communities Experts

Xilei Zhao

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Xilei Zhao focuses on developing and applying data and computational science methods to tackle problems in transportation and resilience.

Georgeen Theodore

Director, Master of Infrastructure Planning ProgramNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Theodore focuses on the relationship between strategic planning and local development

Julie Cafley

Senior Vice PresidentPublic Policy Forum

Julie Cafley is a frequent speaker and commentator on issues relating to higher education leadership and governance.

Seth Jenson, Ph.D.

Senior Director of the Baugh Entrepreneurship InstituteUtah Valley University

Jesnson is an expert in early-stage entrepreneurship, business strategy, innovation ecosystems, and experiential education

Lauren Smart

Clinical Assistant Professor of JournalismLoyola Marymount University

Linda Godel

Partner, Business Law GroupTorkin Manes LLP

Extensive experience advising charities and not-for-profit organizations — Chair of the firm’s Not-for-Profit & Charities Law Practice Group

James Douglass, Ph.D.

Expert in coastal marine ecologyFlorida Gulf Coast University

James Douglass studies the interactions among living organisms and the environment in coastal waters, including algae blooms.

Rory Kramer, PhD

Professor of Sociology and Criminology | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Rory Kramer, PhD, is an expert on racial inequality, race and education, police use of force and segregation and the physical environment.

Dr Maria Maynard

Reader in Public Health NutritionLeeds Beckett University

Expertise in the health & diets of minority ethnic & migrant communities - exploring nutrition-related inequalities, obesity & diabetes.

Judith Giesberg, PhD

Professor of History; Robert M. Birmingham Chair in the Humanities | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Judith Giesberg, PhD, is an expert on women's history and the U.S. Civil War.