Research Scholar, IIASA Risk and Resilience Program

With the UN's emergency appeal to aid Haiti after the devastation left behind by Hurricane Matthew, we FEATURE Junko Mochizuki. Junko is a natural disaster risk expert at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria. Her research focuses on the linkages between risk management, economic growth, and changing risks from climate extremes in connection with socioeconomic change. In addition to producing peer-reviewed research, Mochizuki works directly with policymakers in developing countries to help them better analyze and understand disaster risk reduction investment. Media includes: PLOS Current Disasters, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, Renewable Energy

Author, Strategic Advisor and Investor

Samsung has discontinued production of the Galaxy Note 7 after news that the device has a malfunction that causes it to burst into flames. To discuss this issue, we FEATURE Kelly Hoey. Kelly is an author, investor in emerging tech companies and sought-out speaker. A skilled moderator, she has guided conversations with leaders in technology, investment and innovation for Apple’s Meet The Innovators speaker series (as well as on the BroadMic podcast). She is an acknowledged leader in the startup community for actively investing in women. In 2011, Kelly co-founded the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on fast-tracking the growth of early-stage mobile technology ventures with gender-diverse founding teams. Media includes: Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Forbes, TechCrunch, Huffington Post (Live).

Former Partner

After news that the federal court has denied an injunction against the Dakota Access Pipeline, protesters continue to stand their ground by getting ready for winter by building shelters and sorting through donated sleeping bags and parka. To discuss the significance of the continued protest, we FEATURE Mary Kathryn Nagle. Mary (citizen, Cherokee Nation) is an attorney/playwright working to restore and preserve tribal sovereignty and jurisdiction. Mary graduated summa cum laude from Tulane Law School and subsequently clerked on both the federal district court and United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Media includes: MSNBC, NPR, Slate.com, Washington Post, New York Times.

Director

Today is International Day of the Girl, we FEATURE Melissa Hillebrenner. Melissa is Director of Girl Up— an innovative campaign of the United Nations Foundation that works to build and maintain a constituency dedicated to improving the lives of the world’s hardest-to-reach girls. The campaign mobilizes the general public to raise funds and awareness for United Nations programs that serve adolescent girls growing up in developing countries. As the Director of Girl Up, Melissa leads a campaign that empowers people to advocate on behalf of girls around the world through online engagement and community mobilization. Media includes: Adweek, Mix 105.1, WORT 89.9 FM