Policy Experts

Martha McCarthy

Presidential Professor Emeritus, Loyola Marymount University & Chancellor's Professor Emeritus, Indiana UniversityLoyola Marymount University

Department of Educational Leadership and Administration

Amir AghaKouchak

Professor of Civil & Environmental EngineeringUC Irvine

Amir AghaKouchak studies how climate change and variability influence extreme events (flood/drought/heatwaves) and compound hazards.

Douglas Knight

Chief ConnectorConnect The Dots Movement

Nonprofiteer. Social Enterpriser. Communicator. Activator.

Martin Kang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Jane Hilderman

Executive DirectorSamara Canada

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

Moisés Naím

Senior Associate, International Economics ProgramCarnegie Endowment for International Peace

Internationally Syndicated Columnist, Best-selling Author and Host and Producer of Efecto Naim

Teresa Waters, PhD

Dean, School of Public HealthAugusta University

Dr. Teresa Waters' research focuses on applying economic tools to the delivery and financing of healthcare.

Golden Richard III

ProfessorLouisiana State University

Expert in cybersecurity, specializing in malware analysis, reverse engineering, and digital forensics.

Dr. Marty Makary

Physician, Researcher, Author, Medical CommentatorJohns Hopkins School of Medicine & Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health

This won't hurt a bit! In fact, your audience will say "Ahh" when a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine physician and author is at the podium

Michael Brown

Talk Show Host, Author, SpeakerThe Blue Cell; iHeartMedia

An insider's view of homeland security, politics, and personal redemption that can be used in everyone's life at any time.