Deborah Cullinan

Chief Executive Officer · YBCA

Deborah is a leading advocate on the pivotal role artists & cultural organizations play in shaping our social & political landscape.

Nonprofit Management Civic Engagement COVID Recovery Unemployment Philanthropy

Vladlena Benson

Professor of Cybersecurity Management · Aston University

Professor Benson is an industry-recognised expert in cybersecurity management and governance.

Emergent Technologies Cybersecurity and Risk Management Digital Transformation

Renée Dye

Associate Professor in the Practice of Organization & Management · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Managerial Decision Making Corporate & Business Strategy Strategic & Business Planning

Cameron Awkward-Rich

Associate Professor in the Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Program · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Cameron Awkward-Rich is a poet and a scholar of trans theory/expressive culture.

Trans Theory Trans Expressive Culture Trans/Feminist/Queer Theory and Methods Disability Studies Contemporary American Literature

Mark Worden

Associate Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science · Michigan State University

An expert in biomedicine. His research involves the application of engineering principles to biological systems.

Health Biomedical Engineering

Harold Schock

Professor of Mechanical Engineering · Michigan State University

An expert in automotive fuel efficiency and alternative energy and flow and combustion phenomena in internal combustion engines.

Internal combustion engines Optical diagnostics Thermodynamics Combustion Turbulence

Frank Ravitch

Professor of law and the Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion · Michigan State University

An expert in law and religion, including the U.S. Supreme Court and religion, U.S. constitutional law, and Japanese constitutional law

First Amendment Religious Freedom Constitutional Law Law and Religion Religion and Law

Ramani Narayan

Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science · Michigan State University

Expert in biodegradable plastics, biobased and recyclable composites

Renewable Resources Biodegradable Polymers and Materials Engineering Polymers and Plastics Biobased and Recyclable Composites

Xiaobo Tan

MSU Research Foundation Professor and Richard M. Hong Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering · Michigan State University

Expert in robotic fish, mobile sensing in aquatic environments

Soft Robotics Underwater Robotics Underwater Sensing

Jade Mitchell

Assistant Professor of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering · Michigan State University

Mitchell is an expert on human health risk analysis when it comes to contamination in the environment through water and soil

Environmental Pathogenic Agents Biosystems Water Contamination

Martin Gaynor

University Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Martin Gaynor's research focuses on competition and antitrust policy, particularly in health care markets.

Public Policy Industrial Organization Business and Economics Health Economics Antitrust

Dr Ilias G. Basioudis

Senior Lecturer in Accounting · Aston University

Dr Basioudis's research interests lie primarily within the area of auditing and corporate governance and include audit services.

Accounting Auditing H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) Accounting Education

Amanda Hooykaas

Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Association · University of Guelph

Bridge-builder, experiential educator, wilderness guide, lover of heritage, gardens, stories, and community.

Geography Sense of Community Sense of Place Belonging Creative Destruction

Susan Judge

Private School Prep Program Coordinator · Key Education

Over 10 years of experience in collaboratively working with families and educators to set up their children up for success.

Childcare Early Childhood Education Family Education Academics Social Work

Patricia Pereira

Professor | Associate Dean · University of Florida

Patricia Pereira has been the associate dean for Academic Affairs for the UF College of Dentistry since Fall 2019.

Operative and Esthetics Dentistry Prosthodontics Dental Education Dentistry Advanced Dental Education

Andrea Hlady

President · Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition

Andrea Hlady is the president of a grassroots conservation group that advocates for protection of the Castle Wildland area (SW Alberta).

Philanthropic Investments Fundraising Leadership

Ja-Naé Duane

Director of Social Media · Overdrive Interactive

Speaker; Educator; Strategist; Author: How to Start a Business w/$100 & How to Create a Revolution; Helping you change the world

Social Media Entrepreneurship Business Marketing Creative Leadership

Amanda Allison

Associate Professor, Coordinator of Art Education · Texas Christian University

Amanda Allison is an expert in preservice art education, therapeutic art, disability, arts advocacy, and inservice art education.

Inservice Art Education Disability Preservice Art Education Therapeutic Art Arts Advocacy

Cheolho Sim, Ph.D.

Professor, Biology · Baylor University

Professor Sim's research is focused predominantly on the vector biology of human pathogens.

Functional Genomics Disease Vectors West Nile Virus

Scott Watson

Founder & Managing Director · Summit Consulting & Training Limited

Leadership Enabler, Emotional Intelligence Expert & Keynote Speaker

Leadership Emotional Intelligence Management Teamwork Motivation