Policy Experts

Justina Ray

President and Senior ScientistWildlife Conservation Society Canada

Justina Ray's research is focused on evaluating the role of shifting landscapes in biodiversity decline and/or change in forested ecosystems

Jennifer Sughrue, Ph.D.

Professor & Interim Chair Dept. of Leadership, Counseling, and Human DevelopmentFlorida Gulf Coast University

Expert in education law, leadership and human development

Aaron Carlisle

Associate Professor, Marine Science and PolicyUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Carlisle research focuses on how the environment and organismal biology interact to influence the ecology of species.

Rick Relyea

Director, Darrin Fresh Water Institute; Director, Jefferson Project; & David M. Darrin ’40 Senior Endowed ChairRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Researches community ecology, ecotoxicology, phenotypic plasticity, forest inputs to wetlands, disease ecology, and invasive species

Garth Holloway

DirectorSixfootfour

Leading edge speaker in business management

Magaela Bethune

Assistant Professor of African American StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Dr. Magaela Bethune is an expert on adolescent socialization, behavior, health, & development at intersections of race, gender, & sexuality.

Dawn Bowdish

Associate Professor, Pathology and Molecular MedicineMcMaster University

Understanding why changes in immunity that occur with age and how this predisposes us to infection and chronic inflammatory diseases.

Paul Herrnson, Ph.D.

Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Connecticut

Paul Herrnson's interests include political parties and elections, money and politics, and voting systems and election administration.

Elle Boag

Associate Professor of Applied Social PsychologyBirmingham City University

Elle Boag's research has an attachment-related basis, and covers topics that extend her PhD research on prejudice and discrimination.

Kara Bentley, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University