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Douglas Holtz-Eakin, served as chief economist in President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers from 2001 to 2002 and Director of the Congressional Budget Office from 2003 to 2006. He was senior domestic policy adviser to the McCain Campaign.

Robert Reich, professor of public policy, University of California, Berkeley, and former secretary of labor under President Clinton.

Sudeep Reddy, economics reporter, Wall Street Journal.

Josh Bivens, economist, Economic Policy Institute.

Alan Boss, research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and a member of its Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. He is a member of the Science Working Group for NASA's Kepler Mission to determine the frequency of Earth-like planets in the Milky Way Galaxy and serves on the Kepler Science Council, the group that will oversee Kepler's planet discoveries.

Eric Korpela, SETI@home Project Scientist and Research Astronomer

Jill Tarter, Director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute's Center for SETI Research. She was the lead for Project Phoenix, a decade-long SETI scrutiny of about 750 nearby star systems. The Jodie Foster character in the movie 'Contact' is largely based on Jill.

Jon Jenkins, Principal Investigator for the SETI Institute at NASA Ames Research Center where he conducts research on data processing and detection algorithms for transiting extrasolar planet detection. He is the Analysis Lead for for NASA Discovery Program Kepler Mission.