2020 Speakers
Terri Rowenhorst
Director of Member Engagement
The NROC Project
Marisha Addison
Data Analysis/Researcher
Pell Institute
Ja’Net Adams
CEO
EMACK Consulting
Tomás Alvarez III
Social Entrepreneur
California
Paris Andrew
Director of Partnerships and Engagement
Duke University
Luis Antezana
CEO
Juntos For Education
Amanda Antico
Founder
EvolvED
Steve Ardire
AI Startup Advisor
'force multiplier' & 'Merchant of Light'
Faviola Armendariz
Organizer
Colorado Jobs With Justice
Jessica Artiles
Founder, Chief Design Officer
Darte Design
Shaan Baig
Founder and President
Youth Scientist and Innovators
Nina Baliga
Founder
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Kim Barber, Ph.D.
Director, Pre-College and Early Outreach Programs
California State University Monterey Bay
Jayda Batchelder
Founding Executive Director
Education Opens Doors
Susan Taylor Batten
President and CEO
Association of Black Foundation Executives
Eriana James-Bell
Student, African American Studies
Georgetown University
Sindy Benavides
Chief Executive Officer
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Luis Benitez
VP of Govt. Affairs
VF Corp.
Summer Benjamin
Ocean Advocate
POP Ocean Initiative
Sarabeth Berk, Ph.D.
Chair
Boardbound by Women’s Leadership Foundation
Kathy Bihr
V.P. & Exec. Director
TGR Foundation
Ahrash N. Bissell, Ph.D.
President
The NROC Project
Dr. Jonathan Blackwood
MedEDTech Consultant, CSO
Science Bounty GMED Young Professionals Leadership
Jennifer Bonine
CEO
Pink Lion AI
Sharon Bonney
Chief Executive Officer
Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE)
Gregory Bowlin
Chief Strategist
Real World Solutions, LLC
Lettisha Boyd
Associate Director of Technical Assistance
College and Community Fellowship
Abbygail Brewster
Graduate Student
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Amber Briggs
Policy Project Director
Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA)
Dr. Jerryl Briggs
President
Mississippi Valley State University
Dr. Kevin Brown
Founder & CTO
Great Ball of Light
Jaime Brown
Associate Director, Center for Student Engagement
Georgetown University
Leah Brown
Lawyer
Middle Eastern Sovereign Wealth Fund
Stefan Brunnhuber
Board Member
World Academy of Art & Science
Christie Buchele
Co-host
Empty Girlfriend Podcast
Harry Budisidharta
Executive Director
Asian Pacific Development Center
Laylah Bulman
Program Officer
The Samueli Foundation
Dr. Melinda L. Cain
Managing Director
Real World Solutions, LLC
Dr. Maggie Cahalan
Director
Pell Institute
Omar Carrasquillo
Implementation Consultant
McKinsey & Company
Carol Carter
Founder
GlobalMindED
Kaari Casey
Senior Program Manager
New York Academy of Sciences
Lauren Y. Casteel
President and CEO
The Women’s Foundation of Colorado
Monique Butler, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Swedish Medical Center
Ray Cabrera
Director of Upward Bound
University of South Florida
Charria Campbell
Director of Multicultural Affairs
Tennessee Tech University
Leilani Carbonell Pedroni
Manager of Customer Success
Tipalti
Kevin Cassidy
Director
International Labour Organization—U.S.
Eric Chagala, Ed.D.
Founding Principal
Vista Innovation & Design Academy
Meg Chapman
Sr. Manager of Curriculum and Training
Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain, Inc.
