Solomon Abiola
CEO
Guidance Technologies
Dr. Stephanie Adams
Dean
University of Texas at Dallas
Swati Adarkar
Early Learning Advocate
Ashley Aguilar Espiritu
11th Grade Student
Skyline High School
Dr. Kara Ahmed
President
Educare Network
Alfonzo Alexander
President and CEO
The PhD Project
Dr. Rosemarie Allen
Associate Professor, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Dr. Yele Aluko
Chief Medical Officer
EY Americas
Derrick Anderson
Senior Vice President
Education Futures
Dr. Rashad Anderson
Associate Professor
MSU Denver
Dr. Rob Anderson
President, State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO)
Tatiana Arguello
President and General Manager
Telemundo Colorado and Utah
Michelle Armstrong
Managing Director and President
Ares Charitable Foundation
Cynda Collins Arsenault
Cofounder and President
Secure World Foundation
H-Soul Ashemu
Chief Visionary Officer
TruNorth Institute
Noah Atencio
CEO
Philanthropy Colorado
Keelan Bailey
Asst. Dir., American Association of Colleges and Universities
Dr. Lalit Bajaj
Senior Vice President
Children's Hospital Colorado
Anthony Barela
Principal - Skyline High School
St. Vrain Valley School District
Patricia Barela Rivera
Executive Director
U.S. Small Business Administration
Michelle Barnes
Executive Director, Colorado Department of Human Services
Ruth Bauer
President
Inside Track
Summer Beach
Education Exec. Leadership Consultant, T-Mobile
Christine Benero
President & CEO
Mile High United Way
Jesse Bernal
President
Western Connecticut State University
Dr. Raheem Beyah
Dean, College of Engineering
Georgia Tech
Dr. Wendy Birhanzel
Superintendent
Harrison School District 2
Keith Bisaillon
Assistant Principal
Sierra High School
Dr. Ahrash Bissell
President
The NROC Project
Jamai Blivin
Founder and CEO
Innovate+Educate
Dr. Shannon Block
Chief Strategy Officer
Pairin
Rodney Bolden
Head of Industry Engagement
Morgan Stanley
Dr. Katie Boston-Leary
Senior VP
American Nurses Enterprise
Jackie Bouvier
President, Denver Chapter Board
Prospanica
Dr. Jamal Bowen
Chief Development Officer
SparqU
Dr. Kenneth Bowen
Program Coordinator
NCA&T
Cliff Boyd
Trustee, Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD)
Kristin Boyer
President and CEO
Trellis Foundation
Dr. Fernando Branch
Principal
Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy
Karen Brown
CEO
iAging
Mike Browne
Sr. Director, Community Engagement
Cultivate Learning
Dr. Mordecai Brownlee
President
Community College of Aurora
William Browning
President and CEO
Clayton Early Learning
Robin Bruce
Chairman
CCBN Inc. Aerospace
Eric Buchanan
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Buffett Early Childhood Fund
Barry Burch Jr.
Manager of External Affairs
Denver International Airport
Dr. Melinda Cain
Managing Director
Real World Solutions
Miriam Calderon
Vice President for Impact
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Amanda Camilotti
Legal Expert and AI Trainer
Outlier
Michelle Campbell
Executive Director
REACH
Dr. Annette Cannon
Coroner
Jefferson County
Laura Carlson
Vice President of Programs
Buell Foundation
Dr. Jeff Carlson
Head of National Edu Partnerships
Clever Inc.
Christine Carpenter
Chief of Staff
CAEL
Andres Carrera
Political Director to Mayor Mike Johnston, City and County of Denver
Jesse Carrillo
Technology Leader
Carrillo Advisors, LLC
Dr. Joseph Charleman
Executive Dean
Pikes Peak State College
Dr. Terrence Cheng
Chancellor, Connecticut State Colleges & Universities
Brianne Chittenden
Education Technology Manager
Eagle County School District
Karen Chong
VP of Audience Strategy
AARP
Dr. Michael Clement
Former Department Chair
University of Texas at Austin
Paul Clinton
Aerospace Manufacturing Pathway
Cherry Creek Innovation Campus
Steffanie Clothier
Director, School Readiness
Gary Community Ventures
Dr. Tom Coakley
Academic Dean
Arapahoe Community College
Beth Cobert
President
Strada Education Foundation
Carla Pokrywka Cole
Managing Principal
Space Inc.
