On April 18, 2023, D.C. Policy Center Executive Director Yesim Sayin was mentioned by Washington City Paper:
It’s probably no great surprise to see this kind of talk among commission members considering its composition; Bowser got to appoint five members, and she picked Catania, McLean, Williams, attorney James Hudson, and Carolyn Rudd, a past board chair of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson picked the others, and while his selections were slightly more ideologically diverse, he only picked one true progressive in Erica Williams, head of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute. Mendo also named McCarthy; Rahsaan Bernard, president of Building Bridges Across the River; Yesim Taylor, executive director of the DC Policy Center; and Rashad Young, Bowser’s former city administrator and current Howard University lobbyist. D.C. Chief Financial Officer Glen Lee rounds out the group as an advisory member.