Don is an expert on technology transfer, innovation, entrepreneurship, and corporate social responsibility. He is an elected Fellow of AAAS and AOM and the 2026 winner of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research.

Parast is an Eminent Scholar at the Del E. Webb School of Construction. His current research is focused on supply chain risk and resilience management, and process and product innovation.

Dr. Stribling is faculty with ASU’s Interplanetary Initiative and PI of the Space Exploration and Sustainable Development project. His research focuses on how engineered technologies contribute to global development.