Will Wilkinson is Director of Government Affairs at Persona, an identity infrastructure platform trusted by over 3000 businesses to verify users, detect fraud, and manage compliance. Previously, Will was Head of Policy at TBD (a division of Block), Vice President for Policy at the Niskanen Center, Contributing Opinion Writer for the New York Times, and U.S. Politics Correspondent for The Economist. He has published on a wide array of policy issues including digital identity, fiscal policy, regional economic development, and tech regulation in Fortune, American Banker, The Economist, the Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg View, and many other publications.