Michelle L. Malkin
Michelle L. Malkin, JD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology and the Director of the Gambling Research and Policy Initiative (GRPI) at East Carolina University. Dr. Malkin's research interests include a focus on gambling-related harms, gambling-motivated crime, and the gambling prevalence, behavior, and risk of under-researched populations. Her research has been recently published in the Journal of Gambling Studies and the Journal of Gambling Issues. She was awarded the 2022 Dr. Durand Jacobs Dissertation Award and the 2024 Denise Phillips Community Outreach and Multicultural Wellness Award from the National Council on Problem Gambling. She also was awarded the 2024 ECU Early Trendsetter Award for her research on gambling-related issues and ECU's Innovator of the Month Award for her creation and copyright of the Gambling-Motivated Crime Diversion Checklist.
David Ledgerwood
Dr. Ledgerwood is a clinical psychologist, Professor, and Director of the Nicotine and Tobacco Research Division in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, MI. He is widely published in problem gambling in several areas focusing on cooccurring psychopathology, impulse control and executive function, treatment outreach, and treatment effectiveness. Dr. Ledgerwood has served on several grant review committees for problem gambling research, he has been Associate Editor for Psychology of Addictive Behaviors and is currently Regional Assistant Editor for International Gambling Studies.
Robby Fuqua
Robby Fuqua, LICSW, ICGC-I, got started at Bensinger, DuPont & Associates (BDA) in 2014 where he was as part of the C2C team which provides counseling services to those suffering from problem gambling issues. He conducted assessments, referral services, and other case management functions for several different state-funded problem gambling helplines. As the Training Specialist for the Responsible Gambling Department at Telus Health, Robby provides programs and workshops for clinicians treating gambling disorder. Robby also operates an online mental health practice which focuses on young adult males experiencing disordered gambling issues, Robby earned his Master's degree in Social Work from Boston College. He is a licensed clinical independent clinical worker in Massachusetts (LICSW) and International Certified Gambling Counselor (ICGC-I) that practices in Massachusetts & Illinois.