Policy Experts

Aidin Namin, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing Analytics, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Gustavo S. Cortes

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Gustavo S. Cortes researches macro-finance, financial intermediation, international finance and financial history.

Youyou Tao, Ph.D.

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

Herman Berliner

Provost Emeritus and Distinguished Service Professor of EconomicsHofstra University

Dr. Berliner is focused on increasing and promoting global business programs, student entrepreneurship, and other experiential learning.

Gretchen Helmke

The Thomas H. Jackson Distinguished University Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Rochester

Professor Helmke's research focuses on democratic political institutions, rule of law, and Latin American politics.

Eric Haruki Swanson

Assistant Professor of Theological StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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.

Andrew Lubin

Defense Analyst, Author, Embedded JournalistN/a

Dynamic speaker with long experience in global current events with partiular expertise in Iraq, Hait, Afghanistan with US Marines

Julian K. Saint Clair, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Co-founder of the A-LIST Pathway

Dr Anton Popov

Senior Lecturer, Sociology and PolicyAston University

Dr Popov's research interest is in social anthropology, with a particular focus on postsocialist societies.