advocacy Experts

Douglas Knight

Chief ConnectorConnect The Dots Movement

Nonprofiteer. Social Enterpriser. Communicator. Activator.

Betsy Candler

Lecturer in LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: candlerbetsy@uchastings.edu

Roxanne Mykitiuk

Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law SchoolYork University

Roxanne Mykitiuk investigates the legal, ethical and social implications of assisted reproductive and genetic technologies.

Renée Dye

Associate Professor in the Practice of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Virginia Parks

Professor of Urban Planning and Public PolicyUC Irvine

Virginia Parks, PhD, is a geographer and urban planner specializing in the study of urban inequality.

Michelle Kelly, PhD

Co-director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment and Professor | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of NursingVillanova University

Michelle Kelly, PhD, CRNP, is an expert in children's health, neonatal intensive care and long-term health effects of premature birth.

Shelby Renee Giles

Lecturer of Communication StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Lecturer of Communication Studies

Lawrence Levy

Associate Vice President and Executive Dean of the National Center for SurburbanHofstra University

Dean Levy works close with Hofstra’s academic community to shape an innovative agenda for suburban study

Peggy Cooke

Social Media CoordinatorWomen Help Women: SASS

Feminist abortion activist with over a decade of administrative and advocacy experience in reproductive rights.

Amanda Allison

Associate Professor, Coordinator of Art EducationTexas Christian University

Amanda Allison is an expert in preservice art education, therapeutic art, disability, arts advocacy, and inservice art education.