A diverse group of experts and advocates from the Left, Right and Center advised AmericaSpeaks: Our Budget, Our Economy to ensure that the choices presented to the American public at the National Town Meeting were fair, accessible and reflective of the most important issues facing the nation. In addition to the National Advisory Committee, dozens of organizations in cities across the country have endorsed this project and lent their support as local outreach partners.

The National Advisory Committee committee members include:

John Rother, AARP
Joe Antos, American Enterprise Institute
Norm Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute
Henry Aaron, Brookings Institution
Thomas Mann, Brookings Institution
John Castellani, Business Roundtable
Neera Tanden, Center for American Progress
Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs
Maya MacGuineas, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Jonathan Gruskin, Concerned Youth of America
Robert Bixby, Concord Coalition
Larry Mishel, Economic Policy Institute
Mark Zandi, Economy.com
Donna Butts, Generations United
Stuart Butler, Heritage Foundation
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Hudson Institute
George Muñoz, Muñoz Group
Janice Gregory, National Academy of Social Insurance
Barbara Kennelly, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
Sarah Hicks, National Congress of American Indians
Linda Rosenberg, National Council of Community Behavioral Health Association
Leticia Miranda, National Council of La Raza
Duane Parde, National Tax Payers Union
Marc Morial, National Urban League
Mark Paul, New America Foundation
George C. Wu, OCA National
Scott Hodge, Tax Foundation
Rudolph Penner, Urban Institute
Margaret Simms, Urban Institute
R. Bruce Josten, US Chamber of Commerce