Dr. Tiffany A. Flowers is an associate professor of education at Georgia State University Perimeter College in the department of cultural and behavioral sciences. She is a native Chicagoan and a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University where she earned a B.S. in psychology and a M.A.T. in early childhood education. Tiffany also earned an M.A. in social and philosophical foundations of education and a Ph.D. in language, literacy, and culture from the University of Iowa. Dr. Flowers is a member of the Diversity Scholars Network at the University of Michigan.

Tariq Khan is a global sought-after keynote speaker and a recognized business leader who brings the combination of corporate and professional leadership experience along with academic learning. His expertise includes thought leadership, innovative marketing strategy, cultural transformation and the diversity and inclusion arena. He has had a distinguished twenty-year corporate career and has held senior leadership roles for major global Fortune companies, including ING, Nationwide, and MetLife.

Craig Miller is a long-time developer and user of business simulations and games as a teaching and learning tool. In addition to numerous games created for his classes he has developed and published simulations for McGraw Hill, 3M, Land O’Lakes, and other organizations. Craig has a BSB and MBA from the Carlson School of Management and a DBA for Metropolitan State University. His dissertation is titled A Research Based General Framework for Effective Simulation Development and Methodology to Validate Economic Fidelity.

Dr. Arun Upneja, Dean of the School of Hospitality Administration (SHA) at Boston University, is a visionary leader recognized for his strategic and inclusive approach. Appointed in 2013, he has steered SHA through a period of transformative growth, enhancing academic rigor, bolstering industry-relevant research, and expanding international partnerships. Under his direction, SHA has introduced new graduate programs, welcomed top-tier researchers, and significantly advanced its publication, the Boston Hospitality Review.

Prashant Das, PhD is the Chairperson of the Finance & Accounting area and an Associate Professor of Real Estate at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). Earlier, he served as an Associate Professor and the Director of the Real Estate Institute at EHL Lausanne, Switzerland. He has been a guest faculty at universities such as Harvard, UC Irvine, Melbourne, etc. and a visiting faculty in China and Romania. He is cited frequently in mass media. At IIMA he developed an Agri Land Price Index (ISALPI) and an Art Price Index (IAIAI) for India.

Peng Liu is a Professor of Real Estate and Finance at Cornell University's S.C. Johnson College of Business. He holds the Singapore Tourism Board Distinguished Chair in Asia Hospitality Management at the Nolan School of Hotel Administration and is an inaugural faculty member of the Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate at Cornell University. Dr. Liu also serves as the Faculty Director of the Cornell-Peking MHH/MBA program and is the Editor of the Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, the official journal of the American Real Estate Society.

Dr. Dipendra Singh Mann serves as an Associate Professor at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management at University of Central Florida. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Prior to teaching at UCF, he has taught undergraduate courses in the areas of finance and accounting at UNLV and UCF; and Data Analysis at the graduate level. He is a Certified Hospitality Educator.

Dr. Twila-Mae Logan is an Associate Professor at the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management- Florida International University. She graduated from The Ohio State University with a PhD in Business Administration (Finance and Economics) and a MA in Finance. She also obtained an MBA from Dalhousie University and a BSc in Mathematics and Meteorology from the University of the West Indies. She taught at The University of the West Indies, Nova Southeastern University and Messiah College at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels.

Toni Repetti is an Associate Professor teaching undergraduate and graduate finance, accounting, hotel operations, and gaming courses in the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  She has been teaching at UNLV since 2012 after a year at the University of Central Florida.  Dr. Repetti’s research interests are in managerial finance, revenue and profit management, and operations with an emphasis on the effect management decisions have on revenue and net income.

Agnes L. DeFranco is a Full Professor and the Conrad N. Hilton Distinguished Chair at the University of Houston. She has authored and co-authored over 120 academic refereed articles, a number of non-refereed publications, and six textbooks.