Doing Good: Collaborating for Positive Change and Meaningful Work

For the 2025 UNICON Team Development Conference, the team in the Office of Executive Education at the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School will focus on our place at this moment in time, exploring themes like service, purpose, community, humanitarianism, and progress.

The conference will feature speakers from the JHU community as well as voices from the UNICON membership who inspire us with their efforts to advance humankind through policy, dialogue, research, arts, advocacy, and more. Our hope is that attendees leave the conference with a renewed sense of purpose and practical solutions to implement in their institutions, supporting stakeholders and advancing learners worldwide.

Schedule & Agenda

Planning Your Trip

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center

This year's conference will be held at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center, located at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, DC. Featuring soaring views of the United States Capitol and a light-filled atrium, our 10-story steel-and-glass location sits on one of the world’s most iconic avenues. Our nation’s capital city is a hub of innovation, collaboration, and influence, making it the perfect backdrop for a conference focused on meaningful change.​ The Hopkins Bloomberg Center is a state-of-the-art facility designed for cutting-edge discussions and centrally located with easy access to local transportation, accommodations, and world-class cultural activities.

About the Carey Business School

Grounded in the Johns Hopkins legacy of excellence and research, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School shapes business leaders who seize opportunity, inspire change, and create lasting value. We bring a modern business perspective to Johns Hopkins by shaping leaders who build for what’s next®.

With locations in Baltimore, MD, and Washington, D.C., Carey offers full-time, part-time, and online MBA and MS degree programs, and executive education programs for the global marketplace that are data-driven and built to compete in an everchanging business world. Carey’s faculty are thought-leaders, trailblazing what’s next in the business world and in the classroom. And at Carey, we learn by doing. For more information, visit carey.jhu.edu.

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Program Features

With the analytic and leadership skills to propel your career, an MBA from Johns Hopkins is just the beginning. Ranked as one of the Top 10 Business School’s to Watch by Poets & Quants, Carey delivers a transformative learning experience to help you succeed in the business world. And as one of the first 10 American business schools to claim a STEM designation for its entire Full-time MBA program, your degree will prepare you with advanced knowledge in data analysis and complex problem-solving. 

Build the analytic skills to extract breakthrough business insights from big data. Strengthen your leadership skills to drive change in the fast-moving global market. Immerse yourself in experiential learning projects with businesses where your insights have immediate impact. Join the world-class Johns Hopkins ecosystem and graduate in demand–87 percent of Carey graduates accept full-time job offers within 90 days of graduation and our alumni see an average salary increase of 139 percent within three years of graduation. Take the next step as a data-driven leader and together, we will build for what’s next.

Curriculum

Develop the analytic skills to anticipate future market trends and the leadership skills to implement data-driven change. Through an engaging curriculum and immersive experiential learning opportunities, you will gain the foundational skills employers demand. Customize your journey by selecting a set of electives, co-curricular activities, and experiential learning opportunities based on your unique strengths and interests. Small class sizes empower you to ask more questions, receive personalized feedback, and work closely with faculty experts.

In the second year of the program, benefit from a tailored course schedule that fits your professional interests and goals. This unique opportunity allows you to interact with Carey students from all programs and get involved in more Johns Hopkins experiences, such as Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures and Hexcite.

Foundations Week

Start your time at Carey Business School with Foundations Week. Network with your new peers, launch your career development, prepare for your courses in skills boot camps, and explore the world of experiential learning.

Storytelling boot camp - This session is an opportunity to connect with your Carey Career & Life Design Coach. You’ll continue to hone your story about your professional journey to Carey and what you’re seeking to gain from your MBA, so you’re career ready from day one.

Business Communication boot camp - This session prepares you for one of your first classes in the program, Business Communication. Learn the basic components and skills you'll need to impress audiences.

Quantitative Skills boot camp -  This optional, two-day boot camp focuses on the basic quantitative skills needed for your core microeconomics course. Refresh your knowledge of topics such as the equation of a line, non-linear functions, graphing lines and curves, exponents, and calculus, with both lecture and interactive problem-solving.

