Group Experts

Feryal Cherif

Associate Professor of Political Science and International RelationsLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Benjamin Bobo, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Computer Information Systems & FinanceLoyola Marymount University

Josephine Fairley

Co-FounderGreen & Black's

Entrepreneur and branding expert who co-founded Green & Black's chocolate - the world's first global Fairtrade brand

Jane Hilderman

Executive DirectorSamara Canada

Jane Hilderman leads Samara Canada, a trusted nonpartisan educational charity dedicated to strengthening Canada's democracy.

Linda Pescatello, Ph.D., FACSM, FAHA

Distinguished Professor of KinesiologyUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Pescatello specializes in exercise prescription for health benefit

Sophie Lynch

CuratorMiddlebrook Prize Winners

Sophie Lynch has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, and the National Gallery of Canada.

Avi Savar

Founding PartnerBig Fuel

Founder and Chairman of Big Fuel. Inaugural Cannes Lions Branded Content Jury President. Sought-after industry spokesperson and author.

Najwa al-Qattan

Professor Emeritus of HistoryLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Nicholas Fears

Assistant ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Fears is an expert on the development of motor skills, sensory processing, and activities of daily living in neurodiverse people.

Mark Mitchell

Director of Wildlife Hospital of Louisiana and ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Mitchell's research focus is on wildlife epidemiology, conservation medicine, and One Health.