mousseau's comments and analyses have appeared in The Bond Buyer, Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Forbes, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The New York Times, and has been a contributor to the Municiple Financial Journal. In addition, he has appeared on Bloomberg Television and Radio, Reuters, CNBC, and on Sarasota-Manatee's local media for commentary on fixed-income investments and the broader financial markets. Mr. Mousseau has over 35 years of investment management experience, including previous roles with Lord Abbett & Company, Shearson Lehman Brothers, and E.F. Hutton.