Introduction to experiential learning - In this session, benefit from the Johns Hopkins ecosystem by working in teams to help a Johns Hopkins partner capitalize on a business opportunity.

The Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA)

The 14th Annual Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA 2024), at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., concluded on May 4, 2024. The conference was vibrant, engaging and inspiring.

Proceedings Photo Gallery

Every year, CHITA brings together the best and brightest – scholars from over 40 top research institutes and leading figures in policy and practice. This summit serves as a critical platform for exploring the latest advancements in the design, implementation, and management of health information technology and analytics. Our objective is to promote a deeper understanding of strategy, policy, and systems in health IT and analytics, fostering innovations that make real-world impacts in business and policy.

As an ideal setting for fostering collaboration among leaders in academia, government, and industry,  CHITA, in its 14th iteration, drew over 130 participants, offering a unique opportunity for networking and in-depth discussions.

Hosted by the Center for Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence, CHITA receives support from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

We thank you for your engagement with CHITA 2024, for sharing your insights, creating deep and meaningful connections, and shaping the future of health IT and analytics. We look forward to seeing you at CHITA 2025 in Austin, TX.

CHITA is produced in partnership with the University of Michigan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, with support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Executive Education Faculty

To be the best, study with the best.

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School recognizes wholeheartedly that our most valuable asset is our award-winning, industry-leading faculty. They are researchers, practitioners, thought-leaders, publishers, problem-solvers, innovation-drivers, and boundary-pushers. They are on the cutting-edge of their industries, and they are eager to meet you.

Instructors personally develop the courses they teach. As such, they are ready to engage with you, learn with you, and work with you. They are instructors, mentors, classmates, supporters, and business partners.

Get to know our faculty before you meet them. See detailed bios below.

Ritu Agarwal, PhD

Wm. Polk Carey Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Ritu Agarwal is the Wm. Polk Carey Distinguished Professor of Information Systems and Health at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.  She is also the founding co-director of the Center for Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence (CDHAI) Dr. Agarwal is an expert in the strategic use of information technology, digital transformation of healthcare, health analytics, and artificial intelligence applications in health.  Prior to joining the Carey School, she was a Distinguished University Professor and the Robert H. Smith Dean’s Chair of Information Systems at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park.  She was also the Founding Director of the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS) at the Smith School. Learn more about Ritu Agarwal, Phd.

Federico M. Bandi, PhD

James Carey Professor in Business, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Federico M. Bandi, PhD, joined the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 2009. As a professor in the research track, he focuses on financial econometrics, continuous-time asset pricing, and empirical market microstructure. He holds a PhD in Economics from Yale University. Learn more about Federico Bandi.

Tinglong Dai, PhD

Bernard T. Ferrari Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Tinglong Dai is the Bernard T. Ferrari Professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, specializing in Operations Management and Business Analytics. He holds a joint faculty appointment at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. He serves on the leadership team of the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative and the executive committee of the Institute for Data-Intensive Engineering and Science. As a co-chair of the Johns Hopkins Workgroup on AI and Healthcare, his current work focuses on integrating AI into clinical workflows and improving productivity, access, and equity in healthcare delivery. He joined Carey in 2013 after receiving a PhD in Operations Management/Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.

As a renowned expert in healthcare analytics and global supply chains, Professor Dai has been quoted hundreds of times in the media, including Associated Press, Bloomberg, CNN, Fortune, New York Times, NPR, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, and has appeared on national and international TV such as BBC News, CNBC, PBS NewsHour, Sky News, and ZDF. In 2021, he was named as one of the World's Best 40 Under 40 Business School Professors by Poets & Quants.

Dan Polsky, PhD

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Daniel Polsky is the 40th Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Economics at Johns Hopkins University. He holds joint appointments in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Carey Business School.  From 1996-2016 he was on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the Robert D. Eilers Professor the Wharton School and the Perelman School of Medicine.  From 2012-2019 he served as executive director of the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics. Dr. Polsky, a national leader in the field of health policy and economics, has dedicated his career to exploring how health care is organized, managed, financed, and delivered, especially for low-income people. His own research has advanced our understanding of the cost and quality tradeoff of interventions whether they are changes to large federal programs or local programs.  His most recent work focuses on how to provide access to quality health care in low-resource settings with a particular interest in narrow provider networks. 

