design Experts

Karen Ward

Founder + Managing PartnerCuriosity Inc.

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

S. Megan Berthold, Ph.D., LCSW

Associate Professor and Director of Field EducationUniversity of Connecticut School of Social Work

Prof. Berthold's clinical and research expertise is with refugee and asylum seeking survivors of torture and the Cambodian genocide.

Ofer Sharone

Associate Professor of SociologyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

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

Vicki J. Magley, Ph.D.

Professor of PsychologyUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Magley researches sexual harassment coping at individual and organizational levels

Dr. Ilse Treurnicht

CEOMaRS

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

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.

Marc Ensign

CEOSound-n-Vision

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

Lawrence Kalbers, Ph.D., CPA

Emeritus Professor of Accounting, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Anna Erickson

Associate Professor, Mechanical EngineeringGeorgia Tech - COE

Dr. Erickson's research focuses on advanced nuclear reactor design and nuclear security and nonproliferation.

Irving Rappaport

Corporate Advisory BoardInventionShare

Entrepreneur, patent attorney, licensing executive and inventor. Irving headed Intellectual Property (IP) for 5 Fortune 500 companies.