David Noble, Ph.D.

Director · University of Connecticut

Professor Noble focuses on digital entrepreneurship, higher education innovation, and futurist development

Name, Image, and Likeness Mobility Venture Capital Blockchain Digital Transformation

Amanda Herring

Associate Professor of Art History, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Associate Professor of Art History

Art History Ancient Greek Art & Architecture Ancient Roman Art & Architecture

Verity Mathis

Mammals Collections Manager · University of Florida

Verity Mathis manages the Florida Museum Mammalogy Collections, taking care of over 35,000 specimens of mammals from around the world.

Bats General Mammal Information Museum Collections Natural History Museums rodents

Tom Rand

Managing Director at MaRS Cleantech Fund I, L.P. · MaRS Cleantech

Experienced, bare-knucked approach to cleantech, finance, policy, climate science and associated global economic opportunities and risks.

Carbon and Climate Science: Industrial Endgame? Cleantech Climate Change Clean Energy Economics

Jose Sainz

Director · University of Mary Washington

Dr. Sainz focuses on education abroad program development and international student recruitment and support services.

Curriculum Development Foreign Language Teaching International Student Recruiting Education Abroad Program Development International Education

Mitra Fakhrashrafi

Curator and Librarian · Middlebrook Prize Winners

Mitra Fakhrashrafi (she/her) is an independent curator and librarian interested in sanctuary and indebted to border abolition organizing.

Libraries and Information Science Museum Studies Mixed Media Digital Media Curation

Valerie Earnshaw

Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences · University of Delaware

Prof. Earnshaw examines associations between stigma and health inequities.

Health Inequities Health Outcomes HIV Stigma AIDS Stigma Stigmatized Conditions‎

Jean-Pierre Isbouts, D.Litt.

Faculty Emerit - School of Leadership Studies · Fielding Graduate University

Humanities scholar, award-winning filmmaker and best-selling National Geographic author

Music Theory Comparative Religious Studies Disruptive Technology Organizational Innovation Academic Writing

Fred Carstensen, Ph.D.

Professor · University of Connecticut

Professor Fred Carstensen is an expert in the areas of public policy, economic history and economics.

Finance Public Policy Economic History Economics

Vince Rozario

Curator · Middlebrook Prize Winners

Vince Rozario is an curator focusing on issues of decolonizing the canon, multiple modernities, queer diasporas, and transnational futures.

Canadian Art History Community Organization Writing Curation Art History

Scott Bass

Managing Director · Ampisound

Parkour & Freerunning Filmmaker and Photographer

Photography Video Production Film Parkour Freerunning

Barry Glick

President · Sunshine Farm & Gardens

Entertaining and educating garden speaker

Native Plants Gardening Landscape

Brian Moss

Senior Lecturer of Studio Arts, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Lecturer of Studio Arts

Dr Robert A. Nash

Reader in Psychology · Aston University

Dr Nash studies human memory, cognition, and social influence.

Educational Psychology Cognition Memory and Recognition Human Memory Social Influence

Jennifer Andrews

Professor, Department of English · University of New Brunswick

Jennifer Andrews’s areas of interest include nineteenth- and twentieth-century English-Canadian and American literature

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century English-Canadian and American Literature Native North American Literature Literary Theory Border Studies Cultural Studies

Kurt Simonson

Lecturer of Photography · Loyola Marymount University

Studio Arts Faculty

Kimberley Pickett

Principal and Creative Director · KIMBO Design

Creative Principal of award-winning design firm, KIMBO Design Inc., based in Vancouver, B.C.

Design Graphic Design Marketing & Advertising Marketing & Branding Online Advertising

Robert Smith RGD

Owner/Creative Director · Association of Registered Graphic Designers

Creative Catalyst • Brand Builder • Speaker • Teacher

Product Design Interior Design Creativity Package Design Branding

William Mougayar

Founder & CEO · Engagio

"They said what about me?" Manage your social network conversations and startup your entrepreneurial spirit with the Founder of Engagio

Entrepreneurship Startups Social Engagement Social Commenting Future of Social Web

Heangjin Park

Assistant Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Nationalism Globalization Logistics Transnational Mobility Commodity Supply Chains