economic Experts

Lana Gilbertson

Senior Vice-PresidentMNP Ltd.

Licensed Insolvency Trustee with experience in speaking & media on consumer bankruptcy and insolvency, and personal finance.

Monica Escaleras, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director of the Business and Economics Polling InitiativeFlorida Atlantic University

Monica Escaleras is an expert in natural disasters and political economy.

Peter Zaleski, PhD

Professor of Economics | Villanova School of BusinessVillanova University

Peter Zaleski, PhD, specializes in markets, pricing and economic strategy.

Christa Court

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Christa Court is director of the UF/IFAS Economic Impact Analysis Program, which focuses on disaster impacts to the state of Florida.

David Neumark

Distinguished Professor of EconomicsUC Irvine

David Neumark is a labor economist whose work focuses on minimum wages, discrimination in the work force, and worker compensation.

Iglika Ivanova

Senior Economist and Public Interest ResearcherCanadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - BC Office

Iglika Ivanova is Senior Economist and Public Interest Researcher at the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Gonzalo Maturana

Professor of FinanceEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Becky McCray

Expert for Small TownsSaveYour.Town

Practical steps you can put into action right away to shape a better future for your community

Paige Marta Skiba

Professor of Law and Professor of EconomicsVanderbilt University

Expert in behavioral economics, including causes and consequences of borrowing on high-interest credit.

Lucy Xiaolu Wang

Assistant Professor of Resource EconomicsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Economics of innovation & digitization in health care markets, particularly in the biopharmaceutical & digital health industries.