future Experts

Dr Benz Kotzen

Associate Professor in Landscape DesignUniversity of Greenwich

Dr Kotzen is a chartered landscape architect with more than 30 years’ experience as a consultant and a researcher.

Jeffrey Morris, PhD

Assistant Professor, School of Computer and Cyber SciencesAugusta University

Timothy Matovina

Chair, Department of TheologyUniversity of Notre Dame

Timothy Matovina works in the area of theology and culture, with specialization in U.S. Catholic and U.S. Latino theology and religion.

Michael W. Johnson, MA, CAP

Senior Managing Director of Behavioral HealthCARF International

A creative, solutions-oriented leader who is passionate about improving quality in behavioral healthcare through CARF accreditation.

Jed McCaleb

CTO and CofounderStellar Develoment Foundation

Recognizing that the world’s financial infrastructure is broken and that too many people are left without resources, I cofounded Stellar.org

Gregory DeFreitas

Professor of Economics, Director of the Center for the Study of Labor and DemocracyHofstra University

Prof. DeFreitas is an expert on labor studies.

Timothy J. Shaffer

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Chair of Civil DiscourseUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Shaffer studies the advancement of democratic practices by focusing on the role of civic professionals in institutional settings.

Roslyn Bill

50th Anniversary Professor of Biotechnology and Director, AIMEAston University

Professor Bill's research on water flow in the body has revealed how to develop drugs that prevent brain swelling after injury or disease.

Leo Martinez

Albert Abramson Professor of LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: martinez@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4683 / Office 360-200

John Covach

Professor of Music and Director of the Institute for Popular Music; Professor of Theory at Eastman School of MusicUniversity of Rochester

John Covach is an expert on the history of popular and rock music, 12-tone music, and the philosophy and aesthetics of music.