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2020 Featured Keynote Speakers and Ideators
(Speakers In Random Order)
Lois Johnson
Director of Workforce Strategies, Workforce Development Institute NY
Katherine Bihr, Ed.D.
Vice President, Programs and Education for TGR Foundation
Luther Jackson
Program Manager, NOVA
Lisa Tenorio
Education & Learning for Unreal Engine at Epic Games
Nathaniel Cole
American's Promise Alliance, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships
Keith Wardrip
Community Development Research Manager, The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Mike Dulworth
President and CEO, Executive Networks
Peter Callstrom
President & CEO, San Diego Workforce Partnership
Eric Bing
CEO | The College of Health Care Professions
Nina Ladner
Senior Delivery Manager, Rural Sourcing
Philip Jordan
Vice President of BW Research Partnership | Executive Director | the Economic Advancement Research Institute
Dayna Laur
Co-Owner, Project Arc LLC
Derek Williams
Youth Fellow, Innovate+Educate
Sean Sullivan
Chief Human Resources Officer | Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Dr. John Boudreau
Author & Professor
Brandon Chrostowski
Founder, EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute
Cindy Murphy
Consultant, The SHIFT Awards
Kevin Clark
Co-Founder of Content Evolution
Mariam Adegoroye
Manager, WAVE Academy
Karen Mickool
Consultant, The SHIFT Awards
Joanne Cheng
Investor, Rethink Education
Mel Brown
Bassist
Parminder Jassal
CEO, Social Tech, Inc.
Bryan Alexander
Futurist & Researcher
Kelly Middleton Banks
Program Implementation Manager, National Association of Workforce Boards
Amyris Fernandez
UX Researcher & Strategist
Ben Brown
The Association of Young Americans, CEO
William Dowdell
Senior Director, KC Social Innovation
Gerald R. Solomon
Executive Director, Samueli Foundation
Casey Welch
Co-founder + CEO. Tallo
Steve Cadigan
Founder, Cadigan Talent Ventures
Mike Marriner
Co-founder, Roadtrip Nation
Marina Gorbis
Executive Director, Institute for the Future (IFTF)
Ashley Putnam
Director of the Economic Growth & Mobility Project (EGMP). The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Esteban Venegas Villanueva
Director of Observatorio en Innovación Educativa en el Tecnológico de Monterrey
Monty Hamilton
Chief Executive Officer | Rural Sourcing Inc.
Kari Keefe
Founding Executive Director, KC Social Innovation Center
Michael White
Regional Vice President of Sales, Rural Sourcing
Lee Lambert
Chancellor, Pima Community College
Dr. Angela Jackson
Partner. New Profit
Ron Painter
CEO, National Association of Workforce Boards
Tim Kubik
Co-Owner, Project ARC
One of the "10 Conferences You Should Attend If You Are An Education Entrepreneur In 2018" - FORBES
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