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Bin Mai

Assistant Professor, College of Education

Dr. Bin Mai is currently a faculty member in Department of Education Administration and Human Resource Development, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University. He’s the Coordinator of the department’s Technology Management degree program. Dr. Mai’s main research interests focus primarily on the analytical, empirical and behavioral investigations of Information Technology Management (ITM) / Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in general, and of information security (InfoSec) and data privacy in particular, and has published widely in these fields. Dr. Mai has recognized the emerging significant trends in IT industry of increasing emphasis on human elements in information security and privacy, and firmly believes, and whole-heartedly anticipates, the necessary shift to a more human-centric paradigm in studying information security and privacy, both in academic researches, as well as in education curriculum design.

Jonathan Jones

Motivational Speaker and Bestselling Author

Jonathan serves and supports students and millennial entrepreneurs who believe in self-investing,monetizing their message, and leaving a legacy. He has been featured on CBS News and has spoken to thousands of students ranging from elementary school to college. Some of his previous clients include the University of Texas, UTA, Southern College and A &M University, the University of Louisana Monroe, DCCCD and the DISD. He is the host of Speak Your Success podcast and the best selling author of Process, 14 Surprisingly Simple Behaviors to Skyrocket Millennials to Success.

Micah Green

Chemical Engineering Professor

Micah J. Green received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at Texas Tech in 2002. He then entered the Chemical Engineering Ph.D. program at MIT. His Ph.D. focused on computational studies of phase behavior and rheology of rodlike liquid crystals; his studies also included a minor in early Christian history at Harvard. After finishing his Ph.D. in 2007, he developed nanotube-based liquid crystals and fibers as an Attwell-Welch Postdoctoral Fellow at Rice University. After several years on the faculty at Texas Tech, he joined Texas A&M as an Associate Professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering in Summer 2014. He has received the NSF CAREER Award, the Young Investigator Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the DuPont Young Faculty Award for his work in the area of nanomaterial dispersions and morphology dynamics, with applications to gels, composites, and additive manufacturing.

Rob Pennington

Psychologist and Motivational Speaker

As a professional speaker, Dr. Pennington received Mental Health America Outstanding Speaker Award four times; was one of Meeting Professionals International’s original Platinum Presenter; was recognized by the CPA Society with their “Salute to Excellence” award and received the National Speaker’s Association of Houston’s first Pennington Award for Excellence in Recognition of Extraordinary and Selfless Service. Since 2014, Dr. Pennington has been coaching and training with many components of Houston’s Texas Medical Center, helping physicians, associated medical professions and hospital administrators improve their leadership and team development. Begun in 2016 at the request of group of CEO’s participating in Vistage, a support and training group for C Suite executives, he and Stephen Haslam translated their 40+ years of content development and experience consulting and coaching leaders into the Professional Development Series.

Tiana Sanford

Chief Prosecutor

Tiana serves as a Chief Prosecutor in the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office where she has handled a variety of cases. She is currently assigned as the Chief of the Misdemeanor Division. In this role Tiana supervises the work of multiple court teams including attorneys, investigators and support staff and focuses on the education, training and development of newly appointed prosecutors.