Audree Chase-Mayoral
Interim Director, Office of Global Distance Graduate Degrees
Lehigh University
UB Ciminieri
CEO & Facilitator
Breaking the Bias
Celine Coggins
Executive Director
Grantmakers for Education
Annie Contractor
CEO
Workplace Equity Partners
Getzamany Correa
Bard College
Dave Cortese
Supervisor
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Chris Danilo
Consultant
Danilo Consulting and Leadership
Greg Darnieder
Former Senior Advisor
Steans Family Foundation
Dr. Jandel Allen-Davis
President and CEO
Craig Hospital
Bryan DeBates
VP - Education
Space Foundation
Clotilde Dedecker
Programming and Marketing Lead Apple
Today at Apple
Jessica Dewell
Managing Partner
Red Direction
Sandrine Dixson-Declève
Co-President
Club of Rome
Dr. Erica Dodds
COO
Foundation for Climate Restoration
Heather Duncan
Director of Early Learning
The Collaboration for Early Childhood
Yannick Du Pont
Director
SPARK
Rebecca Dyer
Chief Mission Officer
Barbara Bush Foundation
Dr. Nate Easley
Strategic Advisor
Easley Found Solutions
Darla Edwards
Director of Special Projects
Virginia Ed Strategies
Dr. Tameka N. Ellington
CEO/Founder
1st Generation Revolutionaries
Dr. Aerial Ellis
Consultant
Culture | Diversity | Communication
Spencer Ellis
Director of Educational Innovation
Colorado Department of Higher Education
Joshua Faden
President
Community of Teachers
Dr. Rodolfo Fiorini
Member of the Board of Trustees of the World Academy of Art and Science, and Professor of Bioengineering in the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering Politecnico di Milano University, Milano, Italy
World Academy of Art and Science & Politecnico di Milano University, Milano, Italy
Jorden Favors
Pomona College
Lawrence Ford
Founder
Conscious Capital
Rosanne Foust
President & CEO
San Mateo County Economic Development Association
Triston Francis
Consultant
Boston Consulting Group
Terri E. Givens
CEO
The Center for Higher Education Leadership
Gregg Gonzales
Owner/Founder
Joyful Living
Jonathan Granoff
Senior Advisor
Permanent Secretariat of the World Summits of Nobel Peace Laureates
Allen Gula
Director
Conscious Impact
Jeremy Hamm
Project Manager
Whiting-Turner Contracting
Wytrice Harris
Manager, Detroit Promise Path
Detroit Regional Chamber
Lauren Jane Hartig
Regional Manager
Cultural Care Au Pair and Education First
Erica Harvey
Professor of chemistry
Fairmont State University
Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs
Founder & President
Curriculum Designers Group
Helen Young Hayes
Founder & CEO
Activate Workforce Solutions PBC
Nina Hays
VP, Strategic Initiatives
Workforce Ready Koncepts (WRK)
Lori Heisler
Chief Social Responsibility Director
Greater Good Institute
Evan Heit
Division Director
National Science Foundation
Dr. Jamey Heit
CEO
Ecree
Michael “Ffish” Hemschoot
Founder & Director
Worker Studio Animation
Josh Henges
Director
Veterans Community Project, Kansas City
Lawrence Hernandez
Executive Director
Admissions Geek
Mike Hess
Executive Director
Blind Institute of Technology
John Heyliger
Director of Workforce Programs, Strategy & Analytics
Lockheed Martin Space
Dr. Russ Hodges
Associate Professor
Texas State University
Oscar Holmes IV
Assoc Dean, Assoc Professor, & the RUSE Director
Rutgers School of Business-Camden
Dr. Shanika Hope
Head of Content and Research
AWS Educate (Amazon Web Services)
George Hornig
Sr Operating Exec, Dr, Advisor & Venture Investor
New York, New York
Joan Hornig
Owner
Philanthropy is Beautiful
Bratzo Horruitiner
Consultant and Mentor
Guardian Scholars
Alex Humphreys
Associate Vice President and Director
JSTOR Labs
Michelle Sioson Hyman
Deputy Director
Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s Ctr for Early Learning
Jade Irving
Retention Specialist
West Virginia State University
Kira Jackson
Student, Nursing
Community College of Aurora
Yvette Jackson, Ed.D.
