Jason Parks
Motivational Speaker | CEO | Pastor · Professional Speaker
2000+ professional workshops, motivational keynotes, and faith-based sermons
Marketing Communications Leadership Spiritual Formation
Kelly Herd, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · University of Connecticut
Professor Herd focuses on creativity and product design as they relate to social cognition, identity, and emotions
Emotions Product Design Social Cognition Consumer Behavior Creativity
Alexis Dudden, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of History · University of Connecticut
Professor of History specializing in modern Japan and Korea, and international history.
History/Memory Modern Korea Modern Japan Territorial Disputes Japan-Korea Relations
Michelle Zabel, MSS
Executive Director of Innovations Institute · University of Connecticut
Michelle Zabel and her team advance research-based, culturally responsive solutions for child, youth, and family-serving public systems.
Care Coordination Crisis Response Systems Implementation Science Sustainable Financing Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Elizabeth Hintz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication · University of Connecticut
Elizabeth Hintz’s research examines how individuals manage complex, stigmatized, and poorly understood health conditions.
Interpersonal, Family, and Health Communication Medically unexplained symptoms Chronic Pain Medical Gaslighting Voluntary Childlessness
Michael Margolis
President and founder · Get Storied
Motivational Keynote that teaches transformational storytelling, marketing, disruptive innovation, and social media
Storytelling Personal Branding Innovation Anthropology Social Entrepreneurship
Brian Alvey
Serial entrepreneur and startup advisor
Brian Alvey is a leader in online publishing. His software makes creative people more powerful.
Cloud Computing Startups Entrepreneurship Digital Media Software Platforms
Heather Battaly, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy · University of Connecticut
Professor Battaly works in epistemology and ethics, with a focus epistemic virtue.
Procrastinators Slackers Closed-Mindedness Human Characteristics Dogmatism
Fred Carstensen, Ph.D.
Professor · University of Connecticut
Professor Fred Carstensen is an expert in the areas of public policy, economic history and economics.
Finance Public Policy Economic History Economics
Marlene Matarese, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor · University of Connecticut
Marlene Matarese works to improve access to and the quality of systems and services for children and youth with public system involvement.
Child Welfare Juvenile Justice and Behavioral Health Systems Family Reunification in Child Welfare Implementation Science Intervention Design and Evidence Based Practices
Jay Vadiveloo, Ph.D.
Professor in Residence, Director of the Janet and Mark L. Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research · University of Connecticut
Jay Vadiveloo, Ph.D. is an expert in applied actuarial research projects such as calculating healthy years left in life.
Small Businesses Actuarial Research Statistics Mathematics Life Insurance
Kerri Raissian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Public Policy · University of Connecticut
Public administration expert, focusing on child and family policy
The impact of early childhood investments on child well-being Role of policy in family violence and contraception subsidies How policy generates family complexity, data collection and decision making in the child protective system
Rigoberto A. Lopez, Ph.D.
Professor · University of Connecticut
Professor Lopez is an expert in food systems, marketing, and industrial organization.
Food Systems Marketing Industrial Organization Public Policy
Hugh Gyton
Certified Speaking Professional · Future Thread
Certified Speaking Professional, sales trainer, coach and behavioural change agent, Hugh Gyton passionately promotes his ethos that "people
High Stake Conversations The Art of Conversation Conversations That Matter Sales Relationships
Doug Williamson
President and Chief Executive Officer · The Beacon Group
A bold thinker and dynamic speaker, with extensive global experience, who can provide unique insights into today's business challenges.
Megatrends & Seismic Shifts - Coping With the New Reality Leading Through Chaos & Disruption Innovation & Design Thinking Global Leadership in A Modern World Science of Strategic Thinking
Jason Swenk
Founder, Creator, Designer · Goalvator
Chief Innovation Officer / DIGITAL-PRENEUR
Digital Agency Small Business Innovation
Frank Costigliola, D.Phil.
Distinguished Professor, Department of History · University of Connecticut
Distinguished Professor specializing in modern history, United States foreign relations, and the United States in the 20th century.
Modern History American History Twentieth Century History U.S. Foreign Relations History
Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor · University of Connecticut
Dr. Oeldorf-Hirsch's research focuses on information sharing on social media, particularly in the areas of news, science, and well-being.
Science Communication News Engagement Computer-mediated communication Communication Technology Social Media
Michele Baggio, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor · University of Connecticut
Michele Baggio is an expert in environmental and resource economics, ecological economics, and health economics.
Ecological Economics Health Economics Environmental and Resource Economics Applied Microeconomics
Natalie Munro, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology · University of Connecticut
Professor Munro focuses on the origin of feasting and animal domestication, and the transition from foraging to farming in human evolution
Farming Evolution