policy Experts

Ewald Friesen

Manager, Government and Community RelationsCAA Club Group

Ewald manages CAA's advocacy and community relations efforts in Manitoba.

Sabreena Ghaffar-Siddiqui

Professor, Sociologist & Researcher, DEI ExpertSheridan College

DEI, Social Inequality; Immigration; Integration; Refugees; Racism; Islamophobia; Deviance; Radicalization; Terrorism; Hate Crimes.

Martha McCarthy

Presidential Professor Emeritus, Loyola Marymount University & Chancellor's Professor Emeritus, Indiana UniversityLoyola Marymount University

Department of Educational Leadership and Administration

Douglas Knight

Chief ConnectorConnect The Dots Movement

Nonprofiteer. Social Enterpriser. Communicator. Activator.

Jane Hilderman

Executive DirectorSamara Canada

Jane Hilderman leads Samara Canada, a trusted nonpartisan educational charity dedicated to strengthening Canada's democracy.

Moisés Naím

Senior Associate, International Economics ProgramCarnegie Endowment for International Peace

Internationally Syndicated Columnist, Best-selling Author and Host and Producer of Efecto Naim

Martin Kang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Alisa Leckie

Associate ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

Alisa Leckie's research is focused in the areas of education of language minority students, and analyzing policies impacting education.

M.V. Lee Badgett

Professor Emeritx of EconomicsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

M. V. Lee Badgett is one of the world’s leading experts on the economics of same-sex marriage.

Dr. Marty Makary

Physician, Researcher, Author, Medical CommentatorJohns Hopkins School of Medicine & Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health

This won't hurt a bit! In fact, your audience will say "Ahh" when a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine physician and author is at the podium