Equity Experts

Sunil Sharma

Managing Director and Chief ConnectorExtreme Startups

He always loved Lego! A natural fit for your event is Extreme Startups Chief Connector extraordinaire and mentor to budding entrepreneurs

Linda S. Sprague Martinez, Ph.D.

Director, UConn Health Disparities InstituteUniversity of Connecticut

Linda Sprague Martinez, Ph.D. has expertise in health equity and the social determinants of health.

Todd Hartsock, BA

Community Health Program CoordinatorChristianaCare

Todd Hartsock is a senior community educator at ChristianaCare.

Charles Taylor, PhD

John A. Murphy Endowed Chair Professor of Marketing; Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Marketing and Consumer Insights | Villanova School of BusinessVillanova University

Charles "Ray" Taylor, PhD, is a go-to source on advertising, international marketing, branding and consumer behavior.

Nicholas Valerio

Professor in the Practice of FinanceEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Kenneth A. Shores

Associate Professor of EducationUniversity of Delaware

Kenneth Shores studies how school funding and education policies shape students’ opportunities and contribute to educational inequality.

Edward Truant

Chief Executive OfficerSlingshot Capital

Ed founded the world's first litigation finance fund-of-funds and is an active investor, both personally and professionally.

James C. Kaufman, Ph.D.

ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Kaufman's research focuses on creativity and educational psychology.

Nikolay Osadchiy

Associate Professor of Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Mariana Chilton

Professor of Practice in the School of Public Health & Health SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Mariana Chilton is a nationally recognized expert on food security, human rights, trauma and economic empowerment with families.