Lana Gilbertson

Senior Vice-President · MNP Ltd.

Licensed Insolvency Trustee with experience in speaking & media on consumer bankruptcy and insolvency, and personal finance.

Insolvency & Restructuring Bankruptcy Consumer Proposals Personal Finance Financial Literacy

William Doyle

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education · Vanderbilt University

An expert on how geography affects higher education attainment and the state of the financial aid system in America.

borrowing trends Undergraduate Education Borrowing for college College affordability Higher Education Access

Mark D. Morelli

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Lonergan Hegel Plato Philosophy's Cultural Role

Paul Burdell

Career Investment Banker · LCM Partners

Paul Burdell - Career Investment Banker

Career Investment Banker

Lee Fairbanks

Author · Pension Ponzi

Engaging, knowledgeable speaker on: government debt and pension reform; Creative writing; marketing & promotion; event management; diet

Public Sector Unions/Pensions Writing Non-Fiction Event Marketing Healthy Weight Loss Anti Smoking

Rodrigo Spínola, Ph.D.

Associate Professor · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Spínola conducts research in the areas of software engineering, empirical soft. engineering, and technical debt in software projects.

Software Quality Technical Debt Software Engineering Software Evolution Empirical Software Engineering

Narayana Kocherlakota

Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics · University of Rochester

Professor Kocherlakota's research includes theoretical and empirical contributions to many fields in economics

Central Banks U.S. Federal Reserve Dynamic Games/Contracts Financial Economics Economics of Money and Payments

John Sedunov, PhD

Professor of Finance and Real Estate | Villanova School of Business · Villanova University

John Sedunov, PhD, is an expert in banking, cryptocurrencies and financial institutions

Blockchain Federal Reserve Tariffs Political Economy fintech

Suhas A. Sridharan

Associate Professor of Accounting · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Sridharan studies the role of information in assessing and mitigating firm risks arising from an increasingly polarized political system.

Risk Uncertainty Political Economy Financial Statement Analysis Information and Price Discovery in Financial Markets

Jay Ritter

Eminent Scholar · University of Florida

Jay Ritter studies IPOs, asset pricing, valuation, investment banking and capital structure.

Finance, Insurance & Real Estate Initial Public Offerings Investment Banking Capital Structure Asset Pricing

L. Todd Wood

Editor-in-Chief · Creative Destruction Media/Tsarizm.com

Specialist in the National Security Threat from Economic Weakness and Sovereign Debt/The Russian Situation

National Debt Bond Market Russian Issues

Shehzad L. Mian

Associate Professor of Finance · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Corporate Finance Investments and International Finance Corporate Control Risk Management

Peter G. Klein, Ph.D.

Professor of Entrepreneurship · Baylor University

Peter G. Klein is an economist who studies managerial and organizational issues, with a special interest in entrepreneurship and innovation

Entrepreneurship Innovation Diversification Vertical Coordination Public Policy

Sean Mulholland

Professor · Western Carolina University

Sean Mulholland research interests include human capital and economic growth, white supremacist groups and hate crimes.

Drunk Driving Hate Crimes Economic Growth White Supremacist Groups Student Performance

Dong Chen, Ph.D.

Professor of International Business, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Chair, Department of Management

International Business Global Strategic Management Business in China International Joint Ventures Strategic Alliances

Rebel Cole, Ph.D.

Lynn Eminent Scholar Endowed Professor of Finance · Florida Atlantic University

Rebel Cole, Ph.D., is a former fed staff economist and an expert in financial institutions, real estate, and small-businesses.

Small Business Finance Financial Institutions Commercial Banking Corporate Governance Real Estate

Philip La Duke

Safety Iconoclast & Culture Transformation Architect · ERM

One of the most informative, entertaining, and engaging speakers you're likely to ever find

Talent & Gamification Talent Management Cross generational training and management Planning Corporate Culture

José I. Badenes, S.J., Ph.D.

Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures - Spanish · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Interdisciplinary Studies Comparative Literature Federico Garcia Lorca Hispanic modernismo Theology and literature

Ahmet Karagozoglu

Professor of Finance · Hofstra University

C.V. Starr Distinguished Professor in Finance and Investment Banking

Financial Modeling Computational Finance Derivatives Markets Advanced Derivatives Modeling Time Series Analysis of Financial Data

Charles Higgins, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Finance, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Investments Financial Theory Financial Strategy Financial Applications and Analysis Linguistics