Welcome and Keynote Session

Dr. David Rhea, Dean & Event Emcee, Governors State University Dr. Beverly Schneller, Provost, Governors State University Keynote Speaker: Dr. Maria Murray Svidronova, Visiting Fulbright Scholar Maria Murray Svidronova, PhD. is an associate professor at the Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University in Slovakia. Her professional focus is on the management of nonprofit and civil society organizations. She is interested in social innovations in public service provision, e.g. through co-creation, behavioral interventions and civic activism. She has been involved in several international research projects dealing with such innovations (H2020, COST). She is a recognized expert also in practice - she participated on legislative proposals for providing social housing by nonprofit sector, as well as in the preparation of legislative changes in the financing of nonprofits.