May is a passionate advocate for initiatives that offer access and opportunity to people with intellectual disabilities. May was named a Fellow for the Association for Psychological Science in 2016 and has been a regular contributor to Scientific American. Her publications include basic science research on circadian arousal, inhibitory processes in attention, flashbulb memory, and prospective memory, as well as applied work on inclusive education and disability in the workplace. May’s research is broadly focused on understanding human memory and cognition, with a specific aim of improving outcomes for individuals who experience cognitive challenges, including older adults and individuals with intellectual disability.
She co-authors a teaching column for the Association for Psychological Science and her publications include work on innovations in pedagogy. She specializes in human memory, aging and disability, and teaches a variety of courses including introductory level courses in general psychology and cognition as well as upper level and laboratory courses in human memory and applied cognition. A graduate of Furman University (B.A., 1990) and Duke University (Ph.D., 1995), May joined the College of Charleston in 1999 after teaching at the University of Arizona. Together, they have 6 amazing kids and an insane dog named, August.Ĭindi May is a professor of psychology at the College of Charleston and the 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award recipient. Ward and his wife, Christy, first met in middle school and were childhood friends, who later reconnected in 2015. Fourward Ventures has recently become one of the most astute and respected Venture Capital firms in this space. Ward recently founded Fourward Ventures, a $50M Venture Capital fund, that focuses on early-stage companies in Health and Wellness, Sustainability, Media-Tech, and CPG verticals. Last year, Ward sold Centr to HighPost, the private equity firm of the Bezos family office. Additionally, Quadrant, Ward and Hemsworth launched Centr, one of the most successful fitness apps on the market today.
In April 2018, after building ROAR into one of Hollywood’s most powerful and innovative management firms, Ward went on his own to launch Fourward, a global management, production, and business development company, with offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, and Melbourne.Īt Fourward, Ward has recently focused on the corporate division, the first deal being a partnership between Fourward, Chris Hemsworth, and one of the top private equity firms in the world, Quadrant, to roll up 600 gyms in Southeast Asia. In 2013, Ward produced the $160 million-budgeted feature film, In the Heart of the Sea, for Warner Brothers, which was directed by Ron Howard. Ward also signed and built the careers of major music acts, including Zac Brown Band, and managed Dead and Co, a reincarnation of the original Grateful Dead.
While at ROAR, Will signed and built the careers of such talents as Chris Hemsworth ( Thor, Extraction), Cobie Smulders ( How I Met Your Mother), Oscar-nominated Ken Watanabe ( The Last Samurai) and Aisha Tyler ( Friends, Archer). There, he represented Adam Sandler, David Spade, Dustin Hoffman, Mark Wahlberg, and Ryan Reynolds, to name a few.Īfter three years, Ward left Endeavor to start a management/production company, ROAR. Will became Endeavor’s fastest-promoted trainee as he rose to Motion Picture Talent Agent within just one year. After graduating from the College of Charleston in 1993, Will Ward, who majored in business and minored in Japanese, started his career in the mailroom of the music department of the prestigious talent agency, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), under Hollywood’s most powerful agent, Michael Ovitz.įrom there, he was recruited by Endeavor’s CEO and super-agent, Ari Emanuel (the real version of HBO’s Entourage’s Ari Gold) to be a Motion Picture Talent trainee.
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