Keynote Speaker
Gary S. May
Chancellor, University of California, Davis
Gary S. May leads the most comprehensive campus in the University of California system. Across four colleges and six professional schools, UC Davis enrolls over 40,000 students and brings in more than $1 billion annually in sponsored research. An accomplished scholar and engineer, May came to UC Davis in 2017 after a three-decade career at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. He was dean of the institute’s College of Engineering — the largest and most diverse school of its kind in the nation. Throughout his career, May has championed diversity and mentorship in both higher education and the workplace. He developed nationally recognized programs to attract, mentor and retain underrepresented groups in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math. Learn more about May's academic leadership and accolades.
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Lisa Biswal
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Paul Cherukuri
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Reginald DesRoches
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Chris Hyams
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Lydia Kavraki
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Suman Khatiwada
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Qilin Li
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Tomeka McLeod
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Aditya Mohite
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Luay Nakhleh
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Joanna Nathan
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Chris Powers
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Partha Ranganathan
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Bobby Tudor
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Talithia Williams
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