Adjunct Professor
Teachers College, Columbia University
Garry Jacobs
President and CEO
World Academy of Art and Science & World University Consortium
Drew Johnson
Program Coordinator
North Carolina Central University
Erica Jones
President- Elect
Mississippi Association of Educators
Dr. Latonya Riddle-Jones
Assistant Professor
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Sherry Jones
Editor In Chief
The Limina
Sonali Joshi
COO
Cell-Ed
Ann Kaiser
Founder
ProjectEngin LLC
Riya Karumanchi
Founder and CEO
SmartCane
Martha Kaufeldt, M.A
Veteran Educator, Neuro-Education Consultant, Transformative Education Advocate
H. Ray Keith
Director of Instructional Intervention and Support in Academic Affairs
Community College of Aurora
Dr. Deborah Kelly
Lawyer
Washington, D.C
Taylor Kendal
Chief Program Officer
Learning Economy
Vanecia B. Kerr
Regional Executive Director
College Track Colorado
Sir David King
Founder
Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge
Nadene Klein, M.Ed.
Teacher
Daniel C Oakes High School
Kelly Knoche
Executive Director
The Teaching Well
Jayda Kolaco
Mount Wachusett Community College
Christina Korp
Founder and CEO
Purpose Entertainment
Natasha Labos
Vice President, Education Partnerships
The Myers-Briggs Company
Kim LeClaire
Director of Global Education
TeachUNITED
Stéphane Lessard
Consul General
of Canada in Denver
Danilo León
Assistant Professor
Colorado State UniversityPueblo
Molly Logan
Founder and CEO
Irregular Hours
Angela Long
Director, Strategic Engagement
Tallahassee Community College
Allison Lopez
Learning Specialist
Prison University Project
Kitty Lopez
Executive Director
First 5 San Mateo County
Gracey Loucks
Intern
Young Aspiring Americans for Social and Political Activism (YAASPA)
Pavel Luksha
Director & Founder
Global Education Futures
Mara Luna
Director of the Upward Bound Program
University of Puerto Rico
Dr. Ann Lutterman-Aguilar
Mexico Site Director & Global Faculty Member
Augsburg University
Dan Lutz
Co-founder, Developer, and Team Facilitator
CO-LEAD International
Dr. Calvin Mackie
Founder & CEO
STEM NOLA
Janiece Mackey
Co-founder/Executive Director
Young Aspiring Americans for Social and Political Activism (YAASPA)
Anthony Maddox
Professor of Clinical Education and Engineering Director
USC Rossier School of Education & USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Kristin A. Mannion
Founder
Aura Leadership and Development
Carlos Martinez
President and CEO
Association of Black Foundation Executives
Toi Massey
President & CEO
JEKL Foundation for STEAM Education
Bernard McCune
Senior Executive Director for Career & College Success
Denver Public Schools
Plashan McCune, LPC, Ed.D
CEO
Higher Learning LLC
Lorena Orozco McElwain
Asst. Deputy Secretary, Office of English Language Acquisition
U.S. Department of Education
Marissa McInnis Ramos
Mount Wachusett Community College
Ronald McNeil
Research Scientist
DOD STEM
Karen McNeil-Miller
President & CEO
Colorado Health Foundation
Sonya Mehta
Director of Partnerships
The Teaching Well
Mike Miles
Founder & CEO
Third Future Schools
Petal Modeste
Assoc. Dean of Student Affairs
Columbia Law school
Carissa Moffat Miller, Ph.D.
Executive Director
the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
James Monteiro
Executive Director
Reentry Campus Program
Jamillah Moore
President
Cañada College
Rama S. Moorthy
CEO
Hatha Systems
Melvin E Monette-Barajas
CEO
Indigenous Education, Inc.
