matter Experts

Alexandros Tsamis

Assistant Professor, School of Architecture; Graduate Program Director; Associate Director, Center for Architecture, Science, and Ecology (CASE)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Architect focused on composite materials, building energy systems and advanced manufacturing technologies for the built environment.

Vu Nguyen

Co-director of Carnegie Mellon Robotics AcademyCarnegie Mellon University

Jonas Mureika

Chair and Professor of PhysicsLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Joan C. Williams

Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Hastings Foundation Chair and Director of the Center for WorkLife LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: williams@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4706 / Office 402-100

Lou Russell

CEO / Queen / Learning FacilitatorRussell Martin & Associates

As a sought-after international speaker to leaders, Lou blends her humorous stories with her engaging on-the-ground experience to customize

Charles Johnson

Assistant Teaching ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Charles Johnson works at the intersection of design, human performance and technology and scaling innovation.

Francis Galgano, PhD

Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Francis A. Galgano, PhD, specializes in coastal geography and military geography.

Patricia Wilson, J.D.

Associate Dean & William Boswell Chair of LawBaylor Law School

Expert in family law, employment law & legal ethics and founder of the People’s Law School to make the law user-friendly

Karen Musalo

Professor of Law, International Law Professorship Chair and Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee StudiesUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: musalok@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4720 / Office 403-100

Sophie Lynch

CuratorMiddlebrook Prize Winners

Sophie Lynch has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, and the National Gallery of Canada.