Jake Wegmann has been on the faculty of the Community and Regional Planning program at the University of Texas at Austin since 2014. Jake completed his doctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley, with a dissertation entitled "'We Just Built It:' Code Enforcement, Local Politics, and the Informal Housing Market in Southeast Los Angeles County." His research lies at the nexus of housing, real estate development, and planning.

Katherine Levine Einstein, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of political science at Boston University, with research and teaching interests that broadly include local politics and policy, racial and ethnic politics, and American public policy. Her most recent book was Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America’s Housing Crisis, which explores the politics of housing development.

Ashley is the founder and president of YEGarden Suites and Calgary Backyard Suites - Alberta’s only education and advocacy-based non-profits dedicated to informing citizens on the benefits, challenges, and regulations surrounding backyard housing. She is also the CEO of Municipaction Inc., a consulting firm that supports Edmontonians in their city-building endeavours. She has experience working across sectors on projects related to affordable housing, climate change, social isolation and inclusion, infill policy, seniors housing, and demographic change. Born and raised in Edmonton, Ashley holds a BA Honours in Sustainability and Sociology from Dalhousie University, and an MA Planning degree from the University of Waterloo.