Retired Col. Jeffrey S. Yarvis, PhD, is a 35-year veteran leader in student/soldier affairs and executive medicine; a clinician; a lifelong educator; and a well-published social work and military scholar in the field of psychological trauma. Yarvis completed two master’s degrees in executive leadership and strategic studies. His awards include NASW Pioneer in Social Work, DiversityMBA.org’s Top 50 Executives Under 50, Uniformed Social Worker of the Year, U.S.

Dr. Samir Anadkat graduated from Baroda Medical College, Maharaja Sayajirao University, in 1994. After completing a one-year internship, he joined the same medical school as a junior lecturer in anatomy. While teaching first-year medical students, he completed his postgraduate training and also earned a Master of Surgery. At Medical University of the Americas (West Indies) Anadkat has taught courses on gross anatomy, histology, embryology and neuroscience as well as foundations of clinical medicine, research literature review and analysis, and various systems and diseases courses.

Jun-yuan Ji received a BSc in cell biology in 1994 from Lanzhou University and an MSc in developmental biology from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 1997. He obtained a PhD in zoology from the University of Washington in 2003, studying the role of CDK1-Cyclin B in regulating the early embryonic cycles in Drosophila. From 2004 to 2009, Ji was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, where he studied mechanisms that control the G1 to S-phase cell-cycle transition.

Allyson Heumann began her career trading derivatives at the Chicago Board Options Exchange, during which time she developed an expertise in financial technology and real-time risk management. Heumann converted her experience into a consulting business, Allyson Heumann & Associates, which employs macroeconomic modeling to develop and implement comprehensive solutions for financial, healthcare and manufacturing firms. After teaching finance at the University of Louisiana – Monroe, Heumann joined the Strategy, Leadership and Analytics Minor at Tulane.

Casey Beck is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producer and photographer. Her debut short film “Mongolia: Land Without Fences” premiered online on FRONTLINE/World in 2007. After completing a Fulbright scholarship in Argentina, she was the First Unit Director of Ballplayer: Pelotero, a New York Times’ Critics Pick. She was a recent finalist for the KQED Homemade Film Festival and has produced films for “NowThis,” MTV, FoodMattersTV and The Documentary Channel (Pivot).

Brian McNamara, JD, MPA, has more than 20 years of experience as a military officer, judge advocate and instructor. He graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with a BS in government, from Old Dominion University with an MPA, from Tulane with an LLM, and William and Mary School of Law with a JD. He is a post-coursework doctoral student in public administration at Old Dominion University, and has taught on the faculties of Tulane Law School and Stetson College of Law in Gulfport, Florida.