Jason Perry is the Director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics and the Vice President for Government Relations for the University of Utah. Jason brings more than 25 years of experience working in the public sector, where he has worked extensively with policy makers at the local, state, and federal levels. Previously, Jason served as the Chief of Staff to Governor Gary Herbert, and was the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development under Jon Huntsman where Jason was honored as CEO of the Year by Utah Business Magazine. Jason also worked in the Attorney General’s office and was an intern and later, a staff member to Senator Orrin Hatch. Jason is a graduate of the S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he now teaches law students the role of ethics and politics in creating legislation.

James M. Curry is professor of political science at the University of Utah. His research centers on U.S. politics and policymaking, with a focus the U.S. Congress. He is the author of two books, Legislating in the Dark (2015) and The Limits of Party (2020, with Frances E. Lee), and more than two dozen published papers. His research and his writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, and elsewhere, and he has provided testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives. He received his Ph.D. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland in 2011, and previously worked on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC