Speakers Archive 2019

with Kevin P. Tully, Public Defender
for Mecklenburg County

with Major General Kate Leahy, Commanding General
108th Training Command (IET), Charlotte

with Joseph B. Kuhns III, Ph.D.,
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Joan Higginbotham, Electrical Engineer,
Ex-NASA Astronaut, Motivational Speaker

with Aaron Mitchell Houck, J.D., Ph.D.
College of Arts and Sciences,
Queens University of Charlotte

with Cheryl Russo, MD Cardiologist
Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute

with David Goldfield, Ph.D., Robert Lee Bailey
Professor of History UNC Charlotte

with Tommy Tomlinson, WFAE – FM, ESPN,
The Charlotte Observer

with Mark Peres, JD, Professor of Leadership Studies 
Johnson & Wales University

with Beth Elise Whitaker, Ph.D,
Associate Professor of Political Science
and Public Administration UNC Charlotte

with Allan Di Donato, Instructor of
Humanities and Philosophy at CPCC

with Jack Scheff Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Geography &
Earth Sciences at UNC Charlotte

with MR. Frank Dominguez
General Manager and Content Director
WDAV, Davidson

with Susan Evans MD, Atrium Health,
Chief Surgical Critical Care Division of
Acute Care Surgery Vice Chair – Research,
Dept. of Surgery, Carolinas Medical

Margaret Commins Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Political Science & Sociology Queens University

with Rabbi Judith Schindler,
Associate Professor Philosophy &
Religion Department, Queens University

Dr Loren Fauchier, Director of Global Education
Providence Day School & Vice President
Global Education Benchmark Group

How has The Charlotte Observer managed through
the digital transformation of the media industry
Mr. Rodney Malone, President and CEO,
The Charlotte Observer

Dr. Tony Zeiss, Executive Director,
Museum of the Bible, Washington DC

Dr. Philip Dubois, Chancellor, UNC Charlotte

A Political History of the National ID Card

Dr. Magdalena Krajewska, Associate Professor,
History and Political Science,
Wingate University

Dr. Clarence D. Ambrister, President
Johnson C. Smith University

Mr. Bobbie Canvar, North Carolina
Teacher of the Year – 2017

Dr. Justin Conrad, Department of Political Science
and Public Administration, UNC Charlotte

with Scott Allen Jarrett,
The Bach Akademie Charlotte

Alexa Royden, Ph.D, Associate Professor,
Political Science & Sociology, Queens University

Lynn Ivey, CEO and Founder,
The Ivey Memory Wellness Day Center