# About

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An explorer working on the institutions that let human progress compound.

I'm an explorer by temperament and curious to a fault. I work at the intersection of public-policy economics and institutional design — and I build the software and AI tooling that turns those ideas into something you can touch.

I was the first full-time employee at Próspera, where I now serve as chief of staff and director of public affairs. The mandate is easy to state and hard to do: design the institutions that let progress compound, and turn governance experiments into models other places can actually adopt.

I'm a strange mix — deep Mississippi southern roots and a cosmopolitan, world-traveling streak. That tension shows up in everything: how I think, what I read, and the way I build.

I'm a Christian and a husband. My aim is simple to name: find the biggest lever I can pull for the largest positive impact on the world, and wring the most meaning, purpose, and fulfillment from every precious second the Lord has given me.

> Make the most meaning you can from every second of existence — then go find a bigger lever.

[Illustration: a star chart tracing an orbit from Mississippi (32.3°N) to Roatán (16.3°N), crossed at the present moment by a second, fainter orbit. Caption: "The orbit so far."]

## Facts

- **Role** — Chief of Staff & Director of Public Affairs, Próspera
- **Roots** — Mississippi → most everywhere
- **Faith** — Christian

## Find me

- [Twitter](https://x.com/thetreygoff)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/treygoff24)