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Virginia Parks

Professor of Urban Planning and Public PolicyUC Irvine

Virginia Parks, PhD, is a geographer and urban planner specializing in the study of urban inequality.

Clean Energy TransitionUrban Politics and PolicyRacial InequalityEmploymentLocal Economic Development
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John Osburg

Associate Professor of AnthropologyUniversity of Rochester

Osburg is an expert on contemporary Chinese society and the changing economy in China

Entrepreurship in ChinaChinese SocietyContemporary ChinaMasculinity China
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Dr. Ilse Treurnicht

CEOMaRS

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

Venture Capital ManagementAdvanced TechnologiesEmerging TechnologiesEntrepreneurship & InnovationInnovation & Economic Development
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Greg Payne

Vice President, Portfolio ManagementInvesteco Capital Corp.

You thought only Kermit was green? Supporting investments in the environmental economy is a passion for Greenchip's Portfolio Manager

CleantechGreen InvestingSocially Responsible InvestingGreen Economic DevelopmentCities and Sustainable Development
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Carol Kendra

Chief Operating OfficerFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park

Carol is a cultural destination strategist and nonprofit executive who transforms mission-driven organizations into world-class attractions.

Service CultureDestination MarketingCommunity ImpactPublic EngagementCultural Destination Strategy
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Stephen P. Hanna

Professor of GeographyUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Hanna's research in cultural geography explores how our pasts are represented in monuments and museums.

Cartography and GISSouthern plantation museumsConfederate memorialsCartographyGeographic Information Systems (Gis)
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Keith Gary

Director of Program DevelopmentKansas City Area Life Sciences Institute

Trained neuroscientist that moved from academia to leveraging regional life sciences assets for economic development.

Biotechnology and Economic DevelopmentScience Education and Workforce DevelopmentNeuropeptides
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Georgeen Theodore

Director, Master of Infrastructure Planning ProgramNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Theodore focuses on the relationship between strategic planning and local development

Equitable Economic DevelopmentParticipatory & Dialogic ProcessesRegional DevelopmentSustainable Building DesignStrategic Planning
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Alberto Sgarbossa

Online Channel & Social PartnershipAlberto Sgarbossa (Freelance)

Online Channel & Social Partnership presso Alberto Sgarbossa (Freelance)

ImprenditorialitàManagerialitySustainability Changes the Business LandscapeInnovation & Economic DevelopmentPartnerships
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Michael Weiner, PhD

Professor and Assistant Dean of FacultySoka University

Professor of East Asian History and International Studies, Associate Dean of Faculty and Director of Faculty Research and Development.

Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern and Imperial Japan Japan's MinoritiesEconomic and Social History of Modern Japan