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Brenda Sims Blackwell

Department Chair, Criminal Justice & CriminologyGeorgia Southern University

Brenda Sims Blackwells' work focuses on how gender can influence crimes and the legal and social issues that arise from it.

Jacob Elmer, PhD

Dicciani Endowed Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering | College of EngineeringVillanova University

Jacob Elmer, PhD, is an expert in genetic engineering, GMOs and gene therapy.

Andrea Odinov

Clinical Associate Professor of Theatre ArtsLoyola Marymount University

Clinical Associate Professor of Voice and Speech

Mahmoud Nourayi, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Accounting, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Carrie Liu Currier

Associate Professor and Department ChairTexas Christian University

Dr. Currier specializes in Chinese politics, East Asia, gender and politics, and Asian Americans in higher education

Elizabeth Hintz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of CommunicationUniversity of Connecticut

Elizabeth Hintz’s research examines how individuals manage complex, stigmatized, and poorly understood health conditions.

R. Ravi

Professor of Business, and Professor of Operations Research and Computer ScienceCarnegie Mellon University

R. Ravi is interested in networks and their effects in business, a subject on which he introduced a new MBA class.

Ariel Zetlin-Jones

Associate ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Ariel Zetlin-Jones' research focuses on macroeconomics, business cycles, financial frictions and banking.

Louie Velocci

Partner, AdvisoryKPMG

Seasoned and accomplished IT professional who has spearheaded forensic reviews of online gaming for both public and private sector clients

Sam Angus

Partner, Corporate GroupFenwick & West LLP

Entrepreneurship and venture financing for start-ups have been long-standing specialties for this lawyer and conference panel moderator