development Experts

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

Lynda Arsenault, BA, MEC, CITP

International Trade & Foreign Direct Investment AdvisorI-M Results Inc.

Lynda is an expert in attracting, maintaining and accelerating Foreign Direct Investment opportunities.

Ky Henderson

Assistant Professor of JournalismLoyola Marymount University

Journalism Department | Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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

Lynne Segall

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

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

Dr. Scott J. Edgett

CEO and Co-FounderStage-Gate International

World's Leading Expert in Product Innovation

Ariel Garten

Founder and Chief Evangelist OfficerMuse

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

Yeongseon Jang

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Yeongseon Jang specializes in designing and developing advanced supramolecular biomaterials through biomacromolecular self-assembly.