Matthew Ohlson, Ph.D., is the Director of the Taylor Leadership Institute and Associate Professor of Leadership at the University of North Florida. A former teacher and administrator in the Boston Public Schools and the Florida Virtual School, Dr. Ohlson earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from the University of Florida and has served as a Leadership Coach to 7 Olympians, 15 professional athletes, and more than 500 educational leaders throughout the nation. Dr. Ohlson’s research and community engagement work has been focused on collaborating with K12schools, athletic teams, nonprofits, and businesses to increase recruitment, retention, and achievement using leadership development as a catalyst for increased outcomes. For his efforts, Dr. Ohlson has received more than 23 external grants and has been awarded the Florida College Access Network (FCAN) Innovator Award, NPR American Graduate Champion, National Jefferson Award for Public Service, the Gender Equity Award and the Work of Heart Award from United Way. Dr. Ohlson also serves as the Leadership Advisor to UNF Athletics and serves on the Board of the Ronald McDonald House and Franklin Covey Higher Education.
Lakshmi Goel, Ph.D., is an associate professor of information systems and Associate Dean at the Coggin College of Business, teaches Management of Information Technology, Social Media and Business Analytics and E-Business Strategy. Goel’s current research focuses on IT ecosystems in innovation networks, IT-facilitated learning environments and social media for small and medium enterprises. Goel received her Ph.D. in Decision and Information Sciences from the University of Houston. Her research works are published in various conferences such as International Conference on Information Systems and the Americas Conference on Information Systems, to name a few, as well as numerous journals including Management Information Systems Quarterly and Journal of the Association of Information Systems.