Mitch serves as Interim President of Purdue University after previously leading the university as its 12th president from 2013 to 2022. He also served as Indiana’s 49th governor from 2005 to 2013. Throughout his career in public service, higher education, and business, Daniels has championed innovation, economic opportunity, fiscal responsibility, and institutional excellence. His leadership has helped shape conversations around the future of higher education, free enterprise, and public policy.
James “Jim” Bullard serves as dean of Purdue University’s Mitch Daniels School of Business. Prior to joining Purdue, he was president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, where he played a prominent role in U.S. monetary policy for more than 15 years. His research and leadership focus on macroeconomics, economic growth, and the future of free enterprise.
Ashish Bhatia is a Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship & Management at NYU Stern School of Business, where he teaches on decision-making and action under uncertainty. His work examines how careful, analytical professionals can move decisively when data runs out and no playbook exists. He founded NYU's Business, Technology, and Entrepreneurship program — the university's most competitive undergraduate offering — and served as its Founding Academic Director from 2020 to 2024. His research and insights have appeared in Harvard Business Review, and in 2022 Poets & Quants named him one of its Top 50 Business School Professors. Bhatia regularly leads workshops for Fortune 500 companies and senior leaders on decision-making under uncertainty, and advises and invests in early-stage companies. He holds an Doctorate in Education from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and is an alumnus of the NYU Stern Undergraduate College. He is now at work on a forthcoming book, growing out of this research, that offers a framework for deciding, acting, and leading before the answer is fully known.
Rhodes is founder and CEO of Pinto Capital Investments, where he focuses on entrepreneurship, investment strategy, and business growth. A Purdue alumnus and business leader, Pinto is passionate about innovation, free enterprise, and helping emerging entrepreneurs create lasting economic impact.
Alok is a professor of Management Information Systems at Purdue University’s Daniels School of Business and founder of Purdue’s Synthetic Environment for Analysis and Simulations (SEAS) Laboratory. His research explores digital transformation, simulation technologies, artificial intelligence, and the intersection of technology, business, and public policy.
Daniel is an Associate Professor of Technology Policy in Purdue University’s Department of Political Science and co-director of the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL). A policy scientist with a background in philosophy, his research examines the governance of artificial intelligence and its social, ethical, and policy implications. Prior to academia, Schiff served as the founding Responsible AI Lead at JPMorgan Chase and helped develop IEEE 7010, the first AI ethics industry standard. His work has been featured in leading academic journals and outlets including The New York Times, TIME, and The Atlantic.
Victoria is the Marge Magner Chair and Professor of Economics at Purdue University’s Daniels School of Business. An expert in labor and policy economics, her research explores how skills, education, technology, and public policy shape economic opportunity and workforce outcomes. Her work has been published in leading journals, including the American Economic Review, and she is known for helping audiences understand the economic implications of technological change, from early automation to generative AI.
