Team Experts

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.

Arts AdministrationBusiness StrategyCommunity EngagementStrategic PlanningPerforming Arts

Professor, Marine Science and PolicyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Biddle's research interests include microbial ecology of marine systems, deep biosphere life, benthic archaea and bacteria.

GeobiologyDeep Biosphere LifeMicrobial EcologyMarine SystemsBenthic Archaea and Bacteria

Chief Product and Security OfficerCybereason

Sam Curry is an expert in cyber conflict and security, information security management and enabling a safe, reliable and connected world.

Computer SecurityIdentity ManagementInformation Serucity ManagementNetwork SecurityProduct Marketing

Professor of PsychologyAston University

Professor Blissett is an expert in the development of children's eating behaviour, including obesity, emotional eating, and fussy eating.

Children’s Emotional EatingChildhood ObesityFeeding and Eating BehaviourDevelopmental PsychologyChildhood Eating Behaviour

Senior Associate for Contemporary Worship ProgramsBaylor University

Endeavors to find ways to connect contemporary worship research with the practice of the church.

Youth WorshipContemporary Worship MusicContemporary Worship PracticeWorship Theology

PresidentFresh Consulting

Professional & motivational speaker, Never Eat Alone Affiliate bringing together enhancing offline relationships with online & social media

Business StrategyDigital MarketingSocial MediaMeaningful NetworkingTop Web-Tools for Entrepreneurs

Vice-President of Research ; Director, Rotman Research InstituteBaycrest

A world-renowned expert in the use of neuro-imaging methods (fMRI, PET, EEG and MEG) and computational modeling.

NeuroscienceComputationalCognitive and Clinical NeuroscienceBrain ImagingBrain Modeling

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

David Creswell’s research focuses broadly on understanding what makes people resilient under stress.

Social PsychologyHealth NeuroscienceNeuroscienceHealth PsychologyPsychoneuroimmunology

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Avery Closser studies how students think and learn in online environments to inform the design of education technology.

Open ScienceExperimental DesignCognitionEducational TechnologyQuantitative Methods

Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Ken Holstein's research focuses broadly on AI-augmented work and improving how we design and evaluate AI systems for real-world use.

ElectionsIntelligence AugmentationApplied Machine LearningArtificial IntelligenceHuman-Computer Interaction

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