university Experts

James Wagner, MBA

Marketing Lecturer, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Executive-in-Residence

Zara Alavi

Associate Professor of PhysicsLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Katharine Noon

Professor of Theatre ArtsLoyola Marymount University

Professor of Theatre Arts

Vanessa Newell

Professor and Chair of ProductionLoyola Marymount University

Diego Alvarado Karste, Ph.D.

Marketing ProfessorUtah Valley University

Alvarado-Karste is an expert in marketing strategy and consumer behaviour

Michael Starz

Executive Director, Carnegie Mellon University’s Critical Technology InitiativeCarnegie Mellon University

Michael Starz develops assessment capabilities for critical technologies for U.S. competitiveness

Rochelle Webb, MBA

Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Academic Director, MELM

Anna Mikkelborg

Assistant Professor of Political Science and International RelationsLoyola Marymount University

Victoria Lorient-Faibish MEd, RP, CCC, RPP

Registered Psychotherapist/Author/Keynote Speaker/Relationship Expert/Life and Wellness CoachMassEnergy

Registered Psychotherapist/Keynote Speaker/Holistic Psychotherapist//Relationship Expert/Life and Wellness Coach

Dr Neha Prashar

Research FellowAston University

Dr Prashar has worked in the areas of development, entrepreneurship, SMEs and productivity since joining the ERC in 2017.