Browse the Presenters

Levin

Levin, Michael

Michael Levin is a nationally known cyber security professional who spent over twenty-two years in the U.S. Secret Service protecting presidents and Heads of State. After this distinguished career and seeing the need, Levin founded the Center for Information Security Awareness – CFISA.com.
Limerick, Donna

Limerick, Donna

Donna Limerick is the President and Executive Producer of North Star Communications. For 30 years, her specialty is the arts, and cultural programming. She is an award-winning documentary producer, formerly with National Public Radio for 17 years. Since 2009, she has been involved with a permanent exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture featuring her mother, Mae Reeves who was a hat designer and owner of a millinery business for 50 years in Philadelphia. Donna presents lectures and vintage hat shows about how Mae’s talent and entrepreneurial skills helped her become a fashion pioneer and also earn an exhibit at the Smithsonian. Donna worked on a children’s book, "Mae Makes a Way," published by Crown./Random House, about the life of Mae Reeves. Ms. Limerick is also the creator and Executive Producer of “Moments to Remember” a syndicated series of 365 radio segments that highlights the contributions African American men and women made to American History. Hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., this series airs on Public Radio stations nationwide.
Lowe

Lowe, Ben

Ben Lowe, Ph.D. is currently a professor and the chair of FAU's history department of which he's been a member for 29 years. Lowe earned his doctoral degree in Early Modern European History from Georgetown University and specializes in Tudor-Stuart England and Renaissance/Reformation Europe (c.1350-1790). Loew has a particular interest in religious and intellectual history and political culture, and has published extensively in these fields.
MacDonald

MacDonald, Rod

Rod MacDonald has 21 songs in the Smithsonian Folkways collection and 13 solo albums, including his 2020 CD "Boulevard", which made the top ten on national folk music charts. He performs in festivals, concerts, and clubs and throughout North America, Europe, solo, and with the bands Big Brass Bed and Rod MacDonald & The Humdingers. He was named Best Local Acoustic Performer by New Times and one of the "10 Magnificent Musicians of Palm Beach County" by The Palm Beach Post. Previous Music Americana courses include "The Birth of Rock & Roll," "The Great American Songbook," and "Mastery of the Art."
Marcus

Marcus, Margery

Margery Marcus, Ed.D., retired from Broward County schools after a long and successful career teaching English. Well known for her storytelling ability, her topics run the gamut from book censorship to the British Royal family. She is a frequent presenter at OLLI programs on the campuses of FAU Boca Raton, Jupiter and, Brooklyn College. Her career has been guided by a deep love of learning which began when she read the very first page of "Charlotte’s Web" as a child. Marcus earned a bachelor's degree in English from The College of New Jersey, a master’s degree in education from the University of N.C. at Charlotte and a doctoral degree in education from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale.
mccormack

McCormack, John

John McCormack is an American college baseball coach who has been the head coach of Florida Atlantic since the start of the 2009 season. McCormack was named the Sun Belt Coach of the Year in 2010, and the Owls have appeared in two NCAA Tournaments under him. Previously, he served as an assistant at FAU from 1991–2008.