Aparna Gupta

Professor, Lally School of Management; Director, Center for Financial Studies · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Leading quantitative finance and risk management expert advancing cutting-edge solutions to address risk challenges of the 21st century.

Networked Systems Analytical Methods Financial Engineering Risk Management Quantitative Finance

Brian Clark

Assistant Professor, Lally School of Management · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Quantitative finance expert with extensive experience in risk management and machine learning in the banking and credit card industries.

Financial Regulation Financial Intermediation Quantitative Finance Machine Learning in Finance Risk Management

Kelly Welch, PhD

Professor of Sociology and Criminology; Program Director, Criminlogy | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University

Kelly Welch, PhD, is an expert on racial and ethnic profiling, racial disparities in school discipline and public punitiveness toward crime.

Criminology Racial Profiling School-to-Prison Pipeline Race and Justice Social Justice

Pam Szczerba, PT, MPT, CPHQ

Director, HomeHealth Quality, Education & Risk Management · ChristianaCare

Pamela Szczerba, PT, MPT, COS-c is Director of Quality and Risk for the Visiting Nurse Association.

Quality Outcomes Risk Management Accreditation and Survey Prep (Home Health) Patient Experience Staff Engagement

Robert Asante, Ed.D., MBA, CISSP, HCISPP

Chief Privacy Officer · ChristianaCare

Robert Asante is the chief privacy officer at ChristianaCare.

Governance Risk Management Compliance Privacy Information Security

Christina Gipson

Assistant Professor of Sport Management · Georgia Southern University

Christina Gipson researches underserved populations in after school settings, event risk management, body image issues, and fitness programs

Fitness programs Event risk management Underserved populations in after school settings Body image issues

Dr. Ron Dembo

Founder and CEO · Zerofootprint Software Inc.

Easily filling even the biggest shoes and still leaving no mark, the CEO of Zerofootprint developed software to reduce environmental impacts

Energy Management Carbon Measurement and Management Renewable Energy Green Buildings Enterprise Risk Management

Bryan Strawser

Principal Consultant & CEO · Bryghtpath LLC

Experienced dynamic speaker & trainer. A leading expert on organizational resiliency, crisis management, & business continuity.

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Crisis & Emergency Management Enterprise Risk Management Crisis Communications Crisis and Issues Management

Jana Steele

Partner, Pensions & Benefits · Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Partner at Osler in Toronto with extensive knowledge and experience with shared risk, target benefit and other innovative plan designs.

Pension and Benefits Pension Plan Shared Risk and Target Benefit Plans Pension Plan Structure Pension Plan Governance Pension Plan Compliance

Matt Devost

President & CEO · FusionX LLC

Dynamic Speaker on Terrorism and Cyber Security Issues

Cyber Security Risk Management Terrorism Intelligence & Analysis Homeland Security

Jerod Brennen

Founder and Principal Consultant · Brennen Consulting

I help clients protect their businesses by building effective, efficient, forward-thinking cybersecurity programs.

Cyber Security Web Application Security Identity and Access Management Information Security

Jean-Paul Pinelli, Ph.D.

Professor | Mechanical and Civil Engineering · Florida Tech

Dr. Pinelli studies wind-structure interaction, hurricane field and lab experimentation, hurricane risk analysis and vulnerability models.

Storm Mitigation Measures Insurance Loss Data Management Rain Interior Damage Vulnerability Models

Mark Abkowitz

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Vanderbilt University

Expert in enterprise risk management, hazardous materials transportation, and impacts of extreme weather on infrastructure adaptation.

Extreme Weather and Infrastructure Enterprise Risk Management Spatial Analysis Infrastructure Resilience Risk Assessment

NK Shrivastava

Vice President · Farragut Systems

Experienced, entertraining speaker on Project Management topics who brings real life examples from his own projects into his presetations th

Project Risk Management Troubled Project Recovery Estimation & Planning

Kelly Goonan

Assistant Professor of Outdoor Recreation · Southern Utah University

Outdoor recreation expertise with outdoor safety tips, planning national park visits, and planning and management of outdoor recreation.

Visitor Use Management Wilderness First Aid Resource Management Recreation Impact Analysis Recreation Ecology

Robert Traver, PhD

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director of the Villanova Center for Resilient Water Systems; Director of the Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership | College of Engineering · Villanova University

Robert Traver, PhD., P.E., D. WRE, F.EWRI, F.ASCE, is an expert on green stormwater infrastructure.

Stormwater Management Green Infrastructure Flooding Urban Watersheds Water Resources

Erich Bublitz

Risk Management Expert

Experienced Risk Management Professional

Underwriting Insurance Security Assessments Risk Management

Michael Pagano, PhD

The Robert J. and Mary Ellen Darretta Endowed Chair in Finance, Professor, Finance & Real Estate | Villanova School of Business · Villanova University

Michael Pagano, PhD, is an expert on financial institutions, financial markets, risk management, investments, and international finance.

Business Financial Markets Valuation Risk Management Mutual Funds

Shalini Kesar

Professor of Information Systems · Southern Utah University

Specializing in management of electronic commerce, gender equality in computing, and disaster recovery

Women in Computing & IT Technology Disaster Recovery Gender gap in STEM Fields Electronic Governance Network Administration

Hiba Baroud

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering · Vanderbilt University

Expert in risk, reliability and resilience of critical infrastructure against climate change and natural disasters, particularly flooding.

Climate Change Flood Mitigation Natural Disasters Resilience modeling Interdependent Systems Data Analytics