training Experts

Nate Long

Director of MembershipStrategic Marketing Consultant

Digital Marketing Consultant (Social, Mobile, Content, PR) at Nate Long Marketing

Dominique Halaby

Director, Business Innovation GroupGeorgia Southern University

Dr. Halaby oversees development of Georgia Southern University’s City Center.

Andréa Livi Smith

ProfessorUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Smith is an urban planner, preservationist and architectural historian whose research focuses on urban design and preservation.

Michelle Zabel, MSS

Executive Director of Innovations InstituteUniversity of Connecticut

Michelle Zabel and her team advance research-based, culturally responsive solutions for child, youth, and family-serving public systems.

Bree Akesson

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social WorkWilfrid Laurier University

Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University who conducts research with children and families affected by war and global social work

Dennis D’Amico, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Animal Science Food SafetyUniversity of Connecticut

Dennis D'Amico's research and outreach efforts focus on improving the safety and quality of milk and value-added dairy products.

David Schweidel

Professor of Marketing & Roberto C. Goizueta Professor in Business TechnologyEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Marketing analytics expert focused on the opportunities at the intersection of marketing and technology

Shannon Roberts

Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Shannon Roberts is an expert in understanding how technology and infrastructure guide the design of driver-vehicle interactions.

James Young, MD

Executive Dean, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University; Chairman, Endocrinology & Metabolism InstituteCleveland Clinic

Expert in Cleveland Clinic institute structure, model of care and medical student education

Vu Nguyen

Co-director of Carnegie Mellon Robotics AcademyCarnegie Mellon University