Dr. Rebecca Corbin
CEO, National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
Dr. Susana Cordova
Commissioner for Education
Colorado Dept. of Education
Dr. Rex Corr
Director, Douglas County School District Legacy Campus
Jorge Costa
Assistant Professor
Arizona State University
Erika Cramer
Chair
Prospanica National
Timi Creekmore
Director, TX College Bridge
The Commit Partnership
Michelle Culver
Founder
The Rithm Project
Jennifer Cummings-Tutmaher
VP, Northern Pennsylvania Regional College
Dr. Ding-Jo Currie
President, Lingnan Foundation, California State University Fullerton
Valara Davis
International Standards Manager
UL Standards and Engagement
Dr. Leslie Daugherty
Sr. Director, Design Programs
Education Design Lab
Maria Dayton
Sr. Director, Capital Partnerships
LG
Dr. Ivory Dean
Scientist and Founder
Dr. Dean the Science Queen
Dr. Dustin DeBrum
Operations Director
Cal Poly
Kathleen deLaski
Founder and CEO
Education Design Lab
Dr. Shauna Diggs
Health Affairs Chair
Univ. of Michigan Board of Regents
Elizabeth Doyle
Executive Associate
Grand Valley State University
Dr. Tonya Drake
Chancellor and Regional VP
Western Governors University
Jason Dropik
Executive Director, National Indian Education Association (NIEA)
Luis Duarte
Partner
Imaginable Futures
Lisa Duran
Project Manager
Triad Bright Futures
Dr. Dolores Duran-Cerda
Provost and Exec. Vice Chancellor
Pima Community College
Dr. Raj Echambadi
President
Illinois Institute of Technology
Lucille Echohawk
Cofounder
Native Americans in Philanthropy
Aimee Edwards
Executive Director
BioHive
Chawtana Edwards
Program Manager
FACES for the Future
Dr. Rachel Endo
Dean of Education
University of Washington Tacoma
Dr. Aprille Ericsson
Formerly U.S. Department of Defense
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. Jennifer Fairweather
Chief Human Resources Officer
Jefferson County
Kevin Faulcon
Product Specialist
Western Asset Management
Eva Flying
President
Chief Dull Knife College
Dr. Lissanna Follari
Associate Professor
University Colorado Colorado Springs
Shelley Ford
First VP, Financial Advisor The Pelican Bay Group at Morgan Stanley
Tracye Fortin
Director
Educare Central Maine
Dr. Dawn Frank
President
Oglala Lakota College
Alexi Freeman, JD
Associate Dean of DEI
Denver University Law
Tasha Fridia-Mousseau, JD
Chief Officer of Advancement & Tribal Relations, Friends of the Children
Blair Fogoros
Division Director, Talent Acquisition
CommonSpirit Health
Lisa Foss
Exec. Dir., Council on Higher Education as a Strategic Asset for Our Nation
Kristen Fox
CEO
Business-Higher Education Forum
Katie Ganser
Advanced Practice Provider
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Juan Manuel Garcia
Director of Channel Partner Strategy
Pearson
Jenni Gasbarro
Senior Product Director
American Red Cross
Dr. LaTonya Goffney
President, National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
Kathryn Goetzke
CEO
The Shine Hope Company
Laura (Beau) Green
Director, Student Advocacy Services
Community College of Aurora
Dr. Oswaldo Grenardo
Board, American Heart Association and Colorado Health Foundation
Elizabeth Groginsky
Secretary, Early Childhood Education and Care Dept., State of New Mexico
Mindy Gutierrez
Early Ed Apprenticeship Specialist
Colorado Mesa University/CMU Tech
Dr. Elmer Guy
President
Navajo Technical College
Dr. Jeremy Haefner
Chancellor
University of Denver
Shannon Hall
Dir., Direct Services, Early Childhood Council Leadership Alliance
Dr. Leah Hanes
CEO
Two Bit Circus Foundation
Dr. Pamela Harris
President & CEO
Mile High Early Learning
Kennon Harrison, Jr.
