change Experts

Steve LaWarre

Senior Vice PresidentFrederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park

Steve LaWarre's leadership and passion for botanical excellence help shape Meijer Gardens' stunning landscapes and operational success.

Dana Cupkova

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Dana Cupkova's work advances regenerative material systems and the spatial dynamics of ecological resilience.

Bahram Javidi, Ph.D.

Board of Trustees Distinguished ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

A professor of electrical and computer engineering, Javidi also leads the Multidimensional Optical Sensing and Imaging Systems (MOSIS) Lab.

Joyce Fassbender, Ph.D.

Expert in insect and spider biodiversityFlorida Gulf Coast University

Joyce Fassbender is an entomologist and arachnologist with research interests in general biology.

Setsuo Miyazawa

Senior Professor of Law and Senior Director of the East Asian Legal Studies ProgramUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: miyazawa@uchastings.edu / 415-939-1284 / Office 384-200

Helen Odell-Miller

Professor of Music TherapyAnglia Ruskin University

Helen is the lead researcher for HOMESIDE, an RCT trial for home-based music therapy for people with dementia & their family carer.

John Geer

Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political ScienceVanderbilt University

National expert in political campaigns, political advertising and public opinion. Co-directs the Vanderbilt Poll.

Marci Lynn Drees, M.D., MS

Chief Infection Prevention Officer and Hospital EpidemiologistChristianaCare

Marci Drees, M.D., MS, FACP, DTMH, is highly sought after national expert on infectious disease and vaccines.

Michael Stewart

Community Relations ConsultantCAA South Central Ontario

Michael oversees CAA South Central Ontario's traffic safety outreach efforts.

Arthur Gross-Schaefer, J.D.

Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Business Law, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University