Joaquín Noguera

Assistant Professor · Loyola Marymount University

Department of Educational Leadership and Administration

Critical pedagogy Urban Education K-12 Teaching and Learning Healing-Centered Engagement Trauma-Informed Practice

Catherine Peters

Assistant Professor of Philosophy · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Philosophy of Disability Aristotle Classical Physics Metaphysics Thomas Aquinas

Eduardo Pontoriero

CEO & Board Director · HR Access Solutions, Compaq

Eduardo Pontoriero is an expert in business turn-around, management restructuring, and growth of domestic and international companies.

Private Equity Investments International Companies Domestic Companies Management Restructuring

Alan J. Hutchison

Partner · Dentons Canada LLP

A leading, one-to-watch Canadian lawyer in mining, energy, securities and corporate/commercial law.

Corporate Governance Mining Energy Law Securities & Corporate Finance Mergers & Acquisitions

Noriko Sato Ward, MBA

Instructor, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Assistant Director, D.K. Kim Foundation Business for Good Program

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Marketing Business for Good

Simon Tam

Author | Musician | Activist · The Slants Foundation

13-time TEDx speaker & performer, and storyteller who focuses on anti-Asian racism. Founder/bassist of The Slants and The Slants Foundation.

Racism in American Music Anti-Asian Racism Marketing Strategy Transparency Civil Rights

Chris Curran

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Chris Curran’s applies causal inference, mixed methodologies, and data science approaches to the study of public policy and education.

Public Policy School Discipline Early Childhood Education School Resource Officers Children and Poverty

Dennis Leung

Senior Director · Campbell Valuation Partners Limited

Never one to tax an audience is Campbell Valuation Partners expert on all things related to business valuation and income tax reorganization

Business Valuation Best Practices Business Succession Planning Damages Quantification

Kurt A. Schurer

Managing Director · Veracap Corporate Finance

Strengthening the ties that bind: Providing strategic advice to family businesses is a passionate concern for Veracap's Managing Director

Cato Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Convergence Institute · UConn Health

Dr. Laurencin is a world renowned engineer, physician and scientist who is known for pioneering the field of Regenerative Engineering.

Stem Cell Science and Technology Nanotechnology Polymeric Materials Science Tissue Engineering Regenerative Engineering

Dr Alexis Paton

Director, Centre for Health and Society · Aston University

Dr Paton examines the impact that society has on health. Her research focuses on how ethics and the social sciences can improve healthcare.

Health Inequalities Health Improvement Sociology of Health Bioethics Medical Ethics

Molly Jacobs

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Molly Jacobs conducts research on health equity, health disparities and multilevel analysis of the social determinants of health.

Multilevel Analysis Health Equity Health Disparities Social Determinants of Health

Laurel Franzen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Accounting, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Chair, Department of Accounting

Equity Valuation Financial Distress Bankruptcy Forecasting Financial Accounting

Lisa Chasan-Taber

Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Lisa Chasan-Taber is an internationally recognized expert on physical activity during pregnancy.

Physical Activity and Pregnancy Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Physical Activity Epidemiology Health Equity

Julie Brown

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Julie Brown researches how teachers engage culturally and linguistically diverse learners in secondary and undergraduate science education.

Qualitative Methods Undergraduate Science and STEM Education Curriculum Design Educational Equity Science Education

Jarrod Schwartz

Associate Faculty - School of Leadership Studies · Fielding Graduate University

Jarrod is an educator and consultant dedicated to advancing equity and justice through an OD lens to catalyze complex systems change.

Non-Profit Leadership Social Justic and Equity Organizarional Change Organization Development Community Leadership

Noralee Bradley

Partner, Corporate · Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Advisor to Public and Private Companies on M&A takeovers, Financings and Restructurings, particularly in the Energy Sector.

Corporate Finance and Securities Corporate Governance Mergers and Acquisitions Takeover Bids Plans of Arrangement

Wendi Williams, Ph.D.

Provost and Senior Vice President · Fielding Graduate University

Psychologist, advocate, and educator, Dr.Wendi Williams applies her work at the intersection of education and psychology

Academic & Administrative Leadership Diversity, Equity & Inclusion African American Studies Intersectionality Feminism

Cecilia González-Andrieu

Professor of Theological Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Ecology and Laudato Si Art & Religion Playwright/poet Federico García Lorca Artist John August Swanson Equity in Education

Leela Viswanathan

Associate Professor, Department of Planning and Geography · Queen's University

Leela Viswanathan teaches topics about social planning, planning history, qualitative research methods, and urban geography.

Urban Geography Qualitative Research Methods Indigenous-Municipal Relations in Planning Social Planning University-Community Engagement