Richard P. Appelbaum, Professor of Sociology and Global and International Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara

Mark Greenberg, Executive Director, Task Force on Poverty, Center for American Progress

Jen Kern, Director, ACORN Living Wage Resource Center

Almas Sayeed, Congressional Hunger Center Research Fellow, Center for American Progress

Cassandra Q. Butts, Senior Vice President for Domestic Policy, Center for American Progress