Stéfan Danis

CEO & Chief Talent Officer · Mandrake

25 years of experience in executive recruiting & has led 100's of executive engagements in Finance, Sales, HR, Marketing, & Strategy.

Career Transitions Leadership Development Succession Planning Organizational Development and Change Management Overcoming Adversity

Pulkit Grover

Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Neuroscience

Richard Zitrin

Lecturer · UC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: zitrinr@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8802 / Office 212-198

Legal Ethics Trial Practice Alternate Dispute Resolution

Penelope Tobin

Founder & Creative Director · Barrier Breakers

Author, barrier-breaker, soft skills advocate, and jazz musician

Leadership Development Organizational Development Personal Development

Michael Burt

Director, Industrial Economic Trends · The Conference Board of Canada

And now, the weather: Find out which way the wind is blowing when it comes to forecasting trends in the industrial sectors of the economy

Industrial Economic Analysis Private Sector Economic Analysis

Leonard Haynes, PhD

Former Trustee · Fielding Graduate University

International higher education; public diplomacy; appointed Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Education in 2017

Nonprofits Public Speaking Higher Education Community Outreach Grants

Cristiano Guarana

Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship · Indiana University, Kelley School of Business

Cristiano Guarana is an expert in how leaders and followers’ limited attentional resources affect complex organizations.

Attention Sleep Leadership Ambivalence

Eliot Pence

Director · The Whitaker Group

Creating conditions for sustainable prosperity in Africa is the focus of The Whitaker Group's Director, and a Global Governance Fellow

International Relations U.S. Public Policy Towards Africa Business Development in Africa Global Energy Governance International Trade & Development

Sam Angus

Partner, Corporate Group · Fenwick & West LLP

Entrepreneurship and venture financing for start-ups have been long-standing specialties for this lawyer and conference panel moderator

Start-Up/Venture-Backed Companies Equity and Debt Financings Mergers and Acquisitions Securities Matters Intellectual Property Licensing

James Sample

Professor of Law · Hofstra University

Professor Sample focuses on voting rights and constitutional issues

Administrative Law Judicial Elections Constitutional Law Voting Rights Policy Voting Rights

April Rinne

Director of WaterCredit · Water.org

Chief Strategy Officer, Collaborative Lab

Annette Vissing-Jørgensen

Professor of Finance | Arno A. Rayner Chair in Finance and Management · Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Monetary Policy Returns to Entrepreneurial Investment Stock Market Participation Househould Consumption and Portfolio Choice

José Holguín-Veras

Director, Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment (CITE) & William H. Hart Chair Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Leading authority in freight transportation and humanitarian logistics

Transportation Planning Traffic Engineering Mathematical Modeling Arcgis Operations Research

Lynda Gratton

Founder & CEO · Hot Spots Movement

One of 2011's top 50 business thinkers and internationally recognized global authority on the people implications of human resource strategy

Human Resources High-Performing Virtual Teams Flexible Working Valuable Cross-Business Networks and Relationships Corporate Culture

Jim Ketterson

Senior Director of Senior Living · Church Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.

Jim Ketterson can speak to risk management at senior living facilities, including approaches to safety and preventing falls for seniors.

Risk Management of Healthcare Facilities Risk Management Senior Living Centers Insurance Counseling Preventing Falls for Seniors

Christopher Garcia

Associate Professor of Business · University of Mary Washington

Christopher Garcia is an expert in optimization, quantitative modeling and business analytics.

Applied Statistics Data Mining Predictive Analysis Optimization Experimental Design

Daniele Piomelli

Distinguished Professor · UC Irvine

Daniele Piomelli's research is focused on the function of lipid-derived messengers, with particular emphasis on endogenous cannabinoids.

Anatomy & Neurobiology Cellular Pharmacology CBD Marijuana Neuropharmacology

Dana P. Goldman, PhD

Leonard D. Schaeffer Director's Chair, USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics & Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, Pharmacy and Economics · USC School of Pharmacy

Dana Goldman is an expert in health care reform, managed care and drug costs.

health technology assessment Drug pricing Health Care Reform Health Policy and Economics Managed Care

Placida Gallegos, PhD

Doctoral Faculty - School of Leadership Studies + Chair, Inclusion Council · Fielding Graduate University

Local and Global Diversity, Transformative Learning, Racial Identity; Chair, FGU Inclusion Council

Human Development and Consciousness Social Psychology Theories of Personality Organization Development Personal Growth and Development

Bill Best

President · Cambrian College

A thought leader in post-secondary education. An advocate for how the exponential societal change relates to the current student experience.

Adult Education Student Development Educational Technology Curriculum Development Team Building