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Giovanni Rocco

Communications Manager

Former Communications Co-Chair for WorldPride DC 2025; Former Press Secretary and Spokesperson at the U.S. Department of the Interior; Former Senior Communications lead on national political and federal policy teams.

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Sheriff Almakki

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Justin Bullock

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Doug Calidas

Senior Vice President of Government Affairs

Q Chaghtai

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Caroline Dauchess

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Michael Dila

Director, Policy Futures Lab

Aaron Dorshow

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Kirsten D’Souza

Coalitions Director

McKenna Fitzgerald

External Relations

Noah Frank

Policy Analyst

Iskandar Haykel

Senior Policy Analyst

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Garrett Katz

Associate Director of People Operations

Sarah Kessel

Manager of Government Affairs

Mitch Kominsky

VP of Government Affairs

Michael Lee

Research Analyst

Megi Llubani

Policy Research Manager

Chris MacKenzie

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Jessica Maksimov

Policy Analyst

Blair Mallin

Chief of Staff

Allie Maloney

Policy Analyst

Brandie Nonnecke

Senior Policy Director

Annie O’Donnell

Operations Manager

Annika Olson

Director of Government Affairs

Adam Pastrich

Vice President of Operations

Morgan C. Plummer

VP of Policy Design & Delivery

David Robusto

Associate Director of Policy Strategy

Evan Sarnor

Legislative Analyst

Vinaya Sivakumar

Development Assistant

John Soroushian

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Jacqueline Viteznik

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RESEARCH • 2026

Competitive Compliance: Why Uniform Screening Standards Support Innovation and Thwart Regulatory Capture

This report finds that mandatory gene synthesis screening is a necessary, cost-effective biosecurity safeguard that closes a critical federal gap, strengthens market integrity, and can...

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