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
Patrick Partridge
President | WGU AcademyRamji Raghavan
Founder + CEO | Pragya SystemsDouglas Lynch
Professor USC | Ed Tech Start UpsEric Bing
CEO | The College of Health Care ProfessionsStephen Patrick
Vice President and Executive Director | the Aspen Institute Forum for Community SolutionsJustin Wolske
Founder | CaseworxJulian L. Alssid
Vice President of Workforce Development | the Community College of Rhode IslandAshish Rangnekar
Co-founder + CEO | BenchPrepWayne Skipper
Founder and CEO of Concentric SkyJen Schramm
Senior Strategic Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy InstituteKatherine Bihr, Ed.D.
Vice President, Programs and Education for TGR FoundationDayna Laur
Co-Owner | ProjectArcMarianne Merola
Education Program Manager | McDonald’sPamela Frugoli
Senior Workforce Analyst | US Department of Labor | Employment and Training AdministrationMat Jacobson
Founder+CEO | Dūcere Global Business SchoolStephen Catt
Deputy Director of Education and Workforce Development | Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM)David Doré
President | Pima Community College Northwest Campus + Downtown CampusKeith Wardrip
Community Development Research Manager | Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaChristin Durham
Senior Policy Associate | Income and Benefits Policy Center | Urban InstituteDoug Lederman
Author & Editor | Inside Higher EdMonty Hamilton
Chief Executive Officer | Rural Sourcing Inc.Kristen Fyfe-Mills
Associate Director of Communications + Brand | the Association for Talent DevelopmentJoseph Kitterman
President and CEO | 180 SkillsTim Kubik
Co-Owner | Project ARCAlice Kilborn Riethman
Human Resources Professional + Former Employment LitigatorMayor Alan Webber
Mayor | City of Santa FeReg Javier
Deputy Executive Officer | the Economic Development Agency | County of San BernardinoMatthias Oschinski
Director of Innovation Economics | MaRS Data CatalystSarah Boisvert
Author | The New Collar WorkforceSteve Ardire
AI Startup Advisor | 'force multiplier'Elyse Rosenblum
Founder and Principal | Grads of LifeGerald R. Solomon
Executive Director, Samueli FoundationRamsey Alwin
Director, Financial Resilience, Thought Leadership | AARPPaula Sammons
Family Economic Security | W.K. Kellogg FoundationThomas Malone
Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of ManagementSuparno Banerjee
Vice President of Public Sector and Smart Cities for Nokia Global EnterpriseAmanda Aragon
Executive Director | New Mexico Kids CanAnn Beheler
Executive Director, Emerging Technology Grants | Collin CollegeStephanie Couch
Executive Director | Lemelson-MIT ProgramCarol Carter
Founder + CEO | LifeBound, LLC + GlobalMindEDStephanie Borowski
President & CEO, GPS Education PartnersAmyris Fernandez
Professor + Faculty Mentor | Brazilian UniversitiesJoann Kozyrev
Vice President for Design & Development | Western Governor’s UniversityGabriela Rivera
Associate Director for International Affairs | CETYS UniversityLaurie Monfiletto
HR Director | Los Alamos National LaboratoryEmilie Rafal
Director of Programs | Credential EngineStephen Rice
President and CEO | Upskill EnterprisePeter Callstrom
President & CEO, San Diego Workforce PartnershipShawn Jacqueline Bohen
Chief Transformative Impact Officer | Year Up, Inc. and Principal | Grads of LifeDoris Korda
Founder, Korda Institute for TeachingJosh Davies
CEO | The Center for Work Ethic DevelopmentDavid Helene
Founder + CEO | EdquityBrandon Busteed
President, Kaplan University PartnersGinger Gossman
Senior Director, Innovation and Policy Development Academic Planning and Policy Texas Higher Education Coordinating BoardBetsy Edasery
Program Director | The Workers LabPeter Bishop
Executive Director | Teach the FutureRuth Ruggero Hughs
Chair and Commissioner Representing Employers Texas Workforce CommissionAndrew Williamson
Executive Director | Victorian TAFE Association | AustraliaDavid Troutman
Associate Vice Chancellor | Institutional Research + Advanced Analytics | Office of Institutional Research + Analysis | the University of Texas SystemJan van der Hoop
President |Fit First TechnologiesDr. Katie Nielson
Chief Education Officer | VoxyDr. Ahrash Bissel
President | The NROC ProjectParminder Jassal
Institute for the Future, Work + Learn Futures Group DirectorJessica Rothenberg-Aalami
CEO and founder of Cell-EdTodd McCracken
President and CEO | National Small Business AssociationSusan Lupo
Senior Policy Associate | Corporation for a Skilled WorkforceBOB HIERONYMUS
VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS | EMSIJason A. Tyszko
Vice President | U.S. Chamber of Commerce FoundationSarah Leibrandt, PhD
Senior Research Analyst, Western Interstate Commission for Higher EducationRon Painter
CEO | National Association of Workforce BoardsRich Brown
Development Specialist | City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development.Jennifer Dixson Hoff
Vice President | Portfolio Strategy | Strategic Education, Inc. | Capella UniversityMarie A. Cini
President | Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)Mike Marriner
Co-founder | Roadtrip NationDawn Baron
President | Passion Profits ConsultingSteve Cadigan
Founder | Cadigan Talent VenturesDr. Edward Leach
Executive Director | the National Institute of Staff and Organizational DevelopmentKen Eisner
Ken Eisner, Global Lead, AWS Educate, Amazon Web ServicesAudrey Williams-Lee
VP, Corporate Human Resources & Global Philanthropy Hyatt Hotels CorporationMary Jo Ferrare
Regional Director for Mohawk Valley | WDINYLillian Montoya
President & CEO | CHRISTUS St. Vincent healthcare systemRoti Balogun
Global Head of Organization & Talent Development | General Electric (GE) | PowerAshley Putnam
Director of the Economic Growth & Mobility Project (EGMP)| the Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaHeather McGowan
Author + SpeakerCharles Ashley III
President & Founder | Cultivating CodersMarina Gorbis
Executive Director, Institute for the Future (IFTF)
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