Carolyn Dudek
Chair of the Political Science Department, Director of European Studies · Hofstra University
Professor Dudek specializes in comparative politics with regional focuses in Europe and Latin America
Latin American Politics European Politics Regional Economic Growth and Development Fluent in Spanish
Dominique Halaby
Director, Business Innovation Group · Georgia Southern University
Dr. Halaby oversees development of Georgia Southern University’s City Center.
Community Development Workforce and Economic Development Non-Profit Organizations Workplace Innovation Rural Entrepreneurship
Laura Reese
Director and Professor · Michigan State University
Laura Reese is an expert in animal welfare policy, animals in the city, animal sheltering, local economic development
Local Economic Development Animals in the City Animal Welfare Policy Animal Sheltering
Tyler Mulligan
Associate Professor of Public Law and Government and Director, Development Finance Initiative · UNC-Chapel Hill
Tyler Mulligan is an Associate Professor of Public Law and Government at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government.
Affordable Housing Code Enforcement (Minimum Housing Codes) Community Development Downtown Revitalization Economic Development
Ashley English
Assistant Professor · Texas Christian University
Ashley English is an expert in contributions and community engagement strategies of faith-based organizations.
Megachurch Involvement in Economic Development Community Engagement Strategies Faith-Based Organizations
Steffanie Scott
Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Management · University of Waterloo
Leading international scholar on food security, food system change, and COVID-19 impacts on the food suppy.
Food Agriculture & Environment COVID-19 (Coronavirus) China Food Policy Local Food Systems
Inas Kelly
Professor and Chair of Economics · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Applied Microeconomics Labor Economics Health Economics Public Policy
Colette Santasieri
Executive Director, Center for Community Systems, NJ Brownfields Assistance Center @NJIT, and NJIT Technical Assistance to Brownfields Communities Program · New Jersey Institute of Technology
Santasieri steers projects, programs and research in environmental, infrastructure, and land-use planning and community revitalization.
Placemaking Climate Change Research Brownfields Redevelopment Brownfields Civil Infrastructure Systems
Alina Ball
Associate Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: balla@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8852 / Office 300-100
Corporate Law Transactional Lawyering Community Lawyering Clinical Education Critical Race Theory
Ascanio Piomelli
Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: piomelli@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8925 / Office: 100 McAllister Street, Suite 350
Social-Change Lawyering Clinical Legal Education Community Legal Services Wage & Hour Law Community Group Advocacy
Prachi Jain
Assistant Professor of Economics · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Behavioral Economics Development Economics Experimental Economics
Peter Coclanis, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.A.
Distinguished Professor; Director, Global Research Institute, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D · UNC-Chapel Hill
Albert R. Newsome Professor Professor and Director of the Global Research Institute
Southern Economy Asian Studies Globalization Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods Economic Development
T. William Lester, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, College of Arts and Sciences · UNC-Chapel Hill
Lester is an expert on the impact of minimum wage and living wage policies on urban economic development.
Economic Development Labor Market Institutions Living Wage Policies Minimum Wage Policies Labor Economics
Monder Ram
Director, Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship & Professor of Small Business · Aston University
Professor Ram is an authority on small business & ethnic minority entrepreneurship research & has appeared frequently in the media.
Industrial Sociology Migrant and Refugee Entrepreneurship SMEs in the West Midlands Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship SMEs
Ian O. Williamson
Dean of the Paul Merage School of Business · UC Irvine
Ian O. Williamson is a globally recognized expert in the area of human resource management.
Social Networks Organizational Theory Human Resource Management Recruitment Workplace Motivation
Don Holbrook
The Next America: Moving Beyond a Fragile Economy · Author and Keynote Speaker
Author/Keynote Speaker/Public Policy Business Incentives-Site Location Consultant
Public Speaking Site Location Public Incentive Negotiations
John Cook
President and CEO · Greenchip Financial Corp.
John offers a unique and often entertaining perspective on challenges and opportunities presented by the emerging environmental economy.
Sustainable Investing Cleantech Socially Responsible Investing Environmental Economic Development Environmentally Responsible Investing
Edward M. Feasel, PhD
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, Professor of Economics · Soka University
Professor Feasel is responsible for academic affairs at Soka University.
Foreign Aid Economic Growth Economic outcomes and societal values Foreign aid, international trade and foreign direct investment Orange County Economy
Wesley Longhofer
Goizueta Foundation Term Associate Professor of Organization & Management; Executive Academic Director, Business & Society Institute · Emory University, Goizueta Business School
Organizational Sociology Business and Society Social Enterprise Philanthropy and Non-Profits Climate Change
Don Duval
Chief Executive Officer · NORCAT
Experienced, dynamic, and engaging speaker on an array of topics related to innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship
Turnaround Strategies Entrepreneurship Academic Research Commercialization