development Experts

Lucy Xiaolu Wang

Assistant Professor of Resource EconomicsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Economics of innovation & digitization in health care markets, particularly in the biopharmaceutical & digital health industries.

Jessica Vapnek

Lecturer, Global Programs Advisor, and Director of the M.S.L. ProgramUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: vapnekjessica@uchastings.edu

Laura Briggs

Professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality StudiesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Laura Briggs is an expert on U.S. and international reproductive politics, child welfare policy and transnational and transracial adoption.

Dwayne Desaulniers

Regional Director Associated Press

Dwayne Desaulniers has served in a variety of editorial and business roles in the news industry in Canada and the US.

Lea Deesing

Assistant City Manager, former CIOCity of Riverside

Motivate staff and spark innovation. Encourage kids to pursue STEM fields. Increase government transparency and improve cyber security.

Elaine Power

Associate Professor School of Kinesiology & Health Studies, Queen's University

Teaches social determinants of health. Researches food insecurity. Advocates for basic income. Dreams of the day when food banks can close.

Efstathios Michaelides

W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Founding Chair of EngineeringTexas Christian University

Professor Michaelides focuses on lifetime of fossil fuel resources, alternative energy, geothermal energy and nanofluids.

Jodi Bruhn

Director / DirectriceStratéjuste

Jodi Bruhn is a published policy researcher, author and facilitator specializing in governance and indigenous/Crown relations.

Brian Levine, M.D.

Chief Academic Officer. Intellectual Property Administrator and Designated Institutional OfficialChristianaCare

Dr. Brian Levine is an expert in emergency medicine and specializes in graduate and undergraduate medical education.

Jill Perry-Smith

Professor of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School