Thara Pillai

Director - Alumni Programs and Engagement · Harvard Innovation Labs

Thara Pillai is a marketing and business development professional who mentors and advises companies and entrepreneurs.

Brand Management Start-Ups Entrepreneurship Strategy Social Media

Daniel Berkal

Partner; SVP Innovation · The Palmerston Group

Award winning Ethnographer. Global Speaker. Enveloped in the Cultural Zeitgeist.

Social Media Ethnography Popular Culture Trends Market Research

Bill Lublin

CEO · Social Media marketing Institute

Entertaining and Informative speaker bringing real world expertise to the application of social marketing for businesses and professionals

Social Media Training Camp Social Media Risk Management and Implementation Cloud Computing Solution for Business

Gillian Gregory

Researcher, Traditional Knowledge and Use Studies · The Firelight Group

Research, analysis & technical support for Indigenous communities

Indigenous communities Traditional land and resource use Resource Management Migration Vulnerability & well-being

Greg Overholt

Executive Director · Students Offering Support

Executive Director at Students Offering Support

Social Enterprise Social Entrepreneurship Generation Y

Jerry Burke

Professor · Georgia Southern University

Jerry Burke researches manufacturing and service operations management

Supply chain coordination Purchasing and Negotiation Manufacturing and service operations management Sourcing strategies Business Analytics

Shaun Hays

Speaker, Cosultant, Author, Artist · Shaun Hays Presentations

Exciting and relevant keynote speaker / world renown speed chalk artist - unforgettable!

Healthy Life Choices Overcoming Challenges Success Attitude! Motivation

Shawn Basler

Principal · Perkins Eastman

Internationally recognized design authority, speaker whose unique vision translates business objectives into luxurious guest experiences

Hospitality Design Guest Experience Hotels and Resorts

Jacques Warren

CEO · WAO/MARKETING

Getting the facts behind the buzz.

Digital Analytics Social Media Analytics Online Marketing Analytics & Creativity

Regardt Ferreira

Director of the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy and Assistant Professor, Editor Traumatology Journal · Tulane University

His main research focus is on disasters, focusing on disaster resilience and complex systems

Coronavirus COVID-19

Christopher Key Chapple

Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology, and Director, Master of Arts in Yoga Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Sanskrit Literature Samkhya Philosophy Yoga Jainism Buddhism

Ozan Isinak

CEO · EMCA - Emerging Markets Capital Advisory Inc.

Private equity, venture capital, angel investing, economics, finance and politics as practiced in the Emerging Markets and across the world.

Expanding Into an Emerging Market Private Equity Vc and Angle Investing in Turkey. Macro Economics of Emerging Markets.

Jill Harrington

President · salesSHIFT, a division of potential2performance

Thought provoking, entertaining and never off the shelf, a sales expert that gets you to think and act differently so you see big results.

Laura Madokoro

Assistant Professor, History and Classical Studies · McGill University

Laura's research focuses on the history of race, refugees and religious and secular humanitarianism.

Refugee and Human Rights Issues Immigration Canadian History Archives Heritage

Michael Weiner, PhD

Professor and Assistant Dean of Faculty · Soka University

Professor of East Asian History and International Studies, Associate Dean of Faculty and Director of Faculty Research and Development.

Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern and Imperial Japan Japan's Minorities Economic and Social History of Modern Japan

Robert Burchfield

Associate Professor Emeritus of Animation · Loyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Freelance Graphic Computer Animation Theater, Film and Television

Amanda Hooykaas

Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Association · University of Guelph

Bridge-builder, experiential educator, wilderness guide, lover of heritage, gardens, stories, and community.

Geography Sense of Community Sense of Place Belonging Creative Destruction

Robin R. Wang

Professor of Philosophy · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Chinese Philosophy Comparative Philosophy Ethics

Jim Brown

Vice-President, Business Development · Admeris Payment Systems

Experienced in mobile and payments.

M-Commerce Strategies

Craige Hoover

Director of Retail Services · Equitable Property Company, LLC

Placemaker

Entertainment Production Event Management Mixed-Use Development