Advisors
Interested in being a FERN Advisor? FERN advisors are distinguished leader in foresight education, research, and practice.
Advisors receive updates by email 1-2 times per year and offer occasional email or phone advice on FERN activities, strategies and priorities directly to FERN staff.
We thank our advisors for their passion, insight, and accomplishments in foresight education, research and practice.
FERN Advisors – Educators
The following educators have endorsed FERN’s mission and advise FERN management on strategy and priorities in foresight education.
- Peter Bishop, PhD, Director, MT, Futures Studies in Commerce, University of Houston, Houston, TX USA
- Jae-Yong Choung, PhD, Professor of Management Science, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
- Jose Cordiero, PhD, Energy Advisor and Faculty, Singularity University, Mountain View, CA
- Jim Dator, PhD, Director, MA and PhD in Alternative Futures, University of Hawaii, Manoa, HI USA
- Jay Gary, PhD, Director, MA in Strategic Foresight, Regent University, Virginia Beach, FL USA
- Fabienne Goux-Baudiment, PhD, Coordinator, MS in Strategic Foresight and Innovation, University of Angers, Angers, France
- Heiko A. von der Gracht, PhD, Director, Institute for Future Studies and Knowledge Management (IFK), Wiesbaden, Germany
- Peter Hayward, PhD, Director, MS in Strategic Foresight, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorne, Australia
- René Rohrbeck, PhD, Editor, Corporate Foresight Professor Organizational Future Orientation, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Mei-Mei Song, PhD, Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Futures Studies, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan
- Joseph Voros, PhD, Senior Lecturer, MS in Strategic Foresight, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorne, Australia
FERN Advisors – Practitioners
The following distinguished foresight practitioners have endorsed FERN’s mission and advise FERN management on strategy and practitioner priorities.
- Steven Bankes, Chief Engineer, Advanced Computing and Decisions Systems, BAE Systems, Boston, MA USA
- Clem Bezold, PhD, President, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, VA USA
- Phil Bowermaster, Co-Founder, Fast Forward Radio, Speculist.com, WorldTransformed.com, Denver, CO USA
- Thomas Frey, President, DaVinci Institute, Louisville, CO USA
- Jerome C. Glenn, Director and Co-Founder, The Millennium Project, Washington, DC USA
- Andy Hines, PhD, Principal at Hinesight and Lecturer / Executive in Residence at University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
- Michael Jackson, PhD, Director, Shaping Tomorrow; Founder, ST Foresight Network, Bishops Wood UK
- Tom Lombard, PhD, Author, Contemp. Futurist Thought; Dir, Center for Future Consciousness, Scottsdale, AZ USA
- John Mahaffie, Principal, Leading Futurists; Blogger, Foresight Culture, Washington DC USA
- Vahid V. Motlagh, Founder and Editor, Vahid Think Tank; Board Member, ST Foresight Network, Tehran, Iran
- Patrick Tucker, Director of Communications, World Future Society, Bethesda, MD USA
- Verne Wheelwright, PhD, Director, Personal Futures Network; Author, It’s Your Future… Make it a Good One!, Harlingen, TX US
Interested in becoming a FERN advisor? Email susanchesleyfant{at}gmail{dot}com or johnsmart{at}accelerating{dot}org for more information.
