consumers Experts

Bill Maurer

Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Professor, Anthropology and LawUC Irvine

Bill Maurer is an anthropologist and expert on money’s artifacts and technologies, from cowries to credit cards and cryptocurrencies.

Madhu Viswanathan, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Director, D.K. Kim Foundation Business for Good Program

Dominique Braxton, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Ana Santos Rutschman, SJD, LLM

Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Health Innovation LabVillanova University

Professor Rutschman, SJD, LLM, researches topics in health law, biotech, innovation policy, patent law and law and technology.

Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD

Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Sister Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD, works to find a new unity and synthesis in science and religion.

Jaime King

Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Bion M. Gregory Chair in Business LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: kingja@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8834 / Office 394-200

Charles Freeman

Professor, Department Chair of Fashion Merchandising & Director of Research and Creative Scholarship InitiativesTexas Christian University

Dr. Freeman is an expert on athlete equipment, advanced textiles, wearable sensors, and the commercialization of university research.

James Barker

Black Belt InstructorTranscendigital

Digital Marketing Strategist

Frank Martell

Director - Fine & Rare WineHeritage Auctions

Fine & Rare Wine Specialist

Laura Vandenberg

Associate Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Research and Engagement and Professor of Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Laura Vandenberg looks at how exposures to plastics, and other chemicals especially early in life, can predispose individuals to diseases.