# Alec Stapp Co-founder and co-CEO of the [[Institute for Progress]], the Washington think tank focused on accelerating scientific, technological, and economic progress through policy. An economist by training and a prolific commentator on innovation, permitting reform, immigration, and metascience, Stapp was previously director of technology policy at the Progressive Policy Institute. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created to resolve inbound wikilinks. Expand with his permitting-reform and high-skilled-immigration advocacy.