Obviously I'm not very active on this forum. Let me ask around my real-life contacts to find someone who's on here...
That's quite the understatement. FYI a respected industry figure's social media account vouching for you would likely do, there's no requirement for them to be forum members.
Jump on the Zcash slack and ask Zooko Wilcox if I am for real. Surely he qualifies as a luminary.