Policy Experts

Dr. Ron Dembo

Founder and CEOZerofootprint Software Inc.

Easily filling even the biggest shoes and still leaving no mark, the CEO of Zerofootprint developed software to reduce environmental impacts

Tiffany Gooch

Public Affairs ConsultantEnterprise

Tiffany is a government relations, political organization, and communications professional based in Toronto.

Gustavo Vejarano

Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringLoyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Helen Chang

Visiting ProfessorUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: changhel@uchastings.edu / Office 384-200

John M. Heffron, PhD

Director of the MA Program in Educational Leadership and Societal Change, Professor of Educational History and CultureSoka University

Professor Heffron is a development scholar whose focus is the cultural and intellectual history of education nationally and transnationally

James Kendra

Director, Disaster Research Center; Professor, Biden School of Public Policy and AdministrationUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Kendra researches emergency planning and crisis management.

Tatishe M. Nteta

Provost Professor of Political Science / Director of UMass PollUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Tatishe Nteta's research lies at the intersection of the politics of race and ethnicity, public opinion, and political behavior.

Charles Higgins, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Finance, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Noah Valenstein, J.D.

Expert in water policy and politicsFlorida Gulf Coast University

Noah Valenstein is the former chief resiliency officer and head of the Department of Environmental Protection for the State of Florida.

Ryan McManamay, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Spatial ecologist that studies human-environmental systems in order to balance ecosystem and societal needs.