social Experts

Dana Cupkova

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

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

Shai Berger

CEOFonolo

Serial entrepreneur. Customer service, smart phones, call centers, social media, enterprise sales (from a science & engineering perspective)

Aleix Martinez

Professor | Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringThe Ohio State University

Engineering expert, with a penchant for affective computing and computer learning

Eric Lowitt

Managing DirectorNexus Global Advisors

Sought-after Future of Business, Innovation, Leadership, and Collaboration Speaker and Expert; Harvard Business Review author

Heather Gibson

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Heather Gibson's work sits at the intersection of tourism, leisure, and sport (sport tourism).

Johanna Engstrom

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Johanna Engström’s research focuses on hydroclimatology, water resources, drought and renewable energies, with a focus on the southeast U.S.

Kent Messer

Professor, Applied EconomicsUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Messer specializes in topics in the nexus of agriculture and the environment and the economics of stigma.

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Associate ProfessorLouisiana State University

Prof. Ruffin’s work focuses on contemporary Southern fiction, speculative storytelling, and explorations of race, identity, and inequality.

Robert Kazanjian

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Organization & Management; Academic Director, The Roberto C. Goizueta Center for Entrepreneurship & InnovationEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Julian K. Saint Clair, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Co-founder of the A-LIST Pathway