Ge Bai, PhD, CPA

Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Ge Bai, PhD, CPA is a Professor of Accounting at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and Professor of Health Policy & Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. An expert on health care accounting, finance, and policy, she has testified in Congress, written for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, and published her studies in leading academic journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and Health Affairs. Her work has been widely featured in the media and cited in regulations and congressional testimonies. She was a visiting scholar at the Health Analysis Division of the Congressional Budget Office from 2022 to 2023. She teaches graduate courses and has received the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association’s Excellence in Teaching Award.  Learn more about Ge Bai.

Gordon Gao

Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Guodong (Gordon) Gao, PhD, MBA, is a professor at the Carey Business School of Johns Hopkins University and co-director of the Center for Digital Health and AI (CDHAI). Before joining Carey, he was the Dean’s Professor of AI in Healthcare, co-director of the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS), and the director of the Health Insights AI Lab, at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Gao’s research interests include Big Data and AI in health care, health IT, and quality transparency. His research has been funded by NSF, NIH and AHRQ. Dr. Gao is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award.

Brian Gunia, PhD

Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Brian Gunia joined the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 2011 and is now a Professor of Management. Brian seeks to create and disseminate new knowledge about negotiating effectively in the real world, with the ultimate aim of helping people lead happier and more productive lives. His research focuses on evidence-based strategies for avoiding common negotiation mistakes and thriving in everyday negotiations, particularly with colleagues, friends, and family. Finally, and in addition to his work on negotiating effectively, Brian examines the interrelated, everyday imperative of sleeping sufficiently, with a focus on evidence-based strategies individuals and organizations can use to mitigate unhealthy sleep or at least harness it. Brian has authored a series of journal articles on these topics, along with a book called The Bartering Mindset and a blog called Life's Negotiable. Prior to joining academia, Brian worked as a management consultant.

Mario Macis, PhD

Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Mario Macis, PhD (Economics, University of Chicago) is a Full Professor of economics with a broad range of interests at the intersection of markets, policy, and society. His research contributes to the fields of health, labor, development, market design, and managerial economics. His work was published in leading academic journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Labor Economics, the Journal of Health Economics, Management Science, and Science. Prof. Macis is also a member of the Core Faculty and Leadership Team of the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative, Affiliate Faculty in the Berman Institute of Bioethics, and Research Associate in the National Bureau of Economic Research. Prof. Macis has been a consultant for the World Bank, the International Labor Organization, the National Marrow Donor Program, and the United Nations Development Programme. Recently, he served on a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee.  Learn more about Mario Macis.

Lasse Mertins, PhD

Professor of Practice and Vice Dean for Education and Partnerships, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Lasse Mertins, PhD, (Virginia Tech) is a professor of practice at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. His expertise is in the areas of financial statement analysis, managerial accounting and performance assessments. He is a certified management accountant. Before his academic career, Mertins worked as a management accountant in the food industry. He has published his research in many scholarly journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management Accounting, Journal of Accounting Literature, Advances in Accounting, and Issues in Accounting Education. Learn more about Lasse Mertins.

Yuval Bar-Or, PhD

Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Yuval Bar-Or, PhD, (University of Pennsylvania) is a Professor of Practice at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School since 2009, where he teaches a variety of investments, risk management, and corporate finance courses. He has lectured extensively on decision making, investing, risk management, and financial literacy and held senior roles at KMV, S&P, and Algorithmics.

His corporate roles included senior product and project management responsibilities. He is the author of seven books, and the founder of the Pillars of Wealth financial literacy initiative for doctors. Learn more about Yuval Bar-Or.

Stacey Lee, JD

Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Stacey Lee, JD (University of Maryland School of Law) joined the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 2008. She is an professor of practice with expertise in the areas of business law, health law, and negotiation. Learn more about Stacey Lee.

