Gen Z with Mackenzie

Monty Ghosh is an Internist, Addiction Specialist, and Researcher who works in both Calgary and Edmonton Alberta. He works with multiple community based not for profit organizations to provide support for marginalized populations including The Alex and The Calgary Drop-In Centre. He also helps foster and create unique programs to support those living with substance use, experiencing homelessness, and with other vulnerabilities.

He is an assistant clinical and professor at both The University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, and is heavily involved with provincial policy building in Alberta, as well as with research and is the recipient or co-recipient of grants from Alberta Innovates, Alberta Health, and the Canadian Institute of Health Research. He is currently a graduate student at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Aaron Weiner, PhD, ABPP is a board-certified Psychologist and addiction specialist, and speaks nationally on the topics of addiction, behavioral health, and the impact of drug policy on public health. His perspective is informed by years of experience growing and directing addiction service lines for hospitals and healthcare systems, the current state of medical and psychological research, and his own observations in private practice. He is a strong advocate for evidence-based care in treating chemical dependency and behavioral addictions, as well as a proponent of integrating behavioral health services into medical settings. Dr. Weiner is a member of the Physician Speakers Bureau for the National Safety Council, the Science Advisory Board for Smart Approaches to Marijuana, and a former Board Member for the Society of Addiction Psychology.

Georgia Messinger (she/her/hers), originally from Los Angeles, CA, is a junior at Harvard University studying psychology and computer science and the founder of the Trill Project and Girls Get IT. Experienced managing teams of 30+ other students, Georgia's organized conferences for hundreds of attendees (BOLD Conference & Young Women's Conference), created organic marketing campaigns to generate thousands of clicks, written dozens of blog pieces across all platforms, pitched on national television, and secured $100k+ in equity-free funding for her projects. Georgia's work focuses on the intersection between social impact and technology. Georgia is a passionate mental health advocate.

Terri Pantuso, PhD, is an Instructional Assistant Professor of English and Coordinator of Freshman Composition at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Dr. Pantuso has nearly 30 years of teaching experience in both secondary and post-secondary schools and has worked with pre-service and veteran teachers in numerous districts throughout Texas and Illinois. Her research interests include maternal studies, critical gender and race interstices in literature and language, and equitable open pedagogy. Dr. Pantuso is mother to three adult daughters and is a first-generation high school graduate.

Matilda Leduc-Grimaldi, PhD is an international art curator and occasionally a guest lecturer in US universities, with an MA from Paris I-Sorbonne, an MBA from Hult International Business School, and an Italian PhD. She specialized in late 19th- early 20th century art and history. She's the co-editor of the book "Finding Livingstone".

Dr. Robert Alexander is the CEO and Co-Founder of AuraLab, a company that helps individuals thrive through transformational breathing technology. The Breathscape app supports deep meditative states by turning breath into music in real-time. Before launching AuraLab, he worked as a NASA fellow at Goddard Space Flight Center, a Chief Innovation Officer at the University of Michigan and lectured on Sound Design and Psychology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design. Origin Magazine named him a top creative leader and his work has been featured in Scientific American, National Geographic, VICE, Science Friday, and the BBC World News Service.

Dr. Cassandra LeClair is an author, professor, communication consultant, and motivational speaker. She is an expert on communicating feelings and improving connections. Cassandra's mission is to educate individuals on how to have effective and healthy communication to enhance their relationships. She works to help others gain understanding of their communication practices to improve their relationships with friends and family members, in the workplace, and beyond Cassandra completed her Ph.D. in Communication Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she focused on Interpersonal and Family Communication, with a specialization in Women's and Gender studies.

Benjamin J. Bikman, Ph.D., a renowned metabolic research scientist, is a popular speaker on human metabolism and nutrition. His mission is to help the world appreciate the prevalence and relevance of insulin resistance. His book, "Why We Get Sick" offers a real solution to insulin resistance and how to reverse pre-diabetes, improve brain function, shed fat, and prevent diabetes. Dr. Bikman says by prioritizing protein and healthy dietary fats and limiting refined carbohydrates, human health and metabolism thrive and insulin resistance is resolved. He has a Doctor of Philosophy in Bioenergetics from East Carolina University.

Dr. Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. is a an award-winning teacher, researcher, writer, and relationship expert. He is a Professor at Monmouth University and author of STRONGER THAN YOU THINK: The 10 Blind Spots That Undermine Your Relationship…and How to See Past Them. His work has been featured by the Washington Post, IFLScience.com, Daily Mail, Business Insider, Salon, The New Republic, Time, the New York Times, The Atlantic, VICE, CNN, and NPR. Dr. Lewandowski was featured in the Princeton Review's: The Best 300 Professors book which selected the "best" from an initial list of 42,000 professors from across the country.

Eugene's goal is to work with clients in an empathic and non-judgmental manner to help them overcome whatever struggles they may be going through, create any changes they want to make, and improve their quality of life.In the mental health field, he has a Masters degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, a PhD in Psychology, and is a Certified Health Coach (CHC). He believes that people can live many different lives and still be mentally healthy. This is why he is alternative friendly, including LGBTQ, poly, asexual, and sex workers, and this is definitely not a full list.