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Assistant Professor of Professional Practice Marc H. Kalan is a Marketing/Business Development Executive with over 40 years of diverse consumer marketing experience at clients (from established Fortune 500 to start-ups, including the Internet), suppliers, and promotional marketing agencies. Kalan’s background includes executive positions in both Marketing and Sales Management. Upon this extensive industry career Professor Kalan began teaching at the college and graduate levels in 2003 initially at Fairleigh Dickinson, adding William Patterson and Kean Universities then including Rutgers University (RBS) in 2008. Since 2011 Professor Kalan has served full time on the faculty of the Rutgers Business School, Department of Marketing, teaching a broad array of Marketing Courses as well as in multiple International RBS programs including Rutgers International Executive MBA (IEMBA) in Beijing and Singapore; and Rutgers University Institute at Northeast Normal University (RUNIN) in Chanchun, China. In spring 2012 the RBS undergraduate student bodies on the New Brunswick campus (New Brunswick Rutgers Business Governance Association) and independently on the Newark Campus (RBS Undergraduate Dean’s Advisory Council) each voted Professor Kalan awards based on his engaging presentation style. These included in New Brunswick: “Overall Best Professor”, “Most Motivational”, “Most Liberal Teaching Methods”, “Funniest Teacher”, and “Most Likely to Brighten Your Day”: and in Newark: “Most Motivational Professor 2012”, “Most Knowledgeable Professor 2012”, and “Best Teaching Style 2012”. In January 2013 he authored a 3-part series published in the online edition of The Journal of Sales and Marketing Management entitled, “Tips to Enhance Personal Presentation Skills in the Digital Age” and in addition to his full time teaching runs seminars/workshops on building these skills. A follow-up article, “Now More Than Ever, Personal Presentation Tips for the Digital Age” arrived in 2018. Kalan independently wrote and had published via The Case Centre in 2014 a case study “Warner Lambert: New Products/Product Innovation”. A second case study, “The Stadium Outlet Mall” was completed in Spring 2020 for a new course, also developed by Professor Kalan for the RBS Masters of Fashion program: “Retail Operations and Strategy for the Luxury/Beauty Market”. More Recently he published “You Are the Brand” in May, 2019 and was chosen as guest columnist writing an opinion piece in the Star-Ledger, New Jersey’s leading newspaper that Summer: “A Baby Boomer Asks: When Was the Last Time we Won a War?”. Professor Kalan is often quoted in the media Stations/Publications include: Advertising Age, WBGO NJ Public Radio, Press of AtlanticCity, Asbury Park Press, Journal of Sales and Marketing Marketing Management, Rutgers Magazine, myCentralJersey.com, AAP.com, Convenience Store Petroleum Magazine, Currier News, Home News Tribune, Black Enterprise: Wealth for Life, The Bergin Record, Chalmers U. of Technology (Gothensburg, Sweden) Master’s Thesis, The Star-Ledger, NorthJersey.com, NJ.com, The Marion Star (Part of the USA Today Network), In The Money/wallethub.com, ABC Eyewitness News (live interview), NJ Advance Media, The Muse.com. In May 2013, the Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick presented Professor Kalan “The Thomas H. Mott, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching” and followed this honor in July 2013 by appointing him one of the 5 inaugural Teaching Excellence Center Fellows where he initiated the faculty workshop series (“Tips to Enhance Personal Presentation Skills in the Digital Age”). He was a recipient of “Marketing Professor of the Year” in 2015 and “The Dean’s Meritorious Award for Teaching 2015-2016”. Kalan holds degrees from The University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.

Dr. Ijeoma Opara is an assistant professor at Yale's School of Public Health. Her research interests focuses on substance use and HIV prevention, empowerment for Black girls and women, and racial health disparities. She is also the director of The Substance Abuse and Sexual Health Research Lab, which highlights strengths-based prevention research for urban youth. Dr. Opara received her PhD from Montclair State University, her Master of Social Work from New York University and her Master of Public Health from New York Medical College. Dr. Opara holds visiting faculty and affiliate appointments at Yale University, University of Michigan, and New York University.

