Policy Experts

Jessica Ferne

Director, Global Health ImpactCanWaCH (Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health)

Leader in disaster response, international development, youth & women-led programming, and sexual health & rights

Bryan Strawser

Principal Consultant & CEOBryghtpath LLC

Experienced dynamic speaker & trainer. A leading expert on organizational resiliency, crisis management, & business continuity.

Jacqueline Kennelly

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and AnthropologyCarleton University

Professor Kennelly's work encompasses youth cultural studies, critical educational studies, urban sociology, and social movements

Tom Kaminski

Professor, Kinesiology and Applied PhysiologyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Kaminski is a leading expert on issues related to purposeful headers in interscholastic and intercollegiate soccer.

Gonzalo Maturana

Professor of FinanceEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Robert Pollin

Distinguished Professor of Economics and Co-Director of Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)University of Massachusetts Amherst

Robert Pollin's research centers on macroeconomics and the economics of building a clean-energy economy in the U.S and globally.

Paul Froese, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology, Director of Baylor Religion SurveysBaylor University

Expert on the sociology of religion and its relation to politics, mental health & cultural change

Jonathan Brown

AuthorBuffalo Consulting

Family, life and values told in humorous eclectic stories about famous people, technology, government, America, and some surprises.

Kristin Bennett

Professor, Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science & Associate Director, Institute for Data Exploration and Application (IDEA)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Extracts information from data using novel predictive or descriptive mathematical models

Jackie Bailey

Practice Development SpecialistEmerald City Consulting

Energetic and informative speaker that defines and develops the leadership characteristics of business teams