social impact Experts

Omar Rodríguez-Vilá

Professor in the Practice of Marketing; Academic Director of Education, Business & Society InstituteEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Educator and scholar on modern marketing practices including how sustainability and technology have changed the pursuit of firm growth.

Rayid Ghani

Distinguished Career ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Rayid Ghani designs and deploys AI systems with governments for health, housing and justice and advises them on AI governance & evaluation.

Laura Dickson

Executive DirectorWomen in Need Society

Non-profit leader, Social Entrepreneur and Social Justice Advocate

Wayne Elsey

Head Coach/CEOElsey Enterprises

Head Coach/CEO of Elsey Enterprises

Shirlee Sharkey

CEOSaint Elizabeth

Health executive and social innovator

Kathleen M. Carley

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Kathleen M Carley employs network science, AI & simulation to address organizational, information, social cyber security & influence issues.

Stephen Huddart

President and CEO – The J.W. McConnell Family FoundationSocial Innovation Generation

Best job in the world! Improving the present and renewing the future of all our communities with empowering social innovation initiatives

Dr. Ilse Treurnicht

CEOMaRS

This extraordinary CEO and Rhodes Scholar leads an organization dedicated to developing the next generation of Canadian growth companies

Wesley Longhofer

Associate Professor of Organization & Management; Senior Director, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence; Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty AffairsEmory University, Goizueta Business School

James Hendler

Director, Future of Computing InstituteRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Leading researcher in the Semantic Web and artificial intelligence