Dr. Rochelle Rollins is a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

For over 25 years, she has worked at the local, state, and federal levels on health care and social service challenges impacting communities with limited access to care. At HHS, she has led initiatives focused on improving outcomes in areas such as cancer care, oral health, human trafficking prevention, and national health goals through the Healthy People program.

Dr. Rollins co-led the effort to make oral health one of the 12 Leading Health Indicators in Healthy People 2020 and has served on the HHS Oral Health Coordinating Committee for more than a decade.

In her prior role as Director of the Division of Policy and Data in the HHS Office of Minority Health, she focused on strengthening research coordination, performance tracking, and data improvement strategies to address gaps in health outcomes. She also served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute, where she co-chaired the HHS Council Subcommittee on Cancer.

Dr. Rollins received her Bachelor of Science from Wellesley College, her Master of Public Health from Boston University, and her doctorate from Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management where she was a Pew health policy fellow.

Jane is an expert in sustainable energy and environmental initiatives. She currently serves as the Western Regional Manager of Market Development at Highland Electric Fleets, where she helps school districts explore and implement fleet electrification strategies.

Her work involves public engagement, large-scale education efforts, policy support, and collaboration with key stakeholders—including utilities, regulators, and legislators—to strengthen programs that enable the adoption of electric school buses.

Vivian Ebisike is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park. While there, she majored in Criminology and Criminal Justice with a minor in Nonprofit Leadership and Social Innovation.

She is also the CEO of Stand Up Global Inc (DBA Stand Up), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that mobilizes students to be civically engaged in the Washington DC area through education, empowerment, and entrepreneurship. For more information, visit www.standuporg.com. 

Dr. Otto C. Wilson Jr. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Catholic University of America. Dr. Wilson earned a B.S. (1988), M.S. (1991) and Ph.D. in Ceramic Science and Engineering at Rutgers University. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Maryland on enhanced machinability of dental ceramic materials (1995-1996) and was a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins in 1996 prior to joining the Materials Science and Engineering faculty at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Dr. Wilson became a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Catholic University in 2003 and established the Biomimetics, Orthopaedics, and Nanomaterials Education/Composite Research for Advanced Biomaterials (BONE/CRAB) Lab. The research vision of the BONE/CRAB Lab is to develop nanophase materials to enhance the healing and remodelling of hard tissue at the whole tissue, cellular, and subcellular levels. Dr. Wilson’s research Interests include biomineralization phenomena, nanomaterials chemistry, biological liquid crystals, and the synthesis and surface modification of hydroxyapatite.

Dr Wilson was awarded a NSF CAREER Award (DMR-0645675) in 2007 for his work involving bone inspiration in research and education. He is very active in K-12 educational outreach and developing tools and teaching methodologies to encourage young people to excel in STEM education.