Susan CassityDr. Susan Fant Cassity is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Castle Sands LLC and eMarketing Director LLC. Dr. Fant Cassity earned her doctoral degree in Organizational Change and Leadership from the University of Southern California. She holds further degrees and certifications in business, creative industries, leadership, teaching and entrepreneurship from Birmingham-Southern College, University of St Andrews, Cornell University, Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Fant Cassity taught undergraduate and graduate business students at the University of Alabama for eight years and created the Digital and Social Media Marketing Specialization for the Master of Science in Marketing program, one of the first of its kind in the nation. She specializes in entrepreneurship, new product development, innovation, technology, social media and analytics. She enjoys researching authentic leadership development and helps higher education and adult students develop skills such as growth mindset. She has a special interest in funding research for Epstein-Barr Virus and served as an on-call expert and affiliated researcher at the University of Minnesota. She served as the Executive Director of the Foresight Education and Research Network and worked alongside foresight professionals across the world. She is interested in researching and using the field of foresight, the art and science of understanding the future in business. Dr. Fant Cassity was the recipient of Birmingham-Southern College’s Outstanding Young Alumni award in 2022, highlighting her entrepreneurial activities. She received multiple awards for teaching, student advising and professional development as a faculty member at the University of Alabama and now gives back as a mentor with the University of Alabama Honors College Kennemer Center for Innovation and Social Impact. Read More Read Less