Experience
Rochester
Experience
Rochester
Experience
Rochester
Narayana Kocherlakota
Lionel A. McKenzie Professor of Economics
Founder and Chair, North Ten Mile Associates
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Louise and Henry Epstein Emeritus Professor
Moderator: Sevin Yeltekin
Dean of Simon Business School
John Covach
Director, Institute for Popular Music, School of Arts, Sciences & Engineering
Professor of Music, Department of Music, School of Arts, Sciences & Engineering
Professor of Music Theory, Eastman School of Music
Moderator: Benjamin Baker ’21E (PhD)
Assistant Professor of Music Theory, Eastman School of Music
Gregg August ’87E
Nominee for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Sarah Brailey ’04E
Nominee for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Brian Giebler ’10E
Nominee for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Malcolm J. Merriweather ’10E (MM)
Nominee for Best Choral Performance
Maria Schneider ’85E (MM)
Nominee for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Nominee for Best Instrumental Composition
Jean V. Joseph ’92M (MD), ’98M (Res), MBA
Winfield W. Scott Professor
Chair, Department of Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center
Ahmed Ghazi ’12M (FLW), ’20W (MS), MD, MHPE, FEBU
Associate Professor, Department of Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center
Director of Simulation Innovation Laboratory
Moderator: Michael Apostolakos ’90M (Res), ’93M (FLW), MD
Chief Medical Officer, Strong Memorial Hospital
Steven Hahn ’73
History Professor, New York University
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author
Moderator: Larry E. Hudson
Associate Professor of History, University of Rochester
Angela Branche, MD
Assistant professor in the Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Ann Falsey, MD
Professor in the Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Dave Topham, PhD
Marie Curran Wilson and Joseph Chamberlain Wilson Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology
Nancy Bennett, MD
Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences
Moderator: Stephen Dewhurst, PhD
Vice Dean for research at the School of Medicine and Dentistry
Gregg August ’87E
Nominee for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Sarah Brailey ’04E
Nominee for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Brian Giebler ’10E
Nominee for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Malcolm J. Merriweather ’10E (MM)
Nominee for Best Choral Performance
Maria Schneider ’85E (MM)
Nominee for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Nominee for Best Instrumental Composition
Nancy Kwon ’94M (MD)
Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Aekta Miglani ’04, ’10M (MD), ’13M (Res)
Medical Director of the Strong Memorial Hospital Emergency Department
Flavia Nobay, MD
Associate Dean for Admissions and Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine
Benjamin Korman
Assistant Professor, Department of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
Christopher Palma ’11M (MD)
Assistant Professor, Department of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
Christopher Ritchlin ’76, ’08M (MPH)
Chair, Department of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
Moderator: Kathy Parrinello ’75N, ’83N (MS), ’90W (PhD)
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Strong Memorial Hospital
Gretchen Helmke
Professor of Political Science, University of Rochester
Brendan Nyhan
Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
Lisa Kahn
Professor, Economics
C. Tyrone Allen ’17E
Kelly Hall-Tompkins ’93E
Nabaté Isles ’99E
Hosts: Tanya Chanphanitpornkit ’15E and Isrea Butler ’04E, ’06E (MM)
Jiebo Luo
Professor of Computer Science
Hanjia Lyu
Graduate student in data science
Yipeng Zhang ’21
Double major in computer science and math
Glenn Cerosaletti ’91, ’03 (MA)
Assistant Dean of Students
Director at the Rochester Center for Community Leadership
Theresa Green
Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, Center for Community Health and Prevention and School of Nursing
Joe Testani
Associate Vice Provost for Career Education Initiatives
Executive Director, Greene Center for Career Education at the University of Rochester
Moderator: Sidhant Ahluwalia ’18
Michael A. Scharf, MD
Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Moderator: Jennifer Johnson
Director, family and community outreach, Golisano Children’s Hospital
Jonathan Binstock
Mary W. and Donald R. Clark Director, Memorial Art Gallery
Autumn Haag
Assistant Director of the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation
Paula Cupertino
Professor of Public Health Sciences and Oncology
