Glenn Yamagata is an economist and data scientist who has spent the past eight years designing, evaluating, and implementing systems to reduce gambling-related harm. His recent work examines the intersection of gambling, financial technology, cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance, and prediction markets, with a particular focus on understanding emerging forms of risk and harm. Previously, he was a consultant with McKinsey & Company and held research positions at The Brookings Institution and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Glenn serves as a Director of the National Council on Problem Gambling and holds an M.A. in Statistics and an M.Phil. in Economics from Yale University.