Kevin McDonald
Assistant Director of Technology and Standards
Head of Products at Solace Finance, a DAO developing an underwriting marketplace for decentralized finance.
Gregory Parnell
Assistant Director of Training and Certification
Professor of Practice in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Research interests include decision and risk analysis and systems engineering. He has a Ph.D. from Stanford University. Retired Air Force Colonel.
Eng-Wee Ethan Yeo
Assistant Director of Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR)
Principal, Technology Risk Modeling & Methodology at Kaiser Permanente. He is responsible for modeling, simulating and assessing non-financial technology risks to support decision making.
Robert Bordley
Chair of Advanced Education
Professor and Program Director, Systems Engineering and Design Program, University of Michigan Ann Arbor; formerly National Science Foundation, Booz-Allen Hamilton, General Motors
John Button
Chair of Risk Strategy
Gartner Risk Advisor. Managing editor of several publications including FAIR-CAM Control Physiology, Cultural Calamity, The Tao of Risk Management, and The Drone Age.
Jimmy Chavez
Chair of Construction Applications
3rd generation contractor and construction Project Executive at Command Performance Constructors. VP of Operations and Division Lead for federal contracting. Experienced in construction project management and probabilistic estimating.
Thomas Chesnutt
Chair of Water Practice
Tom Chesnutt is the CEO of A & N Technical Services, Inc. with over thirty years of experience in water analytics.
Shaun Doheney
Chair of Chance-Informed Forecasting
Senior Data and Analytics Strategy Advisor for Amazon Web Services (AWS); Senior Operations Research Analyst; Data Scientist; and Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel (Retired).
Doug Hubbard
Chair of Decisions and Measurements
President of Hubbard Decision Research and author of How to Measure Anything. Video
Paul Kaplan
Chair of Investment Applications
Financial economist for 35 yrs (retired). Developed Ibbotson Associates’ modern portfolio theory software. Co-developed methodology for Morningstar’s next generation of asset allocation optimization software.
Shayne Kavanagh
Chair of Local Government Applications
Shayne is the Senior Manager of Research for GFOA and has been a leader in developing the practice and technique of long-term financial planning and policies for local government. Video
Tom Keelin
Chair of Research
Founder and Managing Partner at Keelin Reeds Partners; former Worldwide Managing Director, Strategic Decision Group; Co-founder Decision Education Foundation.
Daniel Krashin
Chair of Renewable Energy Applications
Graduate Student at Stanford University and Power Design Engineer.
Connor McLemore
Chair of National Security Applications
Principal Operations Research Analyst with CANA Advisors. Former Naval Postgraduate School Military Assistant Professor and Operations Research Program Officer. Graduate of the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (Topgun) with numerous operational deployments during 20 years of naval service.
Brian Putt
Chair of Applications and Technical Support
Consulting Decision Analyst. 41 years at Chevron (retired). Developed DA Practice and conducted probabilistic analysis of capital investment. Video
Matthew Raphaelson
Chair of Financial Applications
Retail banking executive for 25 years. Treasurer for San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and former board member for BAI, a banking industry association.
Steve Roemerman
Chair of Best Modeling Practice
Chairman and CEO of Lone Star Analysis, Inc. Video
Justin Schell
Chair of Healthcare Applications
Director of Decision and Capital Analysis & Risk “Mad Scientist” at Highmark Health. Over 25 years of experience in risk management, decision support, and finance.
Kennan Scott
Chair of Secondary Education
West Oakland Middle School teacher with a background in Civil Engineering and Transportation Management.
Keith Shepherd
Chair of Agricultural Applications
Principal Scientist at World Agroforestry (ICRAF) and Advisor to Innovative Solutions for Decision Agriculture (iSDA) with 40 years’ experience in tropical land management.
Alex Sidorenko
Chair of Insurance Applications
Experienced executive across investment, operational risks and insurance. Founder of Risk Academy and Risk Awareness Week. European Risk Manager of the Year in 2021. Co-author of Guide to Effective Risk Management 3.0.