ProfNet Experts Available on the Trump Administration, Teacher Shortage, More

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Emoluments Clause and President Trump
• Betsy DeVos' Nomination and the Importance of the IDEA Act
• National Teacher Shortage
• Black History Month: Black Identity in America
• Phone Changes Driving Financial Fraud

MEDIA JOBS

• Engagement Editor – Honeyguide Media (NY)
• Producer – Bloomberg Radio (NY)
• Politics Reporter – The Independent (DC)

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Emoluments Clause and President Trump
Richard Levy
J.B. Smith Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law
University of Kansas
Levy is available to discuss the ethics lawsuit filed Monday against President Trump, the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, implications of the lawsuit and possible outcomes: "It is unclear whether the Emoluments Clause is judicially enforceable and whether the kinds of business dealings at issue are within the scope of the clause, but if the lawsuit succeeds, it would have profound implications for the conduct of President Trump's businesses."
Contact: Mike Krings, [email protected]

Betsy DeVos' Nomination and the Importance of the IDEA Act
Katy Neas
Executive Vice President, Public Affairs
Easterseals
Betsy DeVos' unfamiliarity on education rights for students of disabilities should be of concern to people of all abilities. Neas can speak to the importance of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and concerns over DeVos' commitment civil rights for students with disabilities: "We are concerned that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos does not understand the educational needs of students with disabilities and the essential role of the federal government to achieve educational success."
Neas has co-authored, with the Center for Law and Social Policy, several policy papers and reports on early education and care opportunities for children with disabilities, including "Coming Together for Children with Disabilities State Collaboration to Support Quality Inclusive Child Care." Prior to Easterseals, Neas was the associate director of the American Association of University Affiliated Programs for persons with developmental disabilities. She also was legislative staff to Chairman Sen. Tom Harkin (D.-Iowa) of the Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy between 1987 and 1991, where she worked on all disability legislation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Neas can also speak to what repealing ACA and Medicaid could mean for the disability community. She is based in Washington, D.C.
Website: www.easterseals.com
Contact: Elsa Remak, [email protected]

National Teacher Shortage
June Hetzel
Dean, School of Education
Biola University
Hetzel can discuss the national teacher shortage, especially how it is affecting California and schools directly, in addition to areas that are suffering most (special needs students, etc.) and how universities are responding: "California is experiencing a shortage of teachers in most subject areas as baby boomers are retiring. In the 2016-2017 school year, California needed 22,000 new teachers. In California, we could certainly have predicted the current teacher shortage. Back in 2008, when the economy crashed and California started increasing class sizes, we experienced teacher layoffs. As teachers got laid off, the community response was to redirect career goals away from education towards other career paths where jobs were waiting."
Hetzel has served in the roles of teacher, curriculum specialist, principal, writer, editor, consultant, professor, and dean. She has served at school, district, and county levels, including four summers teaching overseas. She has edited and written many articles on education and has spoken around the world on the topic of K-12 education. She is based in Los Angeles.
Website: http://education.biola.edu/grad/
Contact: Jenna Loumagne, [email protected]

Black History Month: Black Identity in America
Phillip J. Finley, DHSc, MPH, MRPL
Program Chair for the School of Health Sciences
Argosy University, Atlanta
Finley is available to discuss Black History Month and what can be done to continue to grow awareness of black identity in America: "In order to continue to grow awareness of the black identity in America, public and private schools, along with churches, universities, and civic organizations, will need to embrace the history of the African-Americans as their own. All nationalities need to discover and have an appreciation for all of the achievements that these valiant and resilient people have contributed over the past several centuries."
Finley is also a public health advisor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Services - Center for Global Health Division of Global HIV and TB Overseas Strategic Management Branch.
Website: https://www.argosy.edu/locations/atlanta
Contact: Carole Carr, [email protected]

Phone Changes Driving Financial Fraud
Adam Elliott
President
ID Insight
The mobile phone is a critical channel for bank customers and financial institutions that rely on mobile banking, online account opening and mobile wallet applications for convenience. Having controls in place to ensure the phone number in the customer profile actually belongs to the legitimate customer is critical for reducing fraud risk. Fraudsters are now manipulating phone numbers as part of account takeover schemes. Criminals have recognized that when large money transfers are requested or other out-of-pattern account activity takes place, financial institutions are much more likely to place an outbound call or text to their customer to confirm the legitimacy of the requested account action. Using an abundance of hacked personal data available on the black market, criminals pose as legitimate account holders and change the customer's contact information, ensuring fraud alerts and other bank communications are sent unwittingly to the perpetrator and paving the way for complete control over their accounts before the victim knows it is happening. Says Elliott: "Along with addresses, phone numbers are among the most frequently changed pieces of personal information. Unfortunately, banks simply accept the costs and risks of fraudulent phone number changes."
Elliott's company, ID Insight, researched tens of thousands of customer phone number changes in the financial services space and detected interesting patterns that distinguish legitimate phone number changes from fraudulent changes. The analysis uncovered the following key indicators that signal an elevated risk of fraud: 1) geographic distance; 2) carrier type; 3) urban versus rural; 4) area code/exchange; 5) ported; 6) business phone numbers; 7) phone number verification.
ProfNet Profile: http://www.profnetconnect.com/idinsight
Website: http://www.idinsight.com
Contact: David J. Hlavac, [email protected]

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