international Experts

Gene Park

Professor and Associate Chair of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the International Relations Program and the Global Policy InstituteLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Ja-Naé Duane

Director of Social MediaOverdrive Interactive

Speaker; Educator; Strategist; Author: How to Start a Business w/$100 & How to Create a Revolution; Helping you change the world

John T. Harvey

Hal Wright Professor of EconomicsTexas Christian University

Dr. Harvey's research focuses on exchange rates, business cycles, and contemporary economic schools of thought.

Charles Burke

President & CEOFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park

Charles Burke champions the intersection of art, culture and nature to build healthy communities—a philosophy he embodies at Meijer Gardens.

Thomas Pogge

Director, Global Justice Program ; Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International AffairsYale University

Examining solutions to issues of global inequality and justice in health care are long-standing concerns for this Yale professor & author

Valerie Karplus

Professor and Associate Director of the Scott InstituteCarnegie Mellon University

Valerie Karplus studies resource and environmental management in organizations operating in diverse national and industry contexts.

Christian Vermast

Sales Representative, Senior Vice President, SalesSotheby's International Realty Canada

Christian, a consummate sales award winner, has consistently ranked among the top real estate agents in the city for well over a decade.

Thomas Smith

Professor in the Practice of Finance; Academic Director, Master of FinanceEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Eric Burns

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Burns uses multidisciplinary research to understand how the universe works.

Mark A. Boyer, Ph.D.

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor EmeritusUniversity of Connecticut

Mark A. Boyer studies environmental policy and global-local linkages. His research focuses on climate adaptation from global to local.