Head of Corporate Workforce Partnerships, ETS
Isabelle Hau
Executive Director
Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Jim Hayden
former Chair and Board Member
Dignity Health
Helen Young Hayes
Founder & CEO
Activate Workforce Solutions
Max Haynes
Denver Metro Regional Director, Office of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet
Dr. Jasmine Haywood
Strategy Director
Lumina Foundation
Stan Hickory
Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, CU Boulder
Nkanta (Nick) Hines, Sr.
CEO
Capital Strategy Group
Dr. Sandy Ho
Chief Access Officer
Colorado Dept. of Human Services
Brenda Dolan Hobgood
Early Childhood Credential Specialist
Colorado Dept. of Early Childhood
Tim Hogan
VP, Strategic Partnerships
Roadtrip Nation
Elsa Holguin
President and CEO
Denver Preschool Program
Dr. Paula Hopkins
President & CEO
Second and Sixth Management
Antonio Huerta
Southern CO Regional Director, Office of U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper
Jonathan Hui
Senior Program Officer
The Kresge Foundation
Kyle Hybl
President & CEO
El Pomar Foundation
Ann Hynek
Director of Marketing
Flat Rock Global
Dr. Karim Ismaili
President
Eastern Connecticut State University
Nicole Johnny
Investment Associate
Raven Indigenous Capital Partners
Dr. Shawn Joseph
Assistant Professor
Howard University
Brian Joyce
VP and General Manager
Denver7 ABC
Kathryn Kalata
Pediatric Critical Care Fellow
University of Colorado Anschutz
Dr. Kelly Keena
Senior Director
UL Research Institutes
Darius Kendrick
Student
Community College of Aurora
Zach Kennelly
AI Lead
DSST Public Schools
Bobby King
VP, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Colorado Access
Dr. Kiesha King
Head of U.S. Education Strategy
T-Mobile
Dr. Maria Milagros Kneusel Rivera
System Director, DEI
CommonSpirit Health
Michael Kubit
Higher Education Advisor
T-Mobile
Kiersten Kullenberg
Outreach Director, TX–CO–NM
U.S. Global Leadership Coalition
Samuel Lalane
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Stanford Lake
President and Project Manager
Hooghan LLC
Dr. Indira Lanig
Spinal Cord Injury Medical Director
Paradigm
Frederick Lawrence
CEO, Phi Beta Kappa Society
Former President, Brandeis University
Marina Leight
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Innovate + Educate
Dominique Levin
Senior Advisor
Climb Together
Edward Lewis
Chairman
Essence Communications Inc.
