financial Experts

Laurel Franzen, Ph.D.

Professor of Accounting, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

DBA Academic Program Director

Aparna Gupta

Professor, Lally School of Management; Director, Center for Financial StudiesRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Leading quantitative finance and risk management expert advancing cutting-edge solutions to address risk challenges of the 21st century.

Mahmoud Nourayi, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Accounting, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

H. Shelton Weeks, Ph.D.

Expert in real estate and financial marketsFlorida Gulf Coast University

H. Shelton Weeks has extensive industry experience in valuation of real property with an emphasis on senior living projects.

Dr Ilias G. Basioudis

Visiting Senior Research FellowAston University

Distinguished Academic and Researcher with 25+ years of experience specialising in auditing policy and governance research.

Linda Leon, Ph.D.

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

Academic Co-Director, MSBA

Dr Hayley James

Senior Research FellowAston University

Dr James is an expert on the lived experience of financial products, tools and services in everyday life.

Paul Calendrillo

PresidentThe Excellence in Practice Enterprise

Highly motivational speaker with over 30 years experience successfully helping financial sales professionals increase revenues.

Peter S. Davis, CPA, ABV, CFF, CIRA, CTP, CFE

Senior Managing DirectorJ.S. Held LLC

Turnaround Restructuring Expert | Court Appointed Equity Receiver | Experienced Litigation Support | Asset Recovery and Fraud Professional

David Y. Choi, Ph.D.

Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Entrepreneurship, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Director, Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship