John Yaros is a 2020 Congressional Innovation Fellow who served with Senate Homeland Security Committee Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations under Chairman Rob Portman (R-OH) and supported work on investigations into cybersecurity, illicit finance, and technology. Previously, John was a leader within the Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, serving as the Section Chief of the Terrorism and Nuclear Proliferation Team at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). 

In this episode, we chat with John about his interest in Fintech, why he joined TechCongress, and how he can best use his technical expertise to help Congress. 

Anna Lenhart is a 2020 Congressional Innovation Fellow who served with the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee under Chariman David Cicilline (D-RI), where she worked supported work on technology oversight and investigations. Before becoming a TechCongress fellow, Anna was a Senior Consultant and the AI Ethics Initiative Lead for IBM’s Federal Government Consulting Division, where she trained data scientists and operationalized principles of explainability, fairness and data-subject rights in AI and Machine Learning systems.

In the first episode of our Fellow Series, we sit down with Anna to talk about her work as a technologist, what motivated her to join TechCongress, and the issues she's looking forward to working on during her fellowship. 

Travis Moore created TechCongress to bring diverse technology talent, ideas, and training to Congress. Before beginning TechCongress, Travis was the Legislative Director for Rep. Henry A. Waxman, the former Chairman and Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, who had jurisdiction over wide-ranging matters of technology policymaking.

In this episode, we talk with Travis about his professional experience as a staffer on Capitol Hill, the TechCongress fellowship models, and the importance of having technologists at the policymaking table.