A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in violin performance, Matthew Loden has built an…

Elizabeth Gregory directs the Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies Program and the Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality at the University of Houston. A professor of English, she…

Scott Tinker works to bring industry, government, academia, and nongovernmental organizations together to address major societal challenges in energy, the environment, and the economy. Dr. Tinker is Director of the…

Karim Makdisi is an associate professor of international relations and director of the Program in Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut. His recent publications include…

Jill Peterfeso is the Eli Franklin Craven and Minnie Phipps Craven Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Guilford College. She is a cultural historian of American religion who uses ethnography…

Helena Michie is a professor of English at Rice University and the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor in Humanities. She teaches courses in feminist theory, literary theory, and Victorian literature and…

Stephany Mgbadigha is Advocacy and Legal Director at Air Alliance Houston, a research-based nonprofit working to reduce the public health impacts of air pollution and advance environmental justice. She serves as…

Mark DiBella is Chief Executive Officer of YES Prep Public Schools, a high-performing charter system serving more than 17,000 students from underserved communities on more than 20 campuses. He began…

HISD’s deputy superintendent Rick Cruz joined the district in 2008 as a Teach For America corps member and bilingual fifth-grade teacher at Moreno Elementary School, where he was twice named…

Matthew Rojansky is president and CEO of the U.S.-Russia Foundation, a private grant-making foundation established to promote the development of a healthy and independent private sector and the rule of…