The Close It Summit – Critical Shift

Join us online. Streaming live on Youtube at CLOSEITsummt.

Online registration closed. Registration available at the door Monday, noon-5pm and starting again 7am, Tuesday.

Shift Happens:

15 - 16 OCTOBER 2019 / SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

Critical Shift

The leading conference gathering thought leaders and practitioners from education, technology, policy, HR, and foundations will be held at the Santa Fe Convention Center

One of the "10 Conferences You Should Attend If You Are An Education Entrepreneur In 2018" - FORBES

Featured Speakers

Marianne Merola
Education Program Manager | McDonald’s
Kristin Wolff
Aspiring Rainmaker | Social Policy Research
Julie Ballinger
Regional Affiliate | the Southwest ADA Center
Rich Brown
Director | City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development
Doug Lederman
Author & Editor | Inside Higher Ed
Stephanie Borowski
President & CEO, GPS Education Partners
Douglas Lynch
Professor | The University of Southern California
Elizabeth Garlow
Impact Investment Officer | Lumina Foundation
Ann Beheler
Executive Director, Emerging Technology Grants | Collin College
Catherine Saldutti
Founder | EduChange
Steve Dunn
Professor of Sustainable Enterprise | the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Jeremy Burton
Rerouting Roadtripper | Roadtrip Nation
Stephen Rice
President and CEO | Upskill Enterprise
Peter Callstrom
President & CEO, San Diego Workforce Partnership
Dawn Baron
President | Passion Profits Consulting
Dale Jasinski
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship | Quinnipiac University
Stephanie Couch
Executive Director | Lemelson-MIT Program
Dr. Ahrash Bissel
President | The NROC Project
Sarah Boisvert
Author | The New Collar Workforce
Mayor Alan Webber
Mayor | City of Santa Fe
Andrea Backman
Chief Employability Officer | Strategic Education Inc. (SEI)
Lovely Dhillon
CEO | Jodevi
Laylah Bulman
Regional Director | North America LEAD STEM Collaborator | Lego Education
Kendra Smiley
Statewide Family Engagement Director | National Center for Families Learning (NCFL)
Keith Wardrip
Community Development Research Manager | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Matthias Oschinski
Director of Innovation Economics | MaRS Data Catalyst
Julian L. Alssid
Vice President of Workforce Development | the Community College of Rhode Island
Martha Ross
Fellow | Metropolitan Policy Program | Brookings
Edward L. Abeyta, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Education and Community Outreach and Career Preparations Programs | UC San Diego Extension
Amyris Fernandez
Professor + Faculty Mentor | Brazilian Universities
Laurie Monfiletto
HR Director | Los Alamos National Laboratory
Parminder Jassal
Institute for the Future, Work + Learn Futures Group Director
Joseph Kitterman
President and CEO | 180 Skills
Brian Fleming
Executive Director Sandbox Collaborative, SNHU
Stephen Catt
Deputy Director of Education and Workforce Development | Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM)
Kelem Butts
Director of Charitable Operations, AT&T
Ramji Raghavan
Founder + CEO | Pragya Systems
Mary Jo Ferrare
Regional Director for Mohawk Valley | WDINY
Thomas Malone
Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management
Andrew Williamson
Executive Director | Victorian TAFE Association | Australia
Gordon Freedman
President | the National Laboratory for Education Transformation
Charles Ashley III
President & Founder | Cultivating Coders
Lois Johnson
Director of Workforce Strategies, Workforce Development Institute NY
Peter Bishop
Executive Director | Teach the Future
BOB HIERONYMUS
VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS | EMSI
Brandon Busteed
President, Kaplan University Partners
Laurel Wycoff
Education and Outreach Manager | New Mexico PBS | KNME
Todd Hand
Founder + Managing Partner | Knowledge Leaders
Tim Kubik
Co-Owner | Project ARC
David Helene
Founder + CEO | Edquity
Jason Palmer
General Partner | New Markets Venture Partners
Heather McGowan
Author + Speaker
Jan van der Hoop
President | Fit First Technologies
Ramsey Alwin
Director, Financial Resilience, Thought Leadership | AARP
Ellen Galinsky
Bezos Family Foundation
Alice Kilborn Riethman
Human Resources Professional + Former Employment Litigator
Valerie Wasielewksi
Senior Human Resources Manager | New York production facility | Chobani
Jen Schramm
Senior Strategic Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute
Joann Kozyrev
Vice President for Design & Development | Western Governor’s University
Shawn Jacqueline Bohen
Chief Transformative Impact Officer | Year Up, Inc. and Principal | Grads of Life
Terra Tarango
Director + Education Officer | Van Andel Education Institute
Saundra Schrock
CEO | Levelhead
Jack Lynch
Director of State Engagements | EducationSuperHighway
Vivek Sharma
Chief Executive Officer + Founder | InStride
Julie Keane
Chief Learning Officer | Participate
Casey Welch
Co-founder +CEO | Tallo
Steve Cadigan
Founder | Cadigan Talent Ventures
Bridget Burns
Executive Director | University Innovation Alliance
Amanda Aragon
Executive Director | New Mexico Kids Can
Philip Jordan
Vice President of BW Research Partnership | Executive Director | the Economic Advancement Research Institute
Eric Bing
CEO | The College of Health Care Professions
Ginger Gossman
Senior Director, Innovation and Policy Development Academic Planning and Policy Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Dr. Edward Leach
Executive Director | the National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development
Kevin Perkey
CEO | Workforce Southwest Washington
Steve Ardire
AI Startup Advisor | 'force multiplier'
Todd McCracken
President and CEO | National Small Business Association
Ken Eisner
Director | Worldwide Education Programs, Amazon Web Services
Reg Javier
Deputy Executive Officer | the Economic Development Agency | County of San Bernardino
Kate O’Neill
Cabinet Secretary | Higher Education Department | State of New Mexico
Carol Carter
Founder + CEO | LifeBound, LLC + GlobalMindED
Elyse Rosenblum
Founder and Principal | Grads of Life
David Doré
President | Pima Community College Northwest Campus + Downtown Campus
Franklin Schargel
Senior Managing Associate | School Success Network
Heather Buskirk
Instructional Methods Advisor for Career Readiness Education | K12
Darin Hartley
VP of Business Development & Solution Architecture | Frontier Signal
Erica Barreiro
Dean, School of Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences | Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)
Cherie Phipps
Director | Retail Management Certificate | Western Association of Food Chains
Jamie Seger
Design Lead | The University Innovation Alliance
Mark Atkinson
CEO | Mursion
Michael Ellison
Founder and CEO | CodePath.org
Monty Hamilton
Chief Executive Officer | Rural Sourcing Inc.
Jason A. Tyszko
Vice President | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Nelson Rockefeller
Founder and CEO | Frontier Signal Inc.
Katherine Bihr, Ed.D.
Vice President, Programs and Education for TGR Foundation
Audrey Williams-Lee
SVP, Corporate Human Resources & Philanthropy | Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Sarah Krasley
CEO | Shimmy Technologies
Leilani Brown
Senior Vice President | K12
Wayne Skipper
Founder and CEO of Concentric Sky
Sarah Silverman
Senior Vice President, New Market Strategy | Whiteboard Advisors
Ron Painter
CEO | National Association of Workforce Boards