2023-2024 Guest Lecturers
Below is a list of our 2023-2024 guest lecturers! If you’re interested in participating in this program, please contact Ms. Ann Straub at [email protected] or 212-475-8940 ext. 376.
English Language Arts
Ms. Gisele Regatao
Multimedia Journalist and Associate Professor of Journalism; Baruch College
Mr. Mitch Levenberg
Professor; St. Francis College
Mr. Jason Dubow
Professor; St. Francis College
Mr. Theo Gangi
Director, MFA Program in Creative Writing, Assistant Professor of Literature, Writing and Publishing; St. Francis College
Dr. Sid Ray
Co-Chair and Professor of English, Department of English; Dyson College, Pace University
Entrepreneurship
Ms. Katja Schroeder
Assistant Professor in Management and Information Technology and Director of Entrepreneurship; St. Francis College
Mr. Laurence Coman
Graduate of Columbia Business School, Cofounder and COO; AvoMD (a health tech company)
Mr. Winston S. Peters, Jr.
Program Director, Entrepreneurs@MC, Adjunct Instructor of Marketing; Manhattan University
Ms. Marisol Chappell
Assistant Director; Iona College Hynes Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Dr. William Reisel
Joseph F. Adams Professor of Management; St. John’s University
Dr. Alexander Berman
Assistant Professor of Management; St. John’s University, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
Mr. Darren Yee
NYU Entrepreneurial Institute; Venture Associate; Innovation Venture Fund
Mr. Sadibou Sylla
Director of the Social Innovation Collaboratory and Adjunct Professor; Fordham Gabelli School of Business
Ms. Riana Khan
Student Engagement; Iona College Hynes Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Ms. Cori Gordon
CEO; Cortoyou, LLC
Fine Arts & Technology
Mr. Howard Skrill
Professor of Art; St. Francis College
Dr. Michael Grabowski
Professor, Department of Communication, Director, Game Design & Production, Coordinator, Media Technology
Mr. Daniel Sanchez ’07
Sr. Software Engineer; Jump Trading
Mr. Dan Soule
Assistant Arts Professor, Head of Scenic Design in the Dept. of Drama, Production and Design Studio; NYU Tisch
Mr. Marvin Cabrera ’88
CCNY Adjunct Lecturer; Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture
Dr. Mohamed Rahouti
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer & Information Science; Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus)
Dr. Lavinia Ciungu
Professor of Mathematics; St. Francis College
NYPD Police Band Brass
Foreign Language
Pedro Calvo Sotelo
Consul for Cultural Affairs; Consulate of Spain
Health
Mr. Fidel Lim & NYU Nursing Students
Clinical Nursing Professor; NYU
Leadership
Mr. Antonio Reynoso ’01
President; Brooklyn Borough
Mathematics
Dr. Erez Shochat
Department Chairperson, Mathematics; St. Francis College
Dr. John Leylegian
Mr. Jerrod Kennard, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
Associate and Computational Design Leader; Gensler
Ms. Islay Burgess
Principal, NE Regional Design Technology Director; Gensler
Science
Mr. Joaquin Esquilin ’01
Project Developer; Super Charge Team at Tesla
Dr. Bart Horn
Assistant Professor of Physics; Manhattan University
Dr. Celine Martin
Research Scientist & Laboratory Manager, Earth & Planetary Science Department; American Museum of Natural History
Mr. Mark Kramer
Chair; NYC Long Island Chapter of the American Meteorological Society
Dr. Clarence Chan, PT, DPT ’84
College Professor; LaGuardia Community College
Mr. Guy Sebastian Brown
Meteorologist; Spectrum News/NY1
Dr. Ludovic Desvignes
NYU Langone Health; NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Ms. Hayley Elszasz
Climate Science Advisor; Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
Dr. Jennifer Odien
Forensic Anthropologist; NYC Medical Examiner’s Office
Social Studies
Dr. Emily Horowitz
Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Co-Director, Social Justice Institute; St. Francis College
Dr. Adam Arenson
History Professor; Manhattan University
Mr. Matthew Washington
VP & Chief of Staff at Phipps Houses and former Asst. Manhattan Borough President
Mr. Darren Bullock ’80
Retired Detective; Intelligence Bureau; NYPD and Current NBA Security Rep
Mr. Michael Martinez ’15
Team Assistant, United Nations and Research Fellow; City University of New York
Assemblymember Deborah Glick
Assembly District 66
Theology
Ms. Cheryl David
Immigration Attorney; Law Office of Cheryl R David
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik
Executive VP; New York Board of Rabbis
Ms. Debbie Sucich
Catholic Worker Movement