Spike Jones
General Manager, Strategic Services · Khoros
Word of Mouth Marketing & Brand Ambassador Expert, Social Media Curmudgeon and Published Author
Word of Mouth Marketing Branding and Identity Social Media Building Brand Ambassador Programs Engaging Brand Advocates
Edmund McGarrell
Professor of Criminal Justice · Michigan State University
Edmund McGarrell is an expert in violence prevention, evidence-based crime policy, and community- and problem-oriented policing.
Gun, Gang and Drug Related Crime Violence Reduction Community Policing
David Carter
Professor of Criminal Justice · Michigan State University
David L. Carter is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Director of the Intelligence Program at Michigan State University.
Counterterrorism Policing Homicide Investigations Law Enforcement Criminal Justice
Nicholas J. Petrelli, M.D.
Bank of America Endowed Medical Director, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute · ChristianaCare
Nicholas J. Petrelli is a nationally recognized expert on cancer.
Colorectal Cancer Cancer Care Management Cancer Detection Cancer clinical trials Surgical Oncology
David Chen, M.D., MPH
Medical Director for Empowering Victims of Lived Violence (EVOLV) and Physician Scientist with iREACH · ChristianaCare
Dr. David Chen is the medical director for EVOLV and a physician-scientist with the Institute for Research on Equity and Community Health.
Firearm Violence Community Violence Exposure Gun Violence Firearm Injury Prevention
Alina Ball
Associate Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: balla@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8852 / Office 300-100
Corporate Law Transactional Lawyering Community Lawyering Clinical Education Critical Race Theory
Deborah Cullinan
Chief Executive Officer · YBCA
Deborah is a leading advocate on the pivotal role artists & cultural organizations play in shaping our social & political landscape.
Nonprofit Management Civic Engagement COVID Recovery Unemployment Philanthropy
Allyson Hewitt
Director, SiG@MaRS and Director, Social Entrepreneurship · MaRS Discovery District
Creating the conditions that expand the realm of entrepreneurship so it incorporates a strong social component is what SiG@MaRS achieves
Social Innovation Social Finance Nonprofit Management Fundraising Social Enterprise
Loureen Smart Downes, Ph.D.
Expert in healthy lifestyle behaviors · Florida Gulf Coast University
Loureen Downes researches physical activity, nutrition and chronic disease prevention.
Lifestyle Medicine Nutrition Disease Prevention Type 2 diabetes and diabetes self-management education
Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux
Chair on Truth and Reconciliation · Lakehead University
Dr. Wesley-Esquimaux's research addresses unresolved intergenerational trauma and grief primarily within the Canadian Indigenous community.
Community Development Government Community Outreach Leadership Teaching
Todd Hartsock, BA
Community Health Program Coordinator · ChristianaCare
Todd Hartsock is a senior community educator at ChristianaCare.
Community Health School-based Health Health Equity Community Education Leadership
Ken Howard
Founder & President · FaithX.net - Resources, Services, Online Network
Creating Christian Community Beyond Us & Them
Creating Christian Community Beyond Us & Them Non-Proselytizing Evangelism Conflict Transformation in Spiritual Communities Schism-Proof Your Church Through Conflict Transformation Re-Paradigming Church Systems
Billie Murray, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication; Assistant Director for Academics, Center for Peace and Justice Education | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Billie Murray, PhD, explores the timely territory of community responses to hate speech, and on issues of rhetoric and social justice.
Rhetoric and Social Justice Rhetoric of Protest Movements Community Responses to Hate Speech Civic Engagement Communication
Ascanio Piomelli
Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: piomelli@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8925 / Office: 100 McAllister Street, Suite 350
Social-Change Lawyering Clinical Legal Education Community Legal Services Wage & Hour Law Community Group Advocacy
Karon N. LeCompte, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction · Baylor University
Karon LeCompte, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Social Studies Education
Social Studies Education Civics Education Leadership Elementary Education Action Research
Joel Judd
Director of Graduate Studies in Education · Southern Utah University
Specializing in Action Research applied to school settings, promoting teacher autonomy, and democratizing teacher knowledge.
Educational Policy and Reform Educating Diverse Populations TESOL Educational Leadership Program Development
Huajin Wang
Senior Librarian · Carnegie Mellon University
Huajin Wang leads innovative initiatives that help to create a culture change towards a more open and reproducible research landscape.
Data Collaboration Open Science Biomedical Data AI-Readiness of Research Data
Dara Parker
Vice-President, Grants & Community Initiatives · Vancouver Foundation
A nonprofit executive who is helping shift the sector from charity to justice.
Nonprofit Leadership Nonprofit Management Gender Lgbtq Issues Diversity and Inclusion
Tiffany Muller Myrdahl
Urbanist and Feminist Geographer · Simon Fraser University
Specializes in equity and inclusion. Uses policy analysis and collaborative research with women and LGBTQ people to examine urban change.
Geographies of social difference (with an emphasis on gender and sexuality) Municipal Social Inclusion Policy Qualitative and Mixed Method Research Oral history methods for research and policymaking
Janna Scott-Tarman
National Security and Intelligence · Author | First Responder
Leading the Next Generation of National Security Officers
National Security and Leadership September 11 Leadership Intelligence National Security