Equity Experts

Lisa Lefler

Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Lisa Lefler’s Research Focuses on Native Health and Indigenous Knowledge in American Indian Communities

Native HealthAmerican Indian FatherhoodNative American StudiesAppalachian StudiesCherokee Studies

June Ahn

ProfessorUC Irvine

June Ahn is a Professor of Learning Sciences and Research-Practice Partnerships at the UC Irvine (UCI) School of Education.

Data Use and AnalyticsHuman-Computer InteractionLearning TechnologiesResearch-Practice PartnershipsEducational Technology

Henry Juszkiewicz

Chairman and CEOGibson Guitar Corp.

Hittin' The Best Note! Gibson's CEO plucks just the right strings as an experienced & energetic speaker on consumer branding, marketing

Fan Based MarketingHow to Grow A CompanyHow to Deal With A Government InvestigationMarketing Your BrandStrategies for Leadership

Jim Finkelstein

President and CEOFutureSense, LLC

A contrarian who is a stimulating speaker; an expert in people and organization strategy and a "millennial in boomer clothing"

Compensation: Reward and Motivation in the 21st CenturyOrganization Communications: Effective Employee EngagementThe New Cogenerational Workplace: From 18-80Boards of Directors: Ethics and ResponsibilitiesThe People Dimension: Environment

Erin Kavanaugh, M.D., FAAFP

Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine; Physician Executive, Complex Primary Care and Community MedicineChristianaCare

Dr. Erin Kavanaugh is a family medicine residency leader at ChristianaCare.

Health EquityFamily MedicineFaculty DevelopmentResidency TrainingGraduate Medical Education

Ray A. Blackwell, M.D., M.J.

Chief of Cardiac SurgeryChristianaCare

Ray Blackwell is Chief of Cardiac Surgery and is also the W. Samuel Carpenter, III, Distinguished Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery.

Adult Cardiac SurgerySurgical Resynchronization TherapyECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation)Cardiac SurgeryLeft Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)

Tiffany Muller Myrdahl

Urbanist and Feminist GeographerSimon Fraser University

Specializes in equity and inclusion. Uses policy analysis and collaborative research with women and LGBTQ people to examine urban change.

Geographies of social difference (with an emphasis on gender and sexuality) Municipal Social Inclusion PolicyQualitative and Mixed Method ResearchOral history methods for research and policymaking