Richard Lewis
Founder and CEO
RTL Networks and RTL Foundation
Sharon Liang
Student, Computer Science
Cal Poly
Dr. Michele Loi
Director of Quality Improvement
Children’s Hospital Colorado
David Lopez
Associate Underwriter
Pinnacol Assurance
Dr. Chris Lupo
Chair, Computer Science and Software Engineering Dept., Cal Poly
Dr. Calvin Mackie
Founder and CEO
STEM NOLA
Czeslaw (Chet) Madej
Student
Front Range Community College
Dr. John Maduko
President
CT State Community College
David Mafe
VP, Human Resources
UCHealth
Aspen Malmberg
Student
Agnes Scott College
Tara Mandrekar
Associate Director
Ourmedia
Dr. Meera Mani
VP, Families & Communities
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Kenya Manning
Healthcare CAO
Dr. Philomena Mantella
President
Grand Valley State University
Louise March
P-TECH Coordinator
St. Vrain Valley School District
Diego Mariscal
CEO and Chief Disabled Person
2Gether-International
Dr. Pam Marsh
President
Expanding Early Care and Learning
Dr. Darci Martinez
Director, Public Health Nursing
Adams County Government
Dr. Ryan Matteson
Director, Technology and Training
Cal Poly
Candace Matthews
Former C-suite Executive and Board Member of three companies
Beth McCann
District Attorney
City of Denver
Meredith McCann
Assistant Principal
Harrison High School
Michelle McDaniel
Program Manager
Trinidad High School
Vail Shoultz McCole
EDEC Faculty
Colorado Mesa University/CMU Tech
Joseph Mendel
Healthcare SVP
Dr. April Menzies
Assoc. Vice President
Front Range Community College
Aaron Merchen
ED, Policy and Programs
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Kelli Metivier
Director of Operations, College of Health Care Professions Fort Worth
Dr. Arlen Meyers
President and CEO
Society of Physician Entrepreneurs
Tobey Miller
Production Leader
MM Solutions
Dr. David Miyashiro
Superintendent
Cajon Valley Union School District
Barbara Bibas Montero
Cofounder
SafetyPay
Dr. Luisa Montoya
CEO
Diversity Matters
Dr. Jenard Moore
Dir., Male Academic and Student Success, North Carolina A&T
Elizabeth Moran, JD
Executive Director
The Arc of Colorado
Caitlin Morris
Dir., Childcare & Youth, Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District
Dan Munnerley
Executive Director, Next Lab
Arizona State University
Matt Newlin
Senior Education Designer
Education Design Lab
Russell Noles
Past Chair, Board of Trustees
Metropolitan State University
Shadron Noonan
HR Manager
MM Solutions
Kiera O’Shea Vargas, JD
Doctoral Candidate
University of South Carolina
Tiffany Oestreicher
Independent Real Estate Professional, Private Donor
Jodi Olshevski
Director, Field Distribution
AARP
Nicholas Osterbur
Digital Innovation Lead
Amazon Web Services
Patricia Pacheco de Baez
Managing Director
Bank of America
Jennifer Pacic
Director
Mile High United Way
Jason Palmer
Cofounder & Interim President
Socrait
Dr. Mary Papazian
EVP, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
John Pasmore
Founder and CEO
Latimer.AI
Dr. Lynn Pasquerella
President, American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Riaz Patel
Executive Producer and Director
ConnectEffect
Xan Pearson
Executive Director
CareerWise Colorado
Dr. Tonya L. Peeples
Dean of Engineering
Penn State University
Avery Peel
Community Hope Specialist
The Shine Hope Company
Barbara Pennell Jaynes
Board Member
NRL Colorado
Rocío Pérez
Founder
Inventiva Consulting
Rita Peterson
CEO
Caribou Thunder
Jonathan Petts
Cofounder and CEO
Upsolve
Darla Piers de Grace
ED, Global Head of Diversity Talent Acquisition, Morgan Stanley
Jared Polis
Governor, State of Colorado
Chair, National Governors Association
Marlene Price
Faculty, Aviation and Aerospace, Metropolitan State University
Andres Quintanar
Graduate, Data Science
University of Southern California
Dr. Kenya Radoli
Business Innovation Consultant
Carnegie Mellon University
Rahim Rajan
CEO
AQL Labs
Santhosh Ramdoss
President and CEO, Chief Investment Officer, Gary Community Ventures
Dr. Monte Randall
President
College of the Muscogee Nation
Zachary Raphael
Clinical Assistant
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Maritza Recendiz
Graduate, Class of 2021
Skyline High School
Erica Reid
Sr. Director of Chapter Success, Friends of the Children
Nicole Riehl
President & CEO, Executives Partnering to Invest in Children (EPIC)
Calli Riley
Nurse Leader
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Greg Robinson
Webb Space Telescope Program Director
NASA
Ahniwake Rose
President & CEO, American Indian Higher Education Consortium
Dr. Lisa Roy
Executive Director
Colorado Dept. of Early Childhood
Karmen Royall
Executive Director
Morgan Stanley
Holly Ruxin
Founder and CEO
Montcalm
Wendi Safstrom
President
SHRM Foundation
Jessica Sager
Cofounder & CEO
All Our Kin
Janet Salazar
Chairman
Foundation for the Support of the UN
Brenda Salguero
Student Engagement Manager
UL Research Institutes
Thomas Savino
CEO
Prospanica
Norma Scagnoli
Dir., Center for Learning Innovation
Illinois Institute of Technology
Dr. Theresa Szczurek
CEO, Technology and Management Solutions, LLC
Brandon Shaffer
Executive Director of P-TECH
St. Vrain Valley School District
Dr. Praful Shah
Board of Directors
PharmaJet, Inc.
