- Elbridge Colby, Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
- Daniel Costa, Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research at Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
- Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute
- Emily Tisch Sussman, Director of Campaigns at the Center for American Progress (CAP)
And, Think Tank Watch noticed a few former think tankers, such as Amanda Terkel, a reporter/editor for The Huffington Post, who used to work at Center for American Progress.