transitions Experts

Monder Ram

Director, Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship & Professor of Small BusinessAston University

Professor Ram is an authority on small business & ethnic minority entrepreneurship research & has appeared frequently in the media.

A.V. Powers

Managing PartnerStrategic Powers Consulting, LLC

COMMUNCATION STRATEGIST | PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT | EVENT PRODUCTION | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Brian Pirvu

Government Relations ConsultantCAA Club Group

Media spokesperson and subject matter expert on government relations efforts in Ontario.

Carmel Majidi

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Carmel Majidi’s mission is to discover materials and methods that allow robots and machines to behave like soft biological organisms.

Melissa Melby

ProfessorUniversity of Delaware

Melby's research examines the ways in which environmental factors interact with human development to result in health outcomes.

Ryan McManamay, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorBaylor University

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

Claire Sisco King

Associate Professor of Communication StudiesVanderbilt University

Expert in media and visual culture, with a particular emphasis on the study of gender and sexuality.

Jennifer Trivedi

Assistant Professor, Anthropology; Core Faculty Member, Disaster Research CenterUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Trivedi's research explores disaster vulnerability, response, recovery, resilience and decision-making.

Junghoon Park, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Bryan E. Penprase, PhD

DeanSoka University

Professor Penprase is Dean of Faculty and Professor of Science.