D. Rico Munn, Esq.
Superintendent
Aurora Public Schools
Dr. Laura Gonzalez-Murphy
Director, NYS Immigration Policy
NY Department of State
Chelsea Murra
Program Assistant
The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education
Dr. Pamela Newkirk
Professor
New York University
Cheryl Nixon
Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs
Fort Lewis College
Robert Olson
Special Agent
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
Dr. Robert L. Owens, II
Interim VP of Student Affairs
Tennessee Tech University
Dr. Angie Paccione
Executive Director
Colorado Dept. of Higher Education
Dr. Ash Pachauri
Senior Mentor
Protect Our Planet Movement
Christine Padilla
Director
Build Up for San Mateo County’s Children
Rick Parnell
Chief Executive Officer
Foundation for Climate Restoration
Patrick Partridge
President
WGU Academy
Donato Kiniger-Passigli
Vice President
World Academy of Art & Science
Charity S. Peak
Academic Director
ACUE (Association of College and University Educators)
Audra Peck
Sr. Director - Education and Development
Space Foundation
Rocío Pérez
Founder
Inventiva Consulting & Dir. of Leadership GlobalMindED
Shaunti Phillips
Academic Counselor
Mount Wachusett Community College
Bill Pink
President
Grand Rapids Comm. College
Tim Podkul, Ph.D.
Principal Research Scientist
SRI Education
Henry Ponciano
Dean for Student Success and Retention
Tallahassee Community College
Mila Popovich
Founder
EVOLving Leadership
Madeline Pumariega
Executive Vice President and Provost
Tallahassee Community College
Chris Purifoy
CEO & Chairman
Learning Economy Fdn.
Gretchen Rank
Executive Director
Montezuma School To Farm Project
Srinivas Reddy
Director of Global Policy Partnerships
LinkedIn
Ariana Rodriguez
Intern
Young Aspiring Americans for Social and Political Activism (YAASPA)
Carlos Rodriguez
Senior Research Scientist
DOD STEM
Catalina Rodriguez
Director Director of TRIO Student Support Services
Purdue University Northwest
Kathleen Rogers
President
Earth Day Network
Stacey Rontiris
Head of Programmes
Tomorrow Trust
Adrian Rosado
Director of Cultural Clarity
The Zion Group
Dr. Crystal Rose
Executive Director of Academic Affairs
OZY
Dr. Ryan E. Ross
Speaker, Educator & Leadership Coach
Denver, CO
Pedro La Rotta
Student, Engineering
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dr. Jessica Rothenberg-Aalami
CEO and Founder
Cell-Ed
Dr. Sheri Rowland
Vice President, Student Affairs
Tallahassee Community College
Lisa Roy
Executive Director Early Childhood Education
The Buffett Institute
Jose Aceves-Salvador
Student, Chemistry & Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Racquel Samuel
HEOP Student Success Advisor
The New School
Lekshmy Sankar
IT Leader
MSU Denver
Jefferson Gustavo Sanchez Mayorga
Principal & Founder
The Knowmadic Group
Teneia Sanders
Independent Music Professional
Teneia.com
Sheila Sarem
Founder
Basta
Gary Schoeniger
Co-Author
Who Owns the Ice House?
Dr. Mary Schreiber Swenson
CEO & Founder
mymedchoicess
Steve Schueth
Managing Director
Thrize Partners
Dr. Stacy L. Scott
President
Center for Understanding Equity
John (Jawn) Segovia
Doctoral Student, Developmental Education Program
Texas State University
Julene Siddique
Director of Education
Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research
Rich Sinclair
CEO
Workplace Equity Partners
Andrew Singer
Faculty, Diesel
Community College of Aurora
Chelsea Situmeang
College Intern
Young Aspiring Americans for Social and Political Activism (YAASPA)
Adam Smith, Ph.D.
