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

Elliott Silverstein

Director, Government Relations, Insurance · CAA Club Group

Elliott manages and executes key elements of CAA’s provincial advocacy role, and overseeing municipal advocacy efforts.

Insurance Ontario Politics Stakeholder & Public Engagement Strategic Advocacy Policy Analysis

Sherry Grace

Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Science · York University

Studying access to chronic cardiac care, as well as optimizing quantity and quality of life in heart patients.

Healthcare Public Health Clinical Research Heart Disease Behavioural Cardiology

Sheheryar Banuri

Assistant Professor in Behavioural Economics · University of East Anglia

His primary area of research is in motivation and incentives, particular in the public sector.

Political Economy Motivation and Incentives Economics Behavioral Economics Finance

Felipa Chavez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor | School of Psychology · Florida Tech

Dr. Chavez pursues a program of research reflecting issues of family dysfunction as seen through parent-child interactions.

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Comorbid Parental Psychopathology Family Dysfunction Psychology Child Psychopathology

Marty Ralph

Research Meteorologist, Director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) · UC San Diego

F. Martin Ralph is a research meteorologist focused on understanding the processes that create extremes in precipitation.

Atmospheric Rivers Observations Atmospheric Chemistry Precipitation Hydrometeorology

Emile Lester

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs · University of Mary Washington

Dr. Lester is an expert in church and state issues, especially controversies surrounding teaching religion in schools.

American Constitutional Law Church and State Issues Teaching Religion in Schools Minority Religious Groups Political Philosophy

Lisa Matte

Regional Director, Atlantic · Diabetes Canada

Lisa Matte is Regional Director for the Maritimes at Diabetes Canada.

Diabetes in the Maritimes Budgets Leadership Volunteer Management Business Planning

Steven Fox, MD, MSc

Research Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics · USC School of Pharmacy

Steven Fox is an expert on methods to improve health outcomes through innovative use of data.

Health Outcomes Public Health Internal Medicine Pediatrics Quantitative Policy Analysis

Yvonne Yaz, Ph.D.

Professor, Program Director · Milwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Yvonne Yaz's areas of interest include actuarial science and applied mathematics.

Stochastic Control Systems Actuarial Science Applied Mathematics Nonlinear Systems

Patrick Markey, PhD

Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University

Patrick Markey, PhD, is an expert on how violent video games affect behavior and relationship issues.

Video Games Violent Video Games Online Interactions Body Image Romantic Relationships

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

Matthew Turack

Group President, CAA Insurance · CAA Club Group

Matthew Turack is an executive insurance leader with over 18 years of experience

Property & Casualty Insurance Management Strategic Planning Travel Insurance

Ricardo Perez-Truglia

Associate Professor · Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Behavioral Economics Political Economy Public Economics

Robert Beck, PhD

Professor of Computing Sciences | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University

Robert Beck, PhD, is an expert in social networking, technological literacy, and gender roles in science and technology.

Computer Science Technology Literacy and Trends Social Networking Computing Education Gender Roles in Science and Technology

Edward Lopez

Professor · Western Carolina University

Edward Lopez is Professor of Economics and founding director of Western Carolina University's Center for the Study of Free Enterprise.

Economics of Ideas Public Choice Ethics of Capitalism Public Finance Principles of Economics

Kathy Krey, Ph.D.

Director of Research and Assistant Research Professor, Texas Hunger Initiative at Baylor University · Baylor University

Dr. Krey focuses on food security topics, including child nutrition programs, coalition building, and data analysis and mapping

Research Methods Nutrition Hunger Policy Social Work Data Analysis & Mapping

Christopher McKinney

Associate Vice-President, Office of Innovation Commercialization · Augusta University

Dr. Christopher McKinney specializes in marketing and commercializing innovative new technologies.

Business Management Innovation Commercialization Entrepreneurship

Fauzia Burke

Founder and President · FSB Associates. Web Publicity and Social Media

Founder & President of FSB Associates. Online Publicity and Social Media for Books and Authors

Digital Marketing Social Media for Authors & Publishers Amplify Branding Book Marketing Online Publicity Campaigns for Authors & Publishers

Magnus Egerstedt

Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering · UC Irvine

Magnus Egerstedt is a leading research on control theory, complex networks and robotics.

Multi-system robots Mobile Sensor Networks Complex networks (e.g., optimization and control, resource sharing, dimension reduction) Control Theory Robotics