Christopher G. Myers, PhD

Associate Professor and Faculty Director of the Center for Innovative Leadership, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Christopher Myers is an Associate Professor of Management & Organization and the founding Faculty Director of the Center for Innovative Leadership at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, and holds joint faculty appointments in Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and in Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research and teaching focus on individual learning, leadership development, and innovation, with particular attention to how people learn vicariously and share knowledge in health care organizations and other knowledge-intensive work environments.

Michelle Barton, PhD

Associate Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Dr. Michelle Barton is an Associate Professor of Practice at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School with expertise in organizational and team resilience, managing uncertainty, and interpersonal effectiveness during adversity.

Dr. Barton’s work examines how groups manage dynamic and uncertain situations as they are unfolding. Drawing from wildland firefighting, high tech entrepreneurship, expedition racing and military operations, her research considers how groups make sense of ambiguous situations, how they coordinate, learn and share knowledge in the midst of confusion and how they mitigate and recover from adversity. She is especially focused on the relational dynamics that enable these practices. Dr. Barton’s research has appeared in Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, BMJ – Leader, Academy of Management Review, Organization Studies, The Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Human Relations, Organizational Psychology Review and several edited collections. She has presented her work at venues such as NASA, the U.S. Army Medical Command, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, West Point, Children’s Hospital Association and Boston Medical Center among others.

In addition to her University teaching, Dr. Barton runs workshops on leading in volatile environments, and coaches executives in accelerated learning and knowledge-sharing practices. Prior to her academic career, Dr. Barton spent ten years with Harvard Business Publishing, where she was a co-founder of their eLearning business and the global Product Director for Leadership and Management Development programs. While there, she helped produce over 20 interactive learning programs for managers. Prior to that, she was an Associate at the Boston Consulting Group.

Erik Helzer, PhD

Associate Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Erik Helzer, PhD develops and applies psychological, organizational, and behavioral science insights to understand the cultivation of practical wisdom for leading in organizations. His research focuses on three facets of practical wisdom: ethical behavior and moral judgment, self-knowledge, and personal agency and adjustment. He is an Associate Professor of Management and Organization at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and the Executive Education Faculty Director for Leadership Curriculum.

Erik brings an interdisciplinary perspective to his work. His research has been published in a number of top-tier journals including Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Behavioral Ethics, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Psychological Science, Theory of Research in Education, Academic Medicine, and other outlets. These and other papers have influenced research and practice across a variety of disciplines, including philosophy, healthcare, education, and leadership, helping to advance knowledge on a diverse set of problems, both academic and social.

As an educator, Erik has taught in both academic and professional settings. His teaching spans a range of topics in organizational behavior, including ethical leadership, judgment and decision-making, and difficult conversations. He has worked with both public and private organizations to offer custom programs for employees on these and other topics, providing knowledge and practical skills that are grounded in behavioral science.

Supriya Munshaw, PhD

Associate Professor of Practice and Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Supriya Munshaw, PhD (Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Duke University) joined the Carey Business School faculty in 2013. She is a senior lecturer in the practice track with interest in technology transfer and commercialization of early-stage technologies. At Carey she has taught several courses including Discovery to Market, Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, Statistical Analysis, Business Leadership and Human Values and, New Product Development. She is one of the founders and organizers of the Johns Hopkins Bootcamp for Biomedical Entrepreneurs. She advises and works with local biotech and medtech startups, has served as adjunct faculty for the NSF I-corps program and has served on NIH SBIR grant review panels. She also serves as the chair of the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion for faculty and staff at Carey. Learn more about Supriya Munshaw.

David Smith, PhD

Associate Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Dr. David Smith is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School with expertise in social psychology, inclusive leadership and gender in the workplace.

Dr. Smith’s work focuses on gender, work, and family issues including allyship, inclusive leadership, inclusive mentoring/sponsoring/advocacy, bias in performance evaluations, retention/advancement of women in professions, and dual career families. He is the coauthor of two books on these topics; Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace (Harvard Business Review Press, 2020) and Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women (Harvard Business Review Press, 2019). Dr. Smith is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters on the topic of gender in the workplace and is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review.

