community Experts

James Young, MD

Executive Dean, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University; Chairman, Endocrinology & Metabolism InstituteCleveland Clinic

Expert in Cleveland Clinic institute structure, model of care and medical student education

Rob Moore

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Rob Moore studies digital learning ecologies and how microcredentials and MOOCs transform educational pathways and outcomes.

Héctor M. Varela Rios, PhD

Assistant Professor of Theology; Raquel and Alfonso Martínez-Fonts Endowed Assistant Professor in Latin American Studies | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Héctor Varela Rios, PhD, specializes in Latinx theology, constructive theologies and religion and material culture.

Junghoon Park, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Gregory Valcante

Director | Research Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Greg Valcante is dedicated to serving individuals with autism and related disabilities, along with their families.

Paige Merring, MSN, RN, CCRN

Nursing Excellence ManagerChristianaCare

Paige Merring, MSN, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC, is the Nursing Excellence Manager at ChristianaCare.

Cato Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Convergence InstituteUConn Health

Dr. Laurencin is a world renowned engineer, physician and scientist who is known for pioneering the field of Regenerative Engineering.

Ellen Woodsworth

ChairpersonWomen Transforming Cities International Society

Ellen Woodsworth is an international speaker and urban consultant on gender and intersectional planning

John Hooker

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

John Hooker is a pioneer in the integration of optimization and constraint programming technologies.

Joshua Carl, Ph.D.

ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Joshua Carl is an expert in the modeling and simulation of cyber-physical systems.