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
Martha Ross
Fellow | Metropolitan Policy Program | BrookingsJulian L. Alssid
Vice President of Workforce Development | the Community College of Rhode IslandGordon Freedman
President | the National Laboratory for Education TransformationLillian Montoya
President & CEO | CHRISTUS St. Vincent healthcare systemLaurie Monfiletto
HR Director | Los Alamos National LaboratoryTim Kubik
Co-Owner | Project ARCAmyris Fernandez
Professor + Faculty Mentor | Brazilian UniversitiesFranklin Schargel
Senior Managing Associate | School Success NetworkKatherine Bihr, Ed.D.
Vice President, Programs and Education for TGR FoundationShawn Jacqueline Bohen
Chief Transformative Impact Officer | Year Up, Inc. and Principal | Grads of LifeAndrew Williamson
Executive Director | Victorian TAFE Association | AustraliaKevin Perkey
CEO | Workforce Southwest WashingtonReg Javier
Deputy Executive Officer | the Economic Development Agency | County of San BernardinoKathleen deLaski
Founder + President | Education Design LabMary Jo Ferrare
Regional Director for Mohawk Valley | WDINYRich Brown
Development Specialist | City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development.Teresa Chung
Founder + Managing Partner | HighFive PartnersTodd McCracken
President and CEO | National Small Business AssociationAlice Kilborn Riethman
Human Resources Professional + Former Employment LitigatorJoann Kozyrev
Vice President for Design & Development | Western Governor’s UniversityKelem Butts
Director of Charitable Operations, AT&TJason A. Tyszko
Vice President | U.S. Chamber of Commerce FoundationSteve Dunn
Professor of Sustainable Enterprise | the University of Wisconsin OshkoshAmy Freedman
Senior International Trade Specialist | US Commercial Service - Cleveland | US Department of CommercePamela Frugoli
Senior Workforce Analyst | US Department of Labor | Employment and Training AdministrationMonty Hamilton
Chief Executive Officer | Rural Sourcing Inc.Stephanie Borowski
President & CEO, GPS Education PartnersStephen Catt
Deputy Director of Education and Workforce Development | Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM)Dr. Ahrash Bissel
President | The NROC ProjectParminder Jassal
Institute for the Future, Work + Learn Futures Group DirectorJan van der Hoop
President | Fit First TechnologiesAshish Rangnekar
Co-founder + CEO | BenchPrepDavid Troutman
Associate Vice Chancellor | Institutional Research + Advanced Analytics | Office of Institutional Research + Analysis | the University of Texas SystemDavid Doré
President | Pima Community College Northwest Campus + Downtown CampusHeather McGowan
Author + SpeakerAmanda Aragon
Executive Director | New Mexico Kids CanPeter Callstrom
President & CEO, San Diego Workforce PartnershipGabriela Rivera
Associate Director for International Affairs | CETYS UniversityBrandon Busteed
President, Kaplan University PartnersMary Walshok, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor | Public Programs + Dean of Extension | University of California San DiegoElyse Rosenblum
Founder and Principal | Grads of LifePam Coleman
Director | State Personnel Office | New MexicoPhilip Jordan
Vice President of BW Research Partnership | Executive Director | the Economic Advancement Research InstituteCarol Carter
Founder + CEO | LifeBound, LLC + GlobalMindEDKeith Wardrip
Community Development Research Manager | Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaJen Schramm
Senior Strategic Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy InstituteKen Eisner
Ken Eisner, Global Lead, AWS Educate, Amazon Web ServicesEric Bing
CEO | The College of Health Care ProfessionsChristin Durham
Senior Policy Associate | Income and Benefits Policy Center | Urban InstituteErin White
Senior Director, Product Development & Research | STEMconnectorSarah Boisvert
Author | The New Collar WorkforceRoti Balogun
Global Head of Organization & Talent Development | General Electric (GE) | PowerJustin Wolske
Founder | CaseworxTodd Hand
Founder + Managing Partner | Knowledge LeadersBOB HIERONYMUS
VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS | EMSIRuth Ruggero Hughs
Chair and Commissioner Representing Employers Texas Workforce CommissionDouglas Lynch
Professor USC | Ed Tech Start UpsJessica Rothenberg-Aalami
CEO and founder of Cell-EdStephanie Couch
Executive Director | Lemelson-MIT ProgramCatherine Saldutti
Founder | EduChangeDavid Helene
Founder + CEO | EdquityDr. Edward Leach
Executive Director | the National Institute of Staff and Organizational DevelopmentMatthias Oschinski
Director of Innovation Economics | MaRS Data CatalystJoseph Kitterman
President and CEO | 180 SkillsErica Barreiro
Dean, School of Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences | Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)Ron Painter
CEO | National Association of Workforce BoardsBetsy Edasery
Program Director | The Workers LabMarina Gorbis
Executive Director, Institute for the Future (IFTF)Brian Fleming
Executive Director Sandbox Collaborative, SNHURachel Korberg
Program Officer | Future of Work(ers) | Ford FoundationDr. Katie Nielson
Chief Education Officer | VoxyDayna Laur
Co-Owner | ProjectArcMike Marriner
Co-founder | Roadtrip NationMayor Alan Webber
Mayor | City of Santa FeStephen Patrick
Vice President and Executive Director | the Aspen Institute Forum for Community SolutionsTracey Bryan
President/CEO | The Bridge of Southern New MexicoSusan Lupo
Senior Policy Associate | Corporation for a Skilled WorkforceRamji Raghavan
Founder + CEO | Pragya SystemsJulie Ballinger
Regional Affiliate | the Southwest ADA CenterElizabeth Garlow
Impact Investment Officer | Lumina FoundationLaurel Wycoff
Education and Outreach Manager | New Mexico PBS | KNMEThomas Malone
Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of ManagementJason Palmer
General Partner | New Markets Venture PartnersSaundra Schrock
CEO | LevelheadMarianne Merola
Education Program Manager | McDonald’sStephen Rice
President and CEO | Upskill EnterprisePatrick Partridge
President | WGU AcademyDawn Baron
President | Passion Profits ConsultingSarah Leibrandt, PhD
Senior Research Analyst, Western Interstate Commission for Higher EducationPeter Bishop
Executive Director | Teach the FutureDoris Korda
Founder, Korda Institute for TeachingAdam Morrison
Adam Morrison, M.Sc. | Vice President, Projects and Partneships | OTECEmilie Rafal
Director of Programs | Credential EngineMarie A. Cini
President | Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)Paula Sammons
Family Economic Security | W.K. Kellogg FoundationJamie Seger
Design Lead | The University Innovation AllianceJosh Davies
CEO | The Center for Work Ethic DevelopmentValerie Wasielewksi
Senior Human Resources Manager | New York production facility | ChobaniAshley Putnam
Director of the Economic Growth & Mobility Project (EGMP)| the Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaDoug Lederman
Author & Editor | Inside Higher Ed
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