Before joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins Carey Business school, Dr. Smith was a professor at the U.S. Naval War College, College of Leadership and Ethics; and the U.S. Naval Academy, Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Smith led diverse organizations of women and men culminating in command of a squadron in combat and flew more than 3,000 hours over 30 years including combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Adriano Pianesi, MBA

Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Adriano Pianesi has 20 years of leadership development, team coaching, and change management experience built on capacity development, possibility thinking, and sound strategy.

An ICF-certified coach, Pianesi holds an MBA in Communication and Group Dynamics from the University of Milan. He has trained at Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, and the Art of Hosting, where he refined his repertoire of experiential and innovative facilitation and teaching practices. He is a Ted-X Speaker. Besides the Carey Business School, he is also a faculty member of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences in the MA in Non-Profit Management where he supports students becoming agents of change through mission-based work.

His consulting practice has helped leaders work for change by harnessing the powers of conflict, diversity, and complexity. Pianes has worked with clients like Amazon, Microsoft, Philip Morris International, World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, National Park Service, US State Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, and U.S. Marine Corps. Learn more about Adriano Pianesi.

Carly Ackley, PhD

Executive Education Faculty and Director of Client Solutions, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Carly is a member of the Executive Education faculty at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and the Director of Client Solutions. She brings over 15 years of administrative and teaching experience and her work focuses on leadership development, coaching, training and leadership ethics. As both a university administrator and instructor, she works closely with internal and external organizations to design and deliver customized leadership development programming.

In addition to her work as a practitioner, she has taught courses in leadership development, coaching, and theoretical and practical ethics at the Smeal College of Business at Penn State and at Johns Hopkins University. She holds certifications in executive, career and capacity coaching. Carly earned her PhD and MEd from the Pennsylvania State University. She has been published in peer-reviewed journals and has written book chapters on leadership in the social and environmental justice space.

Julie Cady-Reh, MS, MBA

Executive Education Faculty, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Julie Cady-Reh, MS, MBA, Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, JH Bloomberg School Doctorate in Public Health Candidate, has served in senior level administrative leadership and faculty roles within the Johns Hopkins University and Health System for 14 years. She currently serves as joint faculty for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Health Policy & Management) and the Carey Business School (Business Analytics & Risk Management and Healthcare Management). Julie has received three Johns Hopkins University Excellence in Teaching awards over the past four years. She has decades of experience across a multitude of industries including Healthcare, Public Health Services, Manufacturing, and Higher Education.

Inside and outside of the classroom, Julie shares her passion by helping others, with strong focus on skill development in Healthcare Services Delivery and Leadership, Enterprise Risk Management, Operations Management, Strategic Planning, and Continuous Improvement. She has also consulted a wide array of non-profit organizations within the local Baltimore City community and currently serves on the Board of Directors at The St. Paul’s Schools in Brooklandville, MD. Julie is a published academician, authoring papers designed to assist departmental leaders and clinicians with the application of translational research in healthcare services delivery. Her innovative work in product development and manufacturing at Xerox Corporation is recognized through a U.S. Patent: Systems Using On-line Liquid Characterization Apparatus.

Alexa S. Chilcutt, PhD

Executive Education Faculty, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Dr. Alexa Chilcutt delivers executive education courses on the topics of interpersonal and team communication, presentation skills, and impression management and executive presence. Alexa is the co-author of, "Engineered to Speak: Helping You Create and Deliver Engaging Technical Presentations" published by Wiley IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series. She has also published in MedEdPORTAL, Journal of American Dental Association (JADA), Association of General Dentist's Impact magazine, Public Relations Journal, and Georgia Academy of General Dentistry's Explorer magazine. Dr. Chilcutt was an Associate Professor and Director of The Public Speaking Program at The University of Alabama from 2010 - 2021 and has served as the Communication Instructor for UA's aeronautical and mechanical engineering NSF funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program since 2011.

