organizations Experts

Ella F. Washington

Professor in the Practice of Organization & ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Dominique Halaby

Director, Business Innovation GroupGeorgia Southern University

Dr. Halaby oversees development of Georgia Southern University’s City Center.

Felicia Pratto, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychological SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Psychology expert, specializing in race and sex discrimination and intergroup dynamics

Meredith Carroll, Ph.D.

Professor | College of AeronauticsFlorida Tech

Dr. Carroll's research focuses on decision-making in complex systems, human-machine teaming, performance assessment and adaptive training.

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.

Ali Bigdeli

Professor of Industrial Service InnovationAston University

Prof Ali Bigdeli co-leads a centre of excellence on servitization, focusing service-led business model innovation.

Patrick G. Maggitti, PhD

University Provost; Professor of Strategic Management and EntrepreneurshipVillanova University

Patrick G. Maggitti, PhD, is a recognized scholar in the areas of entrepreneurship and strategic management.

Marnie Smith

Partner Lighthouse NINE Group

Marnie is a value-driven business professional with expertise in custom consulting solutions.

Jodi Forlizzi

Professor and Associate DeanCarnegie Mellon University

Jodi Forlizzi studies impacts of human interaction with AI systems in front-line service industries including healthcare and hospitality.

Alice Ba

Associate Chair and Professor, International Relations and Comparative PoliticsUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Ba researches US-China-Southeast Asia relations; institutional cooperation/competition in Asia; and regionalism.