communities Experts

Robert M. DeConto

Provost Professor of and Earth, Geographic and Climate Sciences and Director of the School of Earth and SustainabilityUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Rob DeConto is one of the world's leading experts on modeling polar ice sheets, sea level rise and ocean response to climate change.

Jerusha Conner, PhD

Professor of Education; Program Coordinator, Graduate Education | Department of Education and CounselingVillanova University

Jerusha Conner, PhD, is an expert on student engagement, student voice, youth activism and education policy.

Lynne Hartnett, PhD

Professor and Chair of History | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Lynne Hartnett, PhD, is an expert on Russian history, protest movements and refugees and political exile.

Kent Messer

Professor, Applied EconomicsUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Messer specializes in topics in the nexus of agriculture and the environment and the economics of stigma.

Jeffrey Bennett

Associate Professor of Communication StudiesVanderbilt University

Medical humanities expert who specializes in health, citizenship, LGBT/queer studies, cultural studies and rhetorical theory and criticism.

Natasha Bakht

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Ottawa

Professor Bakht’s research interests are in the intersecting area of religious freedom and women’s equality.

Jeffrey Rosensweig

Associate Professor of Finance; Director, The Robson Program for Business, Public Policy, and GovernmentEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Jim Stikeleather

Chief Innovation OfficerDell

Rev up the engines of your event and glimpse the future with Dell's Chief Innovation Officer, who explains & evaluates emerging technologies

Bruce McAdams

ProfessorCentre for Business and Social Entrepreneurship

McAdams joined the faculty in January of 2009 after more than twenty years leadership experience in the Ontario hospitality industry

Jonathan Wilson

CEOSoul Systems

Inspiring & leading edge content how to lead large-scale transformation, drawn from life and work among tribes, warlords and executives.