Marcus Shaw
President and CEO
AltFinance
Rita Simas
Engineer (retired)
Aerospace and Defense Programs
Ralph Smith
Managing Director
Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
Dr. Dwayne Smith
President, Southern Connecticut State University
Dr. L’Tanya Spinelli
Head of K-12 Education NE/ISA
T-Mobile
Hayley Spira-Bauer
Chief Academic Officer
Fullmind
Alejandra “Ale” Spray
President and CEO
Hispanic Contractors of Colorado
Dan Steepleton
Aerospace Instructor, Littleton Public Schools EPIC Campus
Walton Stinson
Managing Director, WAAS Human Security for All Campaign
Tom Sullivan, JD
Board, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Bill Summers
Principal
Cañon City High School
Dr. Dana Suskind
Founder and Co-Director
TMW Center for Early Learning
Nick Terrones
Director of Community Relations
University of Washington
Dr. Pierre Theodore
Executive Director, Health Equity
Genentech
Dave Toole
Chairman
Outhink AI
Dr. Zulma Toro
President
Central Connecticut State University
Amanda Tovar
Chief Operating Officer
Prospanica
Jessica Tribett
Data Specialist
Colorado Department of Education
Dr. Gregory Triplett
Dean of Science and Engineering
Saint Louis University
Erika Twani
CEO
Learning One to One Foundation
Carrie Tynan
CEO
Adolph Coors Foundation
Haley Valdez
Deans List Graduate
University of Southern California
Tom Vander Ark
CEO & Partner
Getting Smart
Dr. Linda Van Doren
Vice President of Education
Emily Griffith Technical College
Victoria Vasques
Owner & Chairwoman
Tribal Tech LLC
Jill Vinson
Superintendent
Cardiff School District
Mai Vu
AI Program Manager
St. Vrain Valley School District
Nicole BreakofDay Wabaunsee
Owner & Founder
Total Tribal
Jonathan Wang
Head of Growth
Western Governors University
Derrick Watchman
President
Sagebrush Hill Group
John Watson
Founder
Digital Learning Annual Conference
Yolanda Webb
Executive Director
The Arc of Adams County
Rev. Lamont Wells
ED, Network of ELCA (Lutheran) Colleges and Universities (NECU)
Justin Wellum
Senior Manager, College Initiatives
DSST Public Schools
D.J. Whetter
CEO
CiviCO
JC Whorton
Adjunct Faculty
CU Boulder
Debra Wilcox
Chair
Colorado Space Business Roundtable
Amber Williams
Founder & CEO
Circa81 Design
Cindy Williams
Executive Director
WorkLife Partnership
Jerome “JYD” Williams
Author and former NBA player for the New York Knicks
Dr. LuWanna Williams
Executive Director
REP4
Dr. David Kwabena Wilson
President
Morgan State University
Gaye Woods
System VP Equity & Inclusion
CommonSpirit Health
Dr. Christa Wright
Research Director
UL Research Institutes
Heather Wylie
Sociology Professor, Guided Pathways Area Coordinator, Shasta College
Connie Zabalaga
Teacher Peer Mentoring
Colorado Department of Early Childhood
Zak Zielezinski
CEO
GLX Studio, MediaMobz Inc.