Associate Director of Community Outreach, Engagement, and Disparities at Wilmot Cancer Institute
Kara Finnigan
Professor and Director of Educational Policy Programs at Warner School of Education
Wade Norwood ’85, P’13, P’20
Chief Executive Officer of Common Ground Health
Moderator: Mercedes Ramírez Fernández
Richard Feldman Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer
Vincent Lenti ’60E, ’62E (MA)
Professor of Piano
Eastman School Historian
John J. Foxe, PhD
Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Chair in Neuroscience
Director of the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
Steven M. Silverstein, PhD
George L. Engel Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Chair for Research, Psychiatry Department
Moderator: Jennifer Stripay ’16M (PhD)
Postdoctoral Fellow, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Stephen Dewhurst , PhD
Vice Dean for research at the School of Medicine and Dentistry
Angela Branche, MD
Assistant professor in the Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Ann Falsey, MD
Professor in the Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Dave Topham, PhD
Marie Curran Wilson and Joseph Chamberlain Wilson Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology
Nancy Bennett, MD
Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences
Narayana Kocherlakota
Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics
Moderator: Margaret Sannicandro ‘20
Dual Major in Economics and Political Science
Mical Raz, MD, PhD, MSc
Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy and Health
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine
Raffaella Borasi
Frederica Warner Professor of Education
Director, Center for Learning in the Digital Age
Moderator: Dave Miller ’82, ’83S (MBA), ’13W (EdD)
Clinical Associate Professor of Education
Associate Director, Center for Learning in the Digital Age
Natalie Leblanc, PhD, MPH, RN, BSN
Assistant Professor
Dean’s Endowed Fellow in Health Disparities
Susan Blaakman ’93N, ’96N (MS), ’11N (PhD), ’00N (PMC), P’22
Director, Family Psychiatric Mental Health NP Program
Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing
David Primo
Ani and Mark Gabrellian Professor
Professor of Political Science and Business Administration
Ray Dorsey, MD
David M. Levy Professor of Neurology
Director, Center for Health + Technology
Michael Hasselberg ’07N (MS), ’13N (PhD)
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Nursing
Co-director, UR Medicine Health Lab
Moderator: Adam Kelly ’02M (MD)
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
John Covach
Director, Institute for Popular Music, School of Arts, Sciences & Engineering
Professor of Music, Department of Music, School of Arts, Sciences & Engineering
Professor of Music Theory, Eastman School of Music
Moderator: Benjamin Baker ’21E (PhD)
Assistant Professor of Music Theory, Eastman School of Music
Ray Dorsey, MD
David M. Levy Professor of Neurology
Director, Center for Health + Technology
Michael Hasselberg ’07N (MS), ’13N (PhD)
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Nursing
Co-director, UR Medicine Health Lab
Moderator: Adam Kelly ’02M (MD)
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Melissa Mead
John M. and Barbara Keil University Archivist
Rochester Collections Librarian
Mark Zaid ’89
Member, River Campus Libraries National Council
Randall W. Stone
Chair, Political Science Department
Director, Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies
Moderator: Jane Gatewood
Vice Provost for Global Engagement
Angela Branche, MD
Assistant Professor of infectious diseases in the department of medicine
Clinical Director of the National Institutes of Health Center for Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance New York Influenza Center of Excellence
Mary T. Caserta, MD
Assistant Professor of infectious diseases in the department of pediatrics
David J. Topham, PhD
Marie Curran Wilson and Joseph Chamberlain Wilson Professor in the department of microbiology and immunology at the Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology
Stephen Dewhurst, PhD
Albert and Phyllis Ritterson Professor in the department of microbiology and immunology and vice dean for research at the School of Medicine and Dentistry
Sevin Yeltekin
Dean of the Simon Business School
James Brickley
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, Simon Business School
George Alessandria
Professor of Economics
Moderator: Roman Merga
PhD Candidate, Economics
Ehsan Hoque
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Ray Dorsey
David M. Levy Professor of Neurology
Moderator: Wendi Heinzelman
Dean, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences