Governance Experts

Elaine Dewar

Freelance JournalistDewar Productions Inc.

Elaine Dewar aspires to be a happy warrior for the public good.

JournalismPublic SpeakingStorytellingMarketing StrategyEntrepreneurship

Margarita R. Ochoa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History | Director for Scholarly and Creative PracticeLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Colonial Latin American HistoryWomen, Family, and the Law in Colonial Latin AmericaRace, racial mixture, racial classifications in colonial Latin AmericaAztec Empire (aka Mexicas; aka Triple Alliance)Law and Legal Culture

Monder Ram

Director, Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship & Professor of Small BusinessAston University

Professor Ram is an authority on small business & ethnic minority entrepreneurship research & has appeared frequently in the media.

Industrial SociologyMigrant and Refugee EntrepreneurshipSMEs in the West MidlandsEthnic Minority EntrepreneurshipSMEs

Manuel N. Ponce, Jr.

Clinical Professor & Director, Institute for School Leadership and Administration (ISLA)Loyola Marymount University

Department of Educational Leadership and Administration

Urban School ReformCommunities of PracticeK-12 School Leadership and AdministrationSystems ThinkingCharter and Traditional Public School Collaboration

Melissa Martinez

Associate Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Martinez is an expert on human rights, criminal organizations and post-conflict societies in Mexico and Central America.

Violent non-state actorsInternational OrganizationsHuman RightsCriminal OrganizationsPost-conflict societies in Mexico and Central America

Guy Pearce

Independent DirectorIndependent Consultant

Award-Winning IT Governance Professional. Published Author. Data Governance. Digital Transformation

It GovernanceRiskDigital TransformationGovernance and BoardsData Governance

Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia

President & CEODigital Nova Scotia

Multilingual senior level ICT executive with over 20 years in the private, public and academic sectors, spanning five geographic regions.

ICT/Digtal Startups, SMEs & Multinational Corporations Diversity, Inclusion, Immigration & Global Talent Public Speaking & Presentation STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math) Education Stakeholder & Government Relations