trade Experts

Li Dai, Ph.D.

Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Wesley Longhofer

Associate Professor of Organization & Management; Senior Director, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence; Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty AffairsEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Michael C. Slattery

Professor, Department Chair and Director of the Institute for Environmental StudiesTexas Christian University

Mike has worked in diverse landscapes ranging from the Namib Desert in southern Africa to the cloud forests of Costa Rica.

Kelly Goldsmith

E. Bronson Ingram Professor of MarketingVanderbilt University

Expert in marketing, market research, and consumer behavior focusing on the impact of scarcity and sales on shoppers' mindsets.

Josh Clinton

Abby and Jon Winkelried Professor of Political ScienceVanderbilt University

Polling expert who uses statistical methods to explain political processes. Co-directs the Vanderbilt Poll.

Elena Prager

Assistant Professor of EconomicsUniversity of Rochester

Prager is an empirical economist and an expert in the industrial organization of health care markets and labor markets.

Brian L. Vlcek

Department Chair and Professor, Department of EngineeringGeorgia Southern University

Brian L. Vleck is an expert in Tribology and Life & Failure of Jet Engine Turbine Hubs and Blades.

Don Duval

Chief Executive OfficerNORCAT

Experienced, dynamic, and engaging speaker on an array of topics related to innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship

Thomas Pogge

Director, Global Justice Program ; Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International AffairsYale University

Examining solutions to issues of global inequality and justice in health care are long-standing concerns for this Yale professor & author

Lisa Kahn

Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor in the Social SciencesUniversity of Rochester

Kahn's research focuses on labor economics with interests in organizations and education