Michael Barone is a political analyst and journalist, studies politics, American government, and campaigns and elections. The principal co-author of the annual Almanac of American Politics (National Journal Group), he has written many books on American politics and history. Barone is also a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner.

David Arana is the founder and CEO of Konfío, a fintech and SaaS platform that builds digital banking and software tools to boost SME growth and productivity throughout Latin America. Prior to this he spent over six years at Deutsche Bank, based in New York as vice president of the credit derivatives structuring division for Latin America. David received his bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).