development Experts

Cynthia M. Alcantar

Associate Professor & Co-Director of Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Social JusticeLoyola Marymount University

Department of Educational Leadership and Administration

Evgeniya Pyatovskaya

Assistant Professor of Communication StudiesLoyola Marymount University

Stedman Graham

CEOS. Graham & Associates

You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities.

Lynne Segall

Associate Professor in the Practice of Organization & Management; Associate Dean, Management Practice InitiativesEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Justina Ray

President and Senior ScientistWildlife Conservation Society Canada

Justina Ray's research is focused on evaluating the role of shifting landscapes in biodiversity decline and/or change in forested ecosystems

Ariel Garten

Founder and Chief Evangelist OfficerMuse

Global speaker, female tech founder, and expert in brain, neuroscience, psychotherapy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and women in business.

Andree Sosler

Executive DirectorPotential Energy

Dynamic speaker on topics related to social enterprise and Africa

Karen Melton, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Child and Family StudiesBaylor University

Applied researcher specializing in the healthy development of adolescents through the maintenance of healthy families

Yue Hillon

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Yue Hillon's research interests include strategy, socio-economic performance management and action research.

Allyson Hewitt

Director, SiG@MaRS and Director, Social EntrepreneurshipMaRS Discovery District

Creating the conditions that expand the realm of entrepreneurship so it incorporates a strong social component is what SiG@MaRS achieves