Plenary Speakers and Presenters

Plenary Speakers

ILL - ABILITIES


International Dance Crew

Shay-Akil McLean


Educator, organizer, writer & public intellectual

Yuki Noguchi


Science Desk Correspondent
NPR

Diego Senior


Audio/Video Producer, Broadcast Journalist
La Central Podcasts

Presenters

Melinda M. Adams
Langston Hughes Assistant Professor
University of Kansas
Ash B. Alpert
Hematologist, Instructor of Medicine
Yale University
Karen Bolda
Senior Vice President of Product & Technology
Expedia Group
Alrinthea Carter
TV Staff Writer, Improviser, Artist, Educator
Charlotte Cepeda
Dean of Learning and Student Success
Northern Marianas College
Kendra Chappell
Writer, collaborator, and Theater Director
Chris Chinn
Director
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Keeley Crockett
Professor, Computational Intelligence
Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
William Datema
CEO
Society for Public Health Education
David Donkor
Associate Professor, Performance Studies
Texas A&M University
Tyler Drenon
Technology Strategist
Pitt Technology Group
Laura Dumin
Professor
University of Central Oklahoma
John Ferry
Co-Owner/ President, Trenchant Analytics
Co-Founder/ CEO, UseRogue.com
Amy Fluker
Associate Professor, Historian, Author
Youngstown State University
Lois Gillmore
Assistant Regional Director
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Julian Guerrero
Director of the Office of Indian Education (OIE)
U.S. Department of Education
Andrea L. Guzman
Associate Professor, Journalism
Northern Illinois University
Kasey Harlin
A.R.T.C. Program Founder/Director
Preferred Family Healthcare
Karleah Harris
Assistant Professor
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Carol Haywood
Research Assistant Professor, Medical Social Sciences
Northwestern University
Gail Herbert
Owner
Growing Connections Counseling, LLC
Isaias Hernandez
Environmental Educator and Founder
Queer Brown Vegan
Rufus Idris
Country Director, Nigeria
Heifer International
Geovonday Jones
Actor, Director, and Performer Advocate
Zandra Jordan
Director of the Hume Center for Writing and Speaking
Stanford University
Sheril Kirshenbaum
Scientist, author and PBS host
Michigan State University
Ashley Krug
Market Development & Sustainability Coordinator
City of Springfield
Michael B. Mitchell
Assistant Professor, African American Studies & Criminology
The College of New Jersey
Chelsey Narvey
Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice & Criminology
Sam Houston State University
Luca 'Lazylegz' Patuelli
Founder
ILL-Abilities
Mai Perkins
Writer, Documentary Researcher, and Content Producer
Josie Rudolphi
Assistant Professor, Agriculture & Biological Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jessica Ryan
Owner, creator-director
All Together Now
Inara Scott
Gomo Family Professor, Associate Dean for Teaching and Learn
Oregon State University
D-L Stewart
Professor and Chair, Higher Education Department
University of Denver
Jean Strait
Executive Director
Foundation for the Advancement of Culture and Ed.
Speaker TBA
Will be listed soon
Tom Thompson
Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Virginia Tech
Kathleen Totemoff
Founder/President
iEXIST, LLC
Amelia Tseng
Assistant Professor, World Languages and Culture
American University
Dara Wald
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
Amy Watson
Professor, Social Work Department
Wayne State University
Matthew Woods
K-12 Educator, Administrator, Author
Leading Out The Woods