Senior Chemist
The Chemours Company
Coy Smith
Biology Major
Marshall University
Abby Snay
Deputy Secretary for the Future of Work
California Labor & Workforce Development
Gerald Solomon
Executive Director
The Samueli Foundation
Amanda Southworth
Executive Director
Astra Labs
Dr. Carol Spalding
President
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, USA
Mr. S.S. Sreejith
Founder, CEO, Director
GIIMS, WAAS Associate Fellow, World University Consortium
Becky Staton
Senior VP of Cyber Workforce Strategy
Bank of America
Jennifer Stevens
President / CEO
Virginia Ed Strategies
Jordan Stewart
Intern
Young Aspiring Americans for Social and Political Activism (YAASPA)
Terrell Strayhorn, PhD
Professor of Urban Education
LeMoyne-Owen College
Tom Stritikus
President
Fort Lewis College
Whitney Szmodis
Asst. Director, UN Programs and Fellowship Advising
Lehigh University
Megan Tesene, Ph.D.
Assoc. Director, Personalized Learning Consortium
Assn. of Public and Land-grant Universities
Michael Torrence
President
Motlow State Community College
Sorin Thomas
Founding and Executive Director
Queer Asterisk Therapeutic Services
Dr. Susanne Thompson
Chief Operating Officer
Discovery Education
Christine Thorsteinson
Interim Director, Early Education
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Center
Joe Thurman
Founder & Chief Talent Officer
Jobber Group
Amy Tran-Calhoun
Education Opens Doors
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Erika Twani
CEO & Founding Partner
Learning One to One Foundation
Domonique Tucker
Employer Brand Senior Specialist
Western Union President, GMED Young Professionals
Dr. Monique Umphrey
President
Houston Comm. College Northeast
Rep. Donald Valdez
Representative House District 62
Colorado House of Representatives
Jan van der Hoop
President and Co-Founder
Fit First Technologies
Tasia VanderVegt
Sociology Instructor
Community College of Aurora
Alexandria Villaseñor
Founder and Executive Director
Earth Uprising
Karen Vignare, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Exec. Director, Personalized Learning Consortium
Assn. of Public and Land-grant Universities
Diana Walker
Senior Advisor
Fdn. for Climate Restoration
Emanuel Walker
Business Analyst Intern
Vertafore
Toya Wall
Senior Program Officer
Ascendium Education Group
Carolyn Watson
Psychologist
Washington, District Of Columbia
Wayne Watts
Virtual Program Specialist
Denver Public Schools
Lisa Weinberg
Ext. Partner Specialist
Denver Public Schools
Lauren Wells, Ph.D.
Educator, researcher, and community organizer
Creed Strategies
Jo Lynne Whiting
Chair
Boardbound by Women’s Leadership Foundation
Sandy Wilborn
Director of Programs
Virginia Ed Strategies
Waukecha Wilkerson
Ascend Parent Advisor
The Aspen Institute
Chelsea Williams
Founder & CEO
College Code
Nate Williams
Director of Global Policy Partnerships
LinkedIn
Kathryn Williamson, Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor
West Virginia University Department of Physics & Astronomy
Karen Worstell, MA, MS
CEO
W Risk Group
Telisa Yancy
Chief Operating Officer
American Family Insurance
Train Wu
Director of Diversity Pipeline
Mount Wachusett Community College
Allison Zmuda
Education Consultant
Curriculum Designers Group
Alberto Zucconi
Chairman of the Board
World Academy of Art & Science
Angie Smajstrla, Ed.D
Regional Membership Manager
The NROC Project
Shanna Ayer
Vice Principal
Proximity Learning, lnc.
Shelly Fisher
Vice Principal
Proximity Learning, lnc.
Sefina Lucki
Product Manager
Proximity Learning, lnc.
Rubina Dwivedi
Human Resources Manager
Proximity Learning, lnc.
Javon Brame
Dean of Students
Arapahoe Community College
Clifton Taulbert
Entrepreneur-Pulitzer Nominee-International Lecturer
CEO of Roots Java Coffee
Rep. Leslie Herod
State Representative
Colorado Government