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  • As a Built-to-Suit Leader, Todd works closely with corporate clients, real estate owners and developers to maximize the design value of their new and repositioned buildings. Leading a studio in Gensler’s Boston office focusing on campus and building architecture, Todd is always working under the premise that good design can optimize organizational performance; and he applies his broad experience and expertise across all project phases to deliver complex building projects efficiently and effectively. Exhibiting his strong belief in the importance of teaching and mentorship – both within the firm and across the industry – Todd regularly addresses student groups and speaks at industry events. He holds a Bachelor in Architecture degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. Bio from Gensler
  • Lyra Selene was born under a full moon and has never quite managed to wipe the moonlight out of her eyes. When she isn’t dreaming up fantastical cities and brooding landscapes, Lyra enjoys hiking, rainstorms, autumn, and pretending she’s any good at painting. She lives in New England with her husband, in an antique farmhouse that’s probably not haunted. Amber & Dusk is her debut novel.
  • Elaine Isaak is the author of The Singer’s Crown and its sequels. As E. C. Ambrose, she wrote The Dark Apostle historical fantasy series about medieval surgery, which concluded in 2018 with book 5, Elisha Daemon, and as E. Chris Ambrose, the Bone Guard international thrillers. Elaine has written how-to articles for the Writer Magazine, and non-fiction at Clarkesworld, and taught at the Odyssey Speculative Fiction Workshop. An art school drop-out, Elaine continues to create wearable art and sculpture. Elaine also works as part-time adventure guide.
  • N.S. Dolkart is the author of the Godserfs trilogy of theological epic fantasy novels, beginning with 2016’s Silent Hall and concluding with this past October’s A Breach In The Heavens. In non-writing life, he has taught dementia care and Israeli folk dancing (but not at the same time), sung as Darth Vader in an opera, and sired two children who will one day enslave all the nations of the earth as foretold by prophecy.
  • Allison K. Lange is an assistant professor of history at the Wentworth Institute of Technology. She received her PhD in history from Brandeis University and studies the long nineteenth century with an interest in gender, power, and political images in the United States. Various institutions have supported her work, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Library of Congress, and American Antiquarian Society. Lange has presented her work at conferences such as the American Historical Association, Organization of American Historians, and Berkshire Conference of Women Historians. Her writing has appeared in Imprint, The Atlantic, andThe Washington Post. She also consults and works as a guest curator with the National Women’s History Museum and the Boston Public Library’s Leventhal Map Center. Lange is currently completing a manuscript, under contract with the University of Chicago Press, on the ways that woman’s rights activists and their opponents used images to define gender and power during the US woman suffrage movement. In preparation for the 2020 centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, she is curating exhibitions at the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University.
  • The Rev. Stephen T. Ayres has served as Vicar of the Old North Church since 1997 and as Executive Director of the Old North Foundation since 2012. Vicar Ayres was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1980 and has served parishes in Missouri, New York, and Massachusetts. He has an undergraduate degree in Comparative Religion from Hamilton College, an M.Div. from the Episcopal Divinity School, and an MA in Urban Policy from Tufts University. At Old North, Vicar Ayres is responsible for the management and preservation of the historic site. He lives near the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown with his wife Lisa and son Matthew.
  • Gavin is Director of Programs at MA historical Society. He has worked in public history, in some form or another, since the late 1980s. He develops community networks and builds public awareness for organizations.
  • Jess Leber has over 20 years of experience and expertise as a microbiologist, molecular biologist, and metabolic engineer. He received his training at MIT, UC San Francisco, and UC Berkeley. Until 2008, Dr. Leber was an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the University of Chicago, before joining renewable fuels company Joule Unlimited, where he served in both scientific and commercial roles. As Director of Business Development at Ginkgo, Jess brings his technical background to help identify commercial opportunities.
  • Espinosa is the Chief Executive Officer at En Volá, a media company and agency that generates creative content for the cannabis industry, aiming to educate, activate and finally connect the industry integrating communication and lines of business in different areas.
  • Vinit Nijhawan was Managing Director, Office of Technology Development at Boston University. Vinit teaches MBA courses on Entrepreneurship at BU Questrom School of Business, over 300 students have taken his courses. He has over 30 years experience building five startups.
  • Mara Gordon is Founder of Aunt Zelda's, Calla Spring Wellness, and Zelda Therapeutics. Mara specializes in the development of treatment protocols utilizing Bio Pharmaceutical grade cannabis extracts for seriously ill patients in California. She co-founded Aunt Zelda's, Calla Spring Wellness, and Zelda Therapeutics in order to provide real outcomes for patients with serious diseases.
  • Dr. McNabb is the CEO of Cannabis Community Care and Research Network (C3RN) a cannabis-focused research and project implementation company. Dr. McNabb has a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) from Boston University School of Public Health. She has over 15 years of experience implementing sexual and reproductive health programs mainly in Africa and Haiti, including innovative digital health tools for research and project implementation. She is widely published in scientific journals and joined the cannabis industry in early 2017 to apply her experience to advance the science and integration of medical cannabis as a treatment alternative. Her goal is to create a center of excellence for medical cannabis care and research in New England.