Jess Joss

Executive Director · York Angel Investors

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Alexandra Greenhill

CEO · myBestHelper

Award-winning physician innovator, tech CEO, community leader, change agent. TEDx. Top 100 WXN most powerful women Canada, Top 40 under 40.

Innovation Health Health & Healing Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Tech Companies and Venture Capital

Nadine Wathen

Professor · University of Western Ontario

Nadine Wathen is committed to developing and mobilizing knowledge to improve the lives of women and children exposed to family violence.

health information Knowledge Mobilization violence against women/gender-based violence Child Maltreatment Domestic Violence

Kathy Roberts Forde

Professor of Journalism · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Kathy Roberts Forde studies the Black freedom struggle and the press, First Amendment, literary journalism and history of book culture.

African American Freedom Struggle and the Press The First Amendment Journalism History Journalism Literary Journalism

Natasha Sharma

Relationship & Parenting Expert | Author| Co-Founder "Intelligent Emotions" | Doctor of Psychology Candidate · NKS Therapy and Intelligent Emotions

Media Therapist/Author specializing in Relationships, Parenting, & Happiness. Regular on Global News, Breakfast Television, and more.

Relationships Happiness & Performance Happiness and Health Happiness At Work Marriage & Family

Melissa Sariffodeen

Founder and CEO · Ladies Learning Code

Working with an amazing team coast to coast to create tech learning experiences for all Canadians

Digital Literacy Technology Education Coding Theory Education Not For Profit Boards

Suzanne Toro

Owner · OmToro, LLC

Inner Wellness Teacher, Advocate for Global Change, Visionary & Strategist

Female Empowerment Inner Wellnes & Meditation Self Awareness Food Alchemy Creative Visionary

Jayne Amelia Larson

Founder · JAL Communications Consulting

Your guide to more authentic and compelling communication and presentations.

Authentic Communication Better Presentation Skills Empathy

Leigh E. Rich

Professor of Health Administration · Georgia Southern University

Leigh Rich is an expert in bioethics, biotechnology, health communication, and gender and the media.

Qualitative Research Methodologies Health communication Health-related Law and Policy Bioethics Philosophy, Health Care, and Television

Stephanie Nawyn

Associate Professor and Co-director of Center for Gender in Global Context · Michigan State University

Stephanie Nawyn specializes in migration and refugees, human trafficking and migrant labor exploitation.

Gender Immigration Refugees Resettlement

Eva Lefkowitz, Ph.D.

Professor, HDFS · University of Connecticut

Dr. Lefkowitz's research focuses on sexual health across adolescence and the transition to adulthood

Sexuality Sexual Behavior Adolescence Risky Behaviors Romantic Relationships

Regina Rahimi

Professor · Georgia Southern University

Regina Rahimi research is focused on issues of gender and sexuality in education and middle and high school drop outs.

Race and Class in Education Middle and High School Drop Outs Issues of Gender in Education Issues of Sexuality in Education Adolescent Literacy

Joel Paul

Albert Abramson '54 Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: paulj@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4638 / Office 312-200

International Economic Law and Policy Presidential Powers in Foreign Affairs International Business Transactions National Security Law Foreign Relations Law

Janie Steckenrider

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Political Gerontology Aging and Sexuality American Politics Public Policies On Aging

Dr. Shaista Malik

Professor of Medicine-Cardiology and Director of Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute · UC Irvine

Dr. Malik is a leader in preventative cardiology and the practice of integrative healthcare.

Internal Medicine cardiac rehabilitation Integrative Healthcare Cardiovascular Disease Preventive Cardiology

Tamar Gur

Assistant Professor | Department of Psychiatry · The Ohio State University

Dr. Gur specializes in pre-conception, pregnancy and the postpartum period

Pre-Conception Pregnancy Post-Partum Depression Miscarriage Infertility

Heather McCauley

Assistant Professor · Michigan State University

Heather McCauley is an expert in the prevention of sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and reproductive coercion.

Sexual Violence Gender and Sexuality Intimate Partner Violence LGBTQ Studies Public Health

Carrie Liu Currier

Associate Professor and Department Chair · Texas Christian University

Dr. Currier specializes in Chinese politics, East Asia, gender and politics, and Asian Americans in higher education

US-China relations Asian Americans in Higher Education Politics of China International relations of East Asia Gender & Politics

Jane Hilderman

Executive Director · Samara Canada

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

Policy Policy Analysis Qualitative Research Research Public Policy

Laura Vandenberg

Associate Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Research and Engagement and Professor of Environmental Health Sciences · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Laura Vandenberg looks at how exposures to plastics, and other chemicals especially early in life, can predispose individuals to diseases.

Plastics and Human Health Endocrine Disruptors Plastic Exposure Developmental Biology Hazard Assessment