Laurie Churchman, MFA

Executive Education Faculty, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Laurie Churchman is the principal of Designlore. She has 30+ years of corporate and non-profit design experience recognized by AIGA, Communication Arts, Creativity, and How Magazine. She brings design to community and civic challenges in Philadelphia, as well as writes curricula and teaches in Jefferson University’s MS in Health Communication Design. She was named an AIGA Fellow in 2009. Laurie has a BS from UD, an MFA from Yale and completed AIGA/Harvard Business School Design Leaders program.

Carl DuPont, DMA

Executive Education Faculty, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Carl DuPont is an artist, innovator, and educator with a creative approach to improving peak performance for individuals, organizations, and communities. He leverages his expertise to implement strategic initiatives at the intersections of communications, diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and sustainability. This includes training, programming, and talent acquisition, executive presence, and utilizing holistic evidence-based solutions for organizations. His scalable strategies have been tailored to clients ranging from small cultural institutions to Fortune 100 companies.

DuPont’s unique approach draws on his experience as an international performer and published author, as well as his curiosity as a life-long learner to make the aspirational actionable. Highlights of a dynamic career include an internship in the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine Otolaryngology Department, published articles in The Laryngoscope and the Voice and Speech Review, and appearances in a recurring role on the German soap opera, Unter Uns. He has created artistic and scholarly presentations for venues in Mexico City, Salzburg, Rome, Stockholm, New York, and Miami. Most recently, the John F. Kennedy Center’s Washington National Opera tapped him to re-design and co-lead their national summer opera initiative focused on blending citizen artistry with elite training for high-school aged students.

An associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University, he delivers interactive workshops in the Carey Business School’s Executive Education department and one-on-one applied vocal instruction at the Peabody Institute. At Peabody, he developed a course on art song by African American composers, co-chaired the Culturally Inclusive Task Force, and served on the Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. His efforts recently helped recruit the most diverse and highest-ranked student body in the school’s history; he is also a part of the team that earned a $1 million dollar grant to create the Pathways to PhD/DMA program. He achieved JHU’s Diversity Recognition Award in 2021 for his outstanding contributions in this area.

DuPont earned his Bachelor of Music degree at Eastman School of Music, his Master of Music degree at Indiana University, and his Doctor of Musical Arts the University of Miami. He has earned certificates in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace from the University of South Florida; and Management Development and Financial Management, both from Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. He regularly sub-contracts with Diaz Inclusion Consulting and is the founder and CEO of DuPont Consulting, LLC.

Kenna Kay

Executive Education Faculty, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Kenna Kay is a creative strategist at the intersection of visual design, communications strategy, and branding. Previously she was the V.P. Creative Director of Brand at TV Land, MTV Networks and Creative Director at Nickelodeon. She is on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts, Masters in Branding, has taught at Columbia University and Parsons School of Design and has been a guest critic and visiting lecturer at The Cooper Union, Izmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi in Turkey, and Shenkar College in Tel Aviv. She earned her MS in Strategic Communications from Columbia University. She believes that the most effective way to create positive change is to clearly communicate the ideas that can make a difference.

Anna Fitzgibbon, MBA

Executive Education Faculty, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Anna Fitzgibbon is the Founder and Owner of OutGrowth. As an experiential education expert, Anna is a die-hard advocate for immersive programming and a re-imagined approach to professional development. With experience traveling and working in over 25 countries, she earned her MBA from The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, and has a professional background in program development and facilitation (design thinking, corporate team-building and wellness, project-based learning, higher education), sustainable community development and co-creation, event management, and outdoor education.

Erica S. Perl, JD

Executive Education Faculty, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Erica S. Perl is an expert on creating concise and effective written communications. She holds a JD from Tulane Law School and a BA from Hampshire College. Prior to becoming a full-time writer and writing instructor, Erica worked as a trial attorney, served as a Vice President at First Book, a national nonprofit social enterprise, and ran her own editorial consultancy. In addition to being on the Executive Education faculty at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Erica is a faculty member of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing Program. She is also is the author of more than forty books, as a solo author and with co-authors including Dolly Parton and R.J. Palacio.

