design Experts

Karen Ward

Founder + Managing PartnerCuriosity Inc.

Dynamic speaker that connects the power and importance of curiosity to leadership, innovation and growth.

David Lubinski

Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology and Human DevelopmentVanderbilt University

An expert who co-leads the foremost longitudinal study of gifted individuals in the world.

Dr. Ilse Treurnicht

CEOMaRS

This extraordinary CEO and Rhodes Scholar leads an organization dedicated to developing the next generation of Canadian growth companies

Vicki J. Magley, Ph.D.

Professor of PsychologyUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Magley researches sexual harassment coping at individual and organizational levels

Ofer Sharone

Associate Professor of SociologyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Ofer Sharone is a nationally recognized expert on unemployment, work and career transitions.

John Emberger, RRT-ACCS, FAARC, CPHQ

Director of Respiratory CareChristianaCare

John Emberger is the respiratory therapist and the critical care coordinator for ChristianaCare’s Respiratory Department.

Lawrence Kalbers, Ph.D., CPA

Emeritus Professor of Accounting, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Marc Ensign

CEOSound-n-Vision

Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Musician and All Around Do-Gooder

James Walter

Professor Emeritus of BioethicsLoyola Marymount University

James J. Walter is the Austin & Ann O'Malley Professor of Bioethics and chair of the Bioethics Institute of Loyola Marymount University.

Marie Shanahan

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Shanahan is an expert in the intersection of journalism and digital communication technology, online news and digital discourse.