Diana Farrell
Washington, DC
Member at National Bureau of Economic Research
Former Deputy Assistant on Economic Policy to President Barack Obama, member of the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry.
Expertise
ECONOMIC POLICY – FINANCIAL CRISIS
Caitlin Long
Cheyenne, WY
Founder and CEO at Avanti Bank & Trust
A long-time blockchain and Bitcoin advocate, she was in Morgan Stanley's blockchain group and Wyoming Blockchain Task Force.
Expertise
CRYPTOCURRENCIES - BITCOIN
Jeremie Calais MD
Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Professor at UCLA School of Medicine
Director of the Clinical Research Program. He is also a member of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the UCLA Institute of Urologic Oncology.
Expertise
CANCER - PET & CT IMAGING
Ken Albala PhD
Stockton, CA
Professor of History at University of the Pacific
Dr. Albala is a food expert and historian. He has authored or edited 25 books on food.
Expertise
FOOD HISTORY - CUISINE
Amaney A. Jamal
Princeton, NJ
Professor of Politics at Princeton University
Jamal directs the Workshop on Arab Political Development and the Bobst-American University of Beirut Collaborative Initiative.
Expertise
Middle East - Democracy - Gender
Tara Hutchinson
San Diego, CA
Director at the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Professor in the Department of Structural Engineering at UCSD with research interests in the area of geotechnical, structural and earthquake engineering.
Expertise
EARTHQUAKES - SEISMIC ENGINEERING
Chris Dicus
San Luis Obispo, CA
Professor of Wildland Fire and Fuels Management at Cal Poly
Dr. Dicus also heads the Wildland-Urban Interface Module of the California Fire Science Consortium. He is the current President of the Association for Fire Ecology.
Expertise
FOREST FIRES - FUELS MANAGEMENT
Cynthia Gay MD
Chapel Hill, NC
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at UNC Chapil Hill
Led the Covid-19 Vaccine phase 3 Moderna clinical trials at UNC Health. Research includes acute HIV infection & early phase research on HIV eradication.
Expertise
CORONAVIRUS - INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Rev. Robert Sirico
Grand Rapids, MI
Founder and President at Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
He brings economics into the world of religion & his writings on the economy, religion, politics & society are published in a variety of journals including NYT, Forbes, Wall St. Journal & more.
Expertise
RELIGION AND POLITICS - ECONOMICS
Leonard Wantchekon
Princeton, NJ
Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University
Wantchekon has made substantive and methodological contributions to the fields of Political Economy, Economic History and Development Economics.
Expertise
AFRICA - ECONOMIC HISTORY
Jerry Vandermeulen
Moorpark, CA
Fire Battalion Chief, Ventura County FD (Retired)
35 years of experience with Kern County and Ventura County Fire Departments. Former Fire Safety Liaison with City of Malibu.
Expertise
FIREFIGHTING - WILDLAND FIRES
Wanjira Mathai
Nairobi, Kenya
Regional Director for Africa at World Resources Institute
Wanjira has over 20 years of experience advocating for social and environmental change, action on climate change, youth leadership, sustainable energy, and landscape restoration.
Expertise
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY - SUSTAINABILITY