Richard B. Freeman holds the Herbert Ascherman chair in economics at Harvard University. He is currently serving as faculty co-director of the Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School, and is co-director of the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His research interests include the job market for scientists and engineers; the transformation of scientific ideas into innovations; Chinese and Korean labor markets; the effects of AI and robots on the job market; and forms of labor market representation and employee ownership.

Benjamin Pugsley joined Notre Dame in July of 2017 from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where he was a research economist in the Macroeconomic and Monetary Studies Function. He has previously taught in the MBA program at Columbia Business School and the undergraduate economics program at the University of Chicago. His primary research interests include macroeconomics, firm dynamics, and entrepreneurship. In particular, Benjamin studies the behavior of young and small firms and their unique role in shaping aggregate economic conditions. His research on small business formation and growth has been featured in Slate, NPR, Business Week, The New Yorker, and the Wall Street Journal. He was awarded the Kauffman Foundation Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Research in 2017. Benjamin earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and his B.A. from Columbia University.

Dipra Jha is a scholarly associate professor in the Carson College of Business and Assistant Director of the School of Hospitality Business Management at Washington State University. He is recognized as an expert in luxury hospitality and tourism strategy, and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of Washington Tourism Alliance. A global scholar and innovative educator he is a recipient of the prestigious John Wiley & Sons Innovation in Teaching Award from the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE), among other honors. At WSU, Professor Jha teaches courses in hospitality management and international business. He frequently collaborates with communities, government entities and private sector organizations in the United States and overseas on training, research, and outreach projects. In 2019, he was conferred a rare and distinguished Doctor Honoris Causa by the Kyiv Cooperative Institute of Business and Law in Ukraine for his outstanding contributions to international education through virtual exchange.

Dr. Yuval Bar-Or is an award-winning finance professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, where he primarily teaches investments and wealth management courses. Born into a medical family, he observed firsthand the need for unbiased financial education and created the Pillars of Wealth initiative to level the playing field for doctors. Yuval is an author, frequent media contributor, and sought-after speaker at physician conferences and private events. He holds a Ph.D. in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Nick Mishkin is a data scientist specializing in applying behavioral science to business communication. He has worked with companies across multiple industries — from music to advertising, SaaS technology and information technology. He is an expert reviewer for MoneyGeek. Mishkin earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and his master's degree in behavioral economics, *magna cum laude*, at Reichman University in Israel.

Maura Horton, The Care Coach, is a voice of guidance and experience for caregivers. She was her husband’s primary caregiver during his decade long battle with early onset Parkinson’s disease. While caring for him, Maura pioneered the concept of adaptive clothing that prioritized function and fashion equally. She invented a patented magnetic closure system for clothing and launched MagnaReady, the world’s first magnetic shirt. Maura now consults with companies to create more adaptive products for the disability community.

Professor Shinn has studied how to prevent and end homelessness for the last three decades. Her book, In the midst of plenty: Homelessness And What To Do About It, reviews evidence that people know how to end homelessness for different groups if people are willing to devote the resources to doing so.

Patrick McHugh is the Chief Creative Officer and Cofounder of Euphoria.LGBT, a health-tech company building technology for the transgender community to alleviate the great pains associated with gender transition. A communications, research and design specialist, McHugh leads the research and content-writing efforts for Solace and Bliss.

Ethan Pew is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Marketing and Director of the Master of Science in Marketing program at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. He specializes in consumer behavior, financial decision making, and market research. Pew is also a highly respected researcher and consultant in the financial and information technology sectors, offering strategic guidance and data-driven insights to established companies and startups. Additionally, he co-founded MarketingPhdJobs and has published research on examining differences in academic careers for men and women. Pew has held faculty positions at several universities and holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Colorado Boulder and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Texas McCombs.