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
Featured Speakers
Joseph Kitterman
President and CEO | 180 SkillsCory Eyler
Vice President & General Manager, ed2goDoris Korda
Founder, Korda Institute for TeachingMichael Ellison
Founder and CEO | CodePath.orgAndrew Williamson
Executive Director | Victorian TAFE Association | AustraliaNelson Rockefeller
Founder and CEO | Frontier Signal Inc.Marianne Merola
Education Program Manager | McDonald’sJessica Rothenberg-Aalami
CEO and founder of Cell-EdTodd Hand
Founder + Managing Partner | Knowledge LeadersLorenzo Esters
Executive Director | Higher Education Partnerships | the Global Education Division | ETSAnn Beheler
Executive Director, Emerging Technology Grants | Collin CollegeRamsey Alwin
Director, Financial Resilience, Thought Leadership | AARPParminder Jassal
Institute for the Future, Work + Learn Futures Group DirectorStephen Catt
Deputy Director of Education and Workforce Development | Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM)Kristen Fyfe-Mills
Associate Director of Communications + Brand | the Association for Talent DevelopmentWayne Skipper
Founder and CEO of Concentric SkyEdward L. Abeyta, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Education and Community Outreach and Career Preparations Programs | UC San Diego ExtensionAngela Jackson
Partner | New ProfitBen Wallerstein
CEO + Co-founder | Whiteboard AdvisorsRachel Harmon
Deputy Director | Talent & Workforce Development | City of Birmingham’s Office of Innovation and Economic OpportunitySteve Cadigan
Founder | Cadigan Talent VenturesStephen Patrick
Vice President and Executive Director | the Aspen Institute Forum for Community SolutionsJennifer Dixson Hoff
Senior Vice President | Portfolio Strategy | Strategic Education, Inc. | Capella UniversityAndrea Backman
Chief Employability Officer | Strategic Education Inc. (SEI)Kevin Perkey
CEO | Workforce Southwest WashingtonTim Kubik
Co-Owner | Project ARCErin White
Senior Director, Product Development & Research | STEMconnectorEric Bing
CEO | The College of Health Care ProfessionsSaundra Schrock
CEO | LevelheadSteve Dunn
Professor of Sustainable Enterprise | the University of Wisconsin OshkoshMatthias Oschinski
Director of Innovation Economics | MaRS Data CatalystAudrey Williams-Lee
SVP, Corporate Human Resources & Philanthropy | Hyatt Hotels CorporationDoug Lederman
Author & Editor | Inside Higher EdRamji Raghavan
Founder + CEO | Pragya SystemsDarin Hartley
VP of Business Development & Solution Architecture | Frontier SignalKendra Smiley
Statewide Family Engagement Director | National Center for Families Learning (NCFL)Steve Ardire
AI Startup Advisor | 'force multiplier'Emilie Rafal
Director of Programs | Credential EngineDr. Katie Nielson
Chief Education Officer | VoxyCharles Ashley III
President & Founder | Cultivating CodersMike Marriner
Co-founder | Roadtrip NationMarie A. Cini
President | Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)Gerald R. Solomon
Executive Director, Samueli FoundationFranklin Schargel
Senior Managing Associate | School Success NetworkDouglas Lynch
Professor | The University of Southern CaliforniaStephen Rice
President and CEO | Upskill EnterprisePeter Callstrom
President & CEO, San Diego Workforce PartnershipCharles Tsai
Manager of Social Innovation Partnerships | Fossil FoundationKatherine Bihr, Ed.D.
Vice President, Programs and Education for TGR FoundationLuther Jackson
Program Manager | NOVAGinger Gossman
Senior Director, Innovation and Policy Development Academic Planning and Policy Texas Higher Education Coordinating BoardStephanie Borowski
President & CEO, GPS Education PartnersNotah Begay III
Professional Golfer and Founder | NB3 FoundationJustin Wolske
Founder | CaseworxPhilip Jordan
Vice President of BW Research Partnership | Executive Director | the Economic Advancement Research InstituteKate O’Neill
Cabinet Secretary | Higher Education Department | State of New MexicoJosh Davies
CEO | The Center for Work Ethic DevelopmentLovely Dhillon
CEO | JodeviLaylah Bulman
Regional Director | North America LEAD STEM Collaborator | Lego EducationLisa McNiven
Disability Consultant | Governor’s Commission on DisabilityDonna Diller
Dean | School of Business & Information Technology | Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)Shelly Gore
CEO | Innovative Systems Group (ISG) + Co-founder | A Bigger View (ABV).Rachel Korberg
Program Officer | Future of Work(ers) | Ford FoundationAnne Kauth
Head of Partnerships | Foundry CollegeJason A. Tyszko
Vice President | U.S. Chamber of Commerce FoundationLaurie Monfiletto
HR Director | Los Alamos National LaboratoryHeather Buskirk
Instructional Methods Advisor for Career Readiness Education | K12Elyse Rosenblum
Founder and Principal | Grads of LifeKeith Wardrip
Community Development Research Manager | Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaSean Sullivan
Chief Human Resources Officer | Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)Elizabeth Garlow
Impact Investment Officer | Lumina FoundationJoann Kozyrev
Vice President for Design & Development | Western Governor’s UniversityMaria Fieth
Partnership Development | California State UniversityAshley Putnam
Director of the Economic Growth & Mobility Project (EGMP)| the Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaMartha Ross
Fellow | Metropolitan Policy Program | BrookingsThomas Malone
Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of ManagementDawn Baron
President | Passion Profits ConsultingKathleen deLaski
Founder + President | Education Design LabBrandon Busteed
President, Kaplan University PartnersDale Jasinski
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship | Quinnipiac UniversityLeilani Brown
Senior Vice President | K12Julie Keane
Chief Learning Officer | ParticipateDr. Edward Leach
Executive Director | the National Institute of Staff and Organizational DevelopmentShawn Jacqueline Bohen
Chief Transformative Impact Officer | Year Up, Inc. and Principal | Grads of LifeCasey Welch
Co-founder +CEO | TalloJeremy Walsh
Vice President | Enterprise Learning Solutions | Wiley Education SolutionsTodd McCracken
President and CEO | National Small Business AssociationErica Barreiro
Dean, School of Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences | Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)Julian L. Alssid
Vice President of Workforce Development | the Community College of Rhode IslandMelvin Hines
CEO | UpswingGordon Freedman
President | the National Laboratory for Education TransformationStephanie Couch
Executive Director | Lemelson-MIT ProgramValerie Wasielewksi
Senior Human Resources Manager | New York production facility | ChobaniKaylee Peile
Portfolio Catalyst | KC Social Innovation CenterJack Lynch
Director of State Engagements | EducationSuperHighwayAdam Morrison
Adam Morrison, M.Sc. | Vice President, Projects and Partneships | OTECChristin Durham
Senior Policy Associate | Income and Benefits Policy Center | Urban InstituteDr. Ahrash Bissel
President | The NROC ProjectMark Atkinson
CEO | Mursion
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