Tanya Popeau is the Director of Synthesis and is an expert in innovation and sustainability. She has worked with the world’s leading corporations, non-profits, government agencies and academic institutions, to design breakthrough innovations to global challenges. Her clients have included Unilever, the United Nations, UK government, UCL and the University of Chicago. Her projects have covered a range of sustainability issues including urban poverty, energy efficiency, social cohesion, sustainable development and education. Tanya also worked for the UN’s largest agency and was at the forefront of their shift to a strategic focus on innovation. She implemented this new approach across 15 countries in the Asia-Pacific, overseeing the development of the first ever innovation fund in the region. She was the lead consultant on the fund, which generated projects which tackled challenges from natural disasters to women’s economic empowerment.

Ryan Turner is a senior-level consultant to nonprofits/NGOs and social enterprises. He specializes in program development, capacity building, fundraising, organizational sustainability and strategy planning for organizations in transition and growth. Since 2015, he has worked primarily with social impact organizations and social economy stakeholders in Central Europe and Eastern Europe.

Olivia Hurbanová is a positive skeptic, lecturer and author of the "Future Skills” concept. She teaches in Slovakia, abroad and on campus. Her expertise inspires clients such as IBM, Lenovo, Dell, Swiss Re, Allianz, PWC, O2, Henkel, and many others. All her efforts aim to bridge the gap between hard science and soft skills. She takes a more complex approach to understand the complexity of human behavior. In February 2019, she was awarded the Lecturer of the Year title with a record 21 nominations for her extensive effort in the field of education towards inclusive and tolerant society.

Julie Felker is a Faculty Affiliate at the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan. She develops and delivers management education and provides organizational development capacity-building expertise in transition and emerging economies to strengthen educational and economic infrastructures and promote positive social change. She has worked on a variety of projects around the world, including in Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Philippines, Algeria and Bahrain. Dr. Felker also serves as the Academic Director of the Master in Management Program at the Luxembourg School of Business where she is responsible for strategic and administrative leadership in developing and maintaining educational programs of exceptional quality. She recently received coaching certification from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.