Katy Montgomery, JD

Executive Education Faculty

Katy is a member of the Executive Education faculty at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School having previously served as Associate Dean of Student Development at Carey. Her most current role was as the INSEAD Associate Dean of Degree Programs. In this role, Katy was responsible for the commercial leadership of the INSEAD Degree Program portfolio across four campuses: Fontainebleau, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, and San Francisco. Her functional responsibilities included strategy, marketing, sales, admissions, financial aid and scholarships, program operations, student life, psychological services, and career services.

Katy has taught, coached, and facilitated programs for executives, EMBAs, MBAs, and other business education students and also has coached and trained attorneys and non-profit leaders. She received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Loyola University New Orleans, her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center, and her Executive Masters in Change from INSEAD.

Danielle Piccinini Black, MPH, MBA

Executive Education Faculty, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Danielle Piccinini Black is the Academic Lead for Design Thinking for Innovation at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School—Executive Education, and Design Innovation Lead at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs. She leads the development and implementation of design thinking research, workshops, and co-creation internationally to address emerging public health and business needs, and uses that experience to enhance her design thinking courses. Danielle holds an MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an MBA from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. She also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger and South Africa. Email: danielle.piccinini@jhu.ed.

Kalahn Taylor-Clark, PhD, MPH

Executive Education Faculty, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Kalahn Taylor-Clark, PhD, MPH is Vice President and Head of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation at Myovant Sciences. In this capacity she oversees patient centered advocacy and digital innovation. Her team is responsible for driving transformative advocacy in the areas of women’s health and prostate cancer, addressing health equity, and advancing digital innovation strategies to improve patient experiences and outcomes.

Prior to this post Dr. Taylor-Clark served as the Global Head of Patient Centered Outcomes and Innovation at Sanofi.  In this post, she served as the strategic patient lead to global business units in the US/EU, China and Emerging Markets, across all therapeutic areas of the company. Taylor-Clark’s work helped the company to develop, measure, amplify and adapt solutions based on key stakeholder input (e.g. patient advocacy groups, scientific societies and community-based organizations).

Dr. Taylor-Clark also served as a Senior Advisor to the Center for Health Policy, Research and Ethics and Assistant Professor in Health Administration and Policy at George Mason University, where she provided strategic guidance on the development and evaluation of patient and consumer engagement activities for a range of stakeholders, including: private and public payers, hospital and integrated health systems, business groups, and policy leaders. Previously, she served as the Director of Health Policy at the National Partnership for Women and Families, where her primary responsibilities were in providing strategic direction on a range of activities related to delivery system and payment reform, including: quality measurement, reduction of health disparities, patient and consumer engagement in patient-centered care delivery and the effective use of health information technology (HIT) to improve patient-reported outcomes measurement. From 2007-2011, Dr. Taylor-Clark led the Patient-Centeredness and Health Equity Portfolios in the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C.

She holds a BA in International Relations from Tufts University, an MPH from Tufts School of Medicine, and a PhD in Health Policy from Harvard University. She serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees for Tufts University, and as President of the Board of Directors at Prevention Institute in Oakland, CA.  Dr. Taylor-Clark is an adjunct professor at the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Taylor-Clark has also lived in Japan, Ghana and France, and is proficient in French.

Erin Watley, PhD

Executive Education faculty, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Associate Professor of Communication & Cinema and an Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Faculty Fellow at McDaniel College

Dr. Erin Watley is a teacher and facilitator whose work focuses on accessible ways to disrupt systems of oppression, encourage intercultural dialogue, and practice community building. She is an Associate Professor of Communication & Cinema and an Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Faculty Fellow at McDaniel College. Dr. Watley is also the owner of Intersect Consulting LLC, a DEIJ consulting company and is a lover of Black pop culture.

Ask her to describe the perfect sandwich, the brilliance of her favorite author N.K. Jemisin, or the problem with panda bears if you want to quickly lure her into a deep and intense conversation.