In this episode of Open Gov Stories, colleagues Gary and Allie share about their inspirations for their work on pushing government and corporate accountability in the US, stemming from effects of poverty on the Great Depression generation to the personal effects of the bankruptcy of Enron.

Gary Kalman was a founding member of the FACT Coalition in 2011, which promotes financial transparency and corporate accountability, and joined as its Executive Director in 2016.

Alexandria is an Assistant Policy Advisor, Anti-Money Laundering at Global Witness. She previously worked as a Tax and Budget Program associate at U.S, Public Interest Research Group.