Jean (John) Pfeifer

Director · UBS

World class energetic speaker on Wealth Management &Talent Management, who can combine strategy with very hands-on practical best practices.

Private Banking Wealth Management Customer Experience Talent Management Blue Ocean Strategy

Rick Baker

Founder · Spirited Leaders Corporation

INSPIRE PEOPLE, GROW PROFITS!

A) Business Changing for the Better: Good Habits Bad Habits & New Things People Process & Situations

Brandon Mendelson

Consultant · Earth's Temporary Solution, LLC

Author of "Social Media Is Bullshit" (St. Martin's PresS)

Writing Book Writing Copywriting Marketing Online Marketing

Craig Smith

Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development · Vanderbilt University

Expert on cognitive neuroscience, with a particular focus on emotion and coping with stress.

Cognitive Neuroscience Adaptation Emotion Health Psychology Social Psychology

James Faught

Professor of Sociology · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Sociological Theory Political Sociology Community Social Stratification

Grover Righter

Guerrilla Marketing Scientist · Lever10

Sheeple Antidote! At Lever10, developing creative and effective B2B marketing initiatives harness the evolving world of online media

Integrated Marketing Demand Generation Lead Generation Online Advertising Science-Based Marketing

Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D.

Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health (Principal Investigator); Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies · University of Connecticut

Dr. Schwartz specializes in school wellness and nutrition programs, and food insecurity.

Food Pantries School Food SNAP School Food Options Nutrition

Jennifer Cobbina

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

Expertise is in topics on race, crime, and policing; protest movements; and prisoner reentry

Race, Crime, and Policing Gender and Crime Race and Crime Prisoner Re-entry

Biswanath Samantha

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering · Georgia Southern University

Biswanath Samanta is an expert in Mechatronics, Control Systems, Swarm Robotics, and Advanced Signal processing.

Diagnostics and prognostics Swarm Robotics Mechatronics Control Systems Machine condition monitoring

Edward Rubin

Professor Emeritus · Carnegie Mellon University

Throughout his career, Edward Rubin has accumulated outstanding achievements in engineering research, education, and public service.

Integrated Assessments Cimate Change Mitigation Technologies Carbon Capture Clean Power Systems Environmental Engineering

Michael L. Parsons, Ph.D.

Expert in coastal water health · Florida Gulf Coast University

Michael Parsons studies the causes of harmful algal blooms and how their toxins can impact marine and human lives.

Phytoplankton Ecology Coral Reef Ecology Ciguatera Outbreaks Coastal Water Health Plankton Ecosystems

Joan Moran

Keynote Speaker · eSpeakers, Women Speakers Association, Toastmasters

Joan offers an innovative platform that builds healthy mental habits by stretching the mind at any age.

Work/Life Balance Power of Mental Stretching Decision Making/Leadersnip

John Evans CSP

Executive Director · American Leadership Consultants LLC

Relentless Pursuit of Priorities

Problem Solving and Decision Making Leadership Team Building Customer Service Employee Motivation

Bree Akesson

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work · Wilfrid Laurier University

Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University who conducts research with children and families affected by war and global social work

Refugee and Human Rights Issues War and Violence Children and Families Social Work Social Work Education

Saad Bhamla

Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE

The Bhamla Lab explores fundamental and applied research questions through the development of new experimental tools and techniques.

Materials and Nanotechnology Biotechnology Organismic Physics Global Health Complex Systems

Angela Hattery

Professor, Women and Gender Studies; Co-Director, Center for Study & Prevention of GBV · University of Delaware

Prof. Hattery teaches courses on race and gender inequality, families, and methods.

Mass Incarceration Solitary Confinement Gender Inequalities Racial Inequality Domestic Violence

Lauren Stewart

Associate Professor, Director of Structural Engineering/Materials Laboratory, Civil Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE

Lauren Stewart is considered by many to be among the top blast researchers in the US.

Computational Mechanics Mechanical Shock/Impact Blast Engineering Hazard Engineering

Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Fluid mechanics expert, with a penchant for nanotechnology and microelectromechanical systems

Fluids in motion Turbulence and flow control Viscous pumps and microturbines Micro- and nanotechnology Large-scale disasters

Preetam Ghosh, Ph.D.

Interim Chair and Professor, Department of Computer Science · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Ghosh researches complex networks and systems biology, using modeling and simulation, applied-AI and network science.

AI Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing Systems Biology Stochastic modeling and discrete event simulation Mobile ubiquitous and grid computing

Jennifer Doherty

Assistant Professor of Biology and Physiology/Ecology Education · Michigan State University

Jennifer Doherty is a physiology education researcher who investigates how students develop principle-based mechanistic reasoning.

Biology Education