Ron W. Thompson

Publisher · INVEST CREATIVE

Managing Partner at Invest Creative, LLC

Capital Development Stakeholder Relations New Business Development

James C. Kaufman, Ph.D.

Professor · University of Connecticut

Dr. Kaufman's research focuses on creativity and educational psychology.

Creativity and Personality Creativity and Equity Creativity and Meaning Creativity and Positive Psychology

Jennifer S. Schiff

Professor · Western Carolina University

Jennifer Schiff's research is in comparative water policy around the globe, with a concentration on policies targeting water scarcity.

International Studies Politics of Ethnic Conflict Model United Nations International Political Economy Global Issues

James Costa

Professor and Executive Director of Highlands Biological Station · Western Carolina University

Jim Costa's interests include insect behavior and ecology, environmental history and philosophy, and the history of science.

Charles Darwin Conservation Ecology Insect Behavior Evolutionary Biology

Susan Low

Principal Consultant (President/Owner) · Directis Consulting Group Ltd.

Bringing an entrepreneurial mindset to non-profit strategic planning

Strategic Planning Facilitation Strategic Planning Business Process Marketing Strategy Non-Profits

Marta Baltodano

Professor · Loyola Marymount University

Department of Teaching and Learning

Anthropology of Education Globalization Social Justice Diversity

Jeffrey Thies, D. Min.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Management, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Director, Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainability

Business Ethics Applied Ethics Leadership Formation Workplace Spirituality Sustainability

Roberto Cancio

Assistant Professor of Sociology · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Community-Based Participatory Practice Mental Health & Wellness Military and Family Members Alcohol and Drug Use Delinquency/Violence

Barbara Schneider

Hannah Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and Professor of Sociology and Education · Michigan State University

An expert on how schools and families influence the academic and social well-being of adolescents as they move into adulthood

Social Contexts of Education Adolescents and Families

Mary Elizabeth Ingham, CSJ

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Scholar in Residence · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Franciscan Philosophy Medieval Philosophy John Duns Scotus

Monica Escaleras, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director of the Business and Economics Polling Initiative · Florida Atlantic University

Monica Escaleras is an expert in natural disasters and political economy.

Decentralization Business Administration Business and Economics Polling Natural Disasters Political Economy

Melanie Lang

CBase Director · Centre for Business and Social Entrepreneurship

Melanie Lang is the director of CBaSE and has a wealth of knowledge on marketing and communications.

Higher Education University of Guelph Public Speaking Data Analysis Teaching

Bruno Conte

Social Innovator & Entrepreneur · New Tech - Manager Non Profit

Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Thom Singer

Thom Singer is known as · Thom Singer - Professional Speaker

The Conference Catalyst

Workshop Facilitator Sales Training & Business Relationship Workshops

Adam W. McKinney

Assistant Professor of Dance · Texas Christian University

Adam McKinney is an expert in dance and trauma studies, as well as artistic practice dealing with issues of race, identity and history.

Artistic Practice and Identity Dance and Trauma Studies Dance and Cultural Studies Dance in Community Settings Artistic Practice and Race

Malinda Maynor Lowery, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of History & Director, Center for the Study of the American South, College of Arts and Sciences · UNC-Chapel Hill

Malinda Maynor Lowery's research interests include Native American history, Southern history, foodways, oral history and more.

Social and Political History Native American History Southern History Historical Geography Foodways

Kimberly Young

Director, Masters in Strategic Leadership and Professor of Management · St. Bonaventure University

Founder and Director at Center for Internet Addiction Recovery

Teaching Higher Education Clinical Internet Addiction Internet Gaming Addiction

Charmaine Kaimikaua

Lecturer · Loyola Marymount University

Kristen Smiarowski

Clinical Assistant Professor of Dance, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University

Dance Instructor

Social Justice Education Choreography

Martin Mostert

Missions Activist, Lecturer & Practitioner · Serving Strangers

Eccentric, funny speaker who helps people cross church thresholds the other way!

Evangelism - Non-Cringe Missions - From Genesis to Revelation Missions - From Acts to Now