achievement Experts

Jess Weiler

Assistant ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Jess Weiler's research focuses upon leadership competence and educator-teaming for equitable and socially just schools.

Yvette Lapayese

ProfessorLoyola Marymount University

Department of Teaching and Learning

Barry Balleck

Professor and Chair, Political Science and International StudiesGeorgia Southern University

Barry Balleck's research interests include human rights issues and the rhetoric of international relations.

Patricia Gauthier

Global Commercialization Lead, Rare Diseases and Latent VirusModerna

Patricia Gauthier is actively involved in organizations that are committed to rethinking innovation and inspiring leadership.

Kathryn Bender

Assistant Professor of EconomicsUniversity of Delaware

Research focuses on the economic pedagogy as well as the economics of food waste, experimental economics and consumer behavior.

Vu Nguyen

Co-director of Carnegie Mellon Robotics AcademyCarnegie Mellon University

Susan Tsu

Bessie F Anathan Professor of Design & University ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

As a costume designer, Tsu has spent a lifetime examining the human condition and the semiotics of what others don.

Supriyo Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D.

Commonwealth Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Professor Bandyopadhyay has authored and co-authored over 400 research publications

Bismark Del Villar

PresidentThe Bismark Group

CEO, Corporate Trainer, Entrepreneur & Motivational Speaker

Dexter Gabriel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of HistoryUniversity of Connecticut

Dexter Gabriel's research interests include the history of slavery, resistance, and freedom in the Black Atlantic.