social Experts

Cynthia Schames

FounderAbbeyPost

Woman, Entrepreneur, Wife & Mom, Thinker, Challenger, Lover of Laughter.

Dara Parker

Vice-President, Grants & Community InitiativesVancouver Foundation

A nonprofit executive who is helping shift the sector from charity to justice.

Denise Amyot

President and CEOColleges and Institutes Canada

Denise Amyot is President and CEO of CICan, the national voice of Canada's public colleges, institutes, cegeps and polytechnics.

Michael Weiner, PhD

Professor and Assistant Dean of FacultySoka University

Professor of East Asian History and International Studies, Associate Dean of Faculty and Director of Faculty Research and Development.

Regula (Reggie) Modlich

Urban PlannerToronto Women's City Alliance

Urban planner, focusing on gender issues, active in the Toronto Women's City Alliance

Laura Mauldin, Ph.D.

ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Laura Mauldin is a sociologist focused on health and illness; caregiving; and disability, Deaf, and science and technology studies.

Jonathan Hiskey

Associate Chair of Political ScienceVanderbilt University

Expert on Latin American politics and Latin American migration.

Jim Roddy

Keynote Speaker & AuthorJim Roddy CBA (Coach & Business Advisor)

Author of "Hire Like You Just Beat Cancer" and "The Walk-On Method to Career & Business Success"

Kara Bentley, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Casey Call

Associate Director of the KPICD and Associate Professor of Professional PracticeTexas Christian University

Dr. Casey Call is the Assistant Director at the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development