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
Ron Painter
CEO | National Association of Workforce BoardsPhilip Jordan
Vice President of BW Research Partnership | Executive Director | the Economic Advancement Research InstituteBrian Fleming
Executive Director Sandbox Collaborative, SNHUDawn Baron
President | Passion Profits ConsultingDavid Doré
President | Pima Community College Northwest Campus + Downtown CampusElizabeth Garlow
Impact Investment Officer | Lumina FoundationPeter Bishop
Executive Director | Teach the FutureTeresa Chung
Founder + Managing Partner | HighFive PartnersSusan Jeska
Vice President, Center for Clinician Advancement | UnitedHealth GroupAndrew Williamson
Executive Director | Victorian TAFE Association | AustraliaLillian Montoya
President & CEO | CHRISTUS St. Vincent healthcare systemSaundra Schrock
CEO | LevelheadGabriela Rivera
Associate Director for International Affairs | CETYS UniversityGordon Freedman
President | the National Laboratory for Education TransformationAnn Beheler
Executive Director, Emerging Technology Grants | Collin CollegeJessica Rothenberg-Aalami
CEO and founder of Cell-EdPamela Frugoli
Senior Workforce Analyst | US Department of Labor | Employment and Training AdministrationJoann Kozyrev
Vice President for Design & Development | Western Governor’s UniversityMike Marriner
Co-founder | Roadtrip NationLeilani Brown
Senior Vice President | K12Doris Korda
Founder, Korda Institute for TeachingRich Brown
Development Specialist | City of Santa Fe Office of Economic Development.Ken Eisner
Director | Worldwide Education Programs | Amazon Web ServicesChristin Durham
Senior Policy Associate | Income and Benefits Policy Center | Urban InstituteCharles Ashley III
President & Founder | Cultivating CodersShawn Jacqueline Bohen
Chief Transformative Impact Officer | Year Up, Inc. and Principal | Grads of LifeVivek Sharma
Chief Executive Officer + Founder | InStrideJennifer Dixson Hoff
Vice President | Portfolio Strategy | Strategic Education, Inc. | Capella UniversityDoug Lederman
Author & Editor | Inside Higher EdTracey Bryan
President/CEO | The Bridge of Southern New MexicoReg Javier
Deputy Executive Officer | the Economic Development Agency | County of San BernardinoRamsey Alwin
Director, Financial Resilience, Thought Leadership | AARPTodd Hand
Founder + Managing Partner | Knowledge LeadersGerald R. Solomon
Executive Director, Samueli FoundationFranklin Schargel
Senior Managing Associate | School Success NetworkJason Palmer
General Partner | New Markets Venture PartnersSteve Cadigan
Founder | Cadigan Talent VenturesCharles Tsai
Manager of Social Innovation Partnerships | Fossil FoundationKevin Perkey
CEO | Workforce Southwest WashingtonThomas Malone
Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of ManagementErin White
Senior Director, Product Development & Research | STEMconnectorAshley Putnam
Director of the Economic Growth & Mobility Project (EGMP)| the Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiaAmy Freedman
Senior International Trade Specialist | US Commercial Service - Cleveland | US Department of CommerceKate O’Neill
Cabinet Secretary | Higher Education Department | State of New MexicoAdam Morrison
Adam Morrison, M.Sc. | Vice President, Projects and Partneships | OTECMarianne Merola
Education Program Manager | McDonald’sJack Lynch
Director of State Engagements | EducationSuperHighwayDavid Helene
Founder + CEO | EdquityStephanie Couch
Executive Director | Lemelson-MIT ProgramEmilie Rafal
Director of Programs | Credential EngineJustin Wolske
Founder | CaseworxDale Jasinski
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship | Quinnipiac UniversityMelvin Hines
CEO | UpswingDayna Laur
Co-Owner | ProjectArcPaula Sammons
Family Economic Security | W.K. Kellogg FoundationKelem Butts
Director of Charitable Operations, AT&TJulie Ballinger
Regional Affiliate | the Southwest ADA CenterErica Barreiro
Dean, School of Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences | Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)Valerie Wasielewksi
Senior Human Resources Manager | New York production facility | ChobaniMatthias Oschinski
Director of Innovation Economics | MaRS Data CatalystBetsy Edasery
Program Director | The Workers LabAudrey Williams-Lee
VP, Corporate Human Resources & Global Philanthropy Hyatt Hotels CorporationAmyris Fernandez
Professor + Faculty Mentor | Brazilian UniversitiesDr. Edward Leach
Executive Director | the National Institute of Staff and Organizational DevelopmentTim Kubik
Co-Owner | Project ARCShelly Gore
CEO | Innovative Systems Group (ISG) + Co-founder | A Bigger View (ABV).Ben Wallerstein
CEO + Co-founder | Whiteboard AdvisorsJason A. Tyszko
Vice President | U.S. Chamber of Commerce FoundationSteve Ardire
AI Startup Advisor | 'force multiplier'Heather McGowan
Author + SpeakerSteve Dunn
Professor of Sustainable Enterprise | the University of Wisconsin OshkoshJen Schramm
Senior Strategic Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy InstituteJan van der Hoop
President | Fit First TechnologiesMarina Gorbis
Executive Director, Institute for the Future (IFTF)Marie A. Cini
President | Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)Dr. Katie Nielson
Chief Education Officer | VoxyMary Walshok, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor | Public Programs + Dean of Extension | University of California San DiegoTodd McCracken
President and CEO | National Small Business AssociationAnne Kauth
Head of Partnerships | Foundry CollegeJulian L. Alssid
Vice President of Workforce Development | the Community College of Rhode IslandKatherine Bihr, Ed.D.
Vice President, Programs and Education for TGR FoundationKristen Fyfe-Mills
Associate Director of Communications + Brand | the Association for Talent DevelopmentParminder Jassal
Institute for the Future, Work + Learn Futures Group DirectorMartha Ross
Fellow | Metropolitan Policy Program | BrookingsStephanie Borowski
President & CEO, GPS Education PartnersCatherine Saldutti
Founder | EduChangeMary Jo Ferrare
Regional Director for Mohawk Valley | WDINYMonty Hamilton
Chief Executive Officer | Rural Sourcing Inc.Casey Welch
Co-founder +CEO | TalloEric Bing
CEO | The College of Health Care ProfessionsRachel Korberg
Program Officer | Future of Work(ers) | Ford FoundationStephen Catt
Deputy Director of Education and Workforce Development | Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM)Sarah Leibrandt, PhD
Senior Research Analyst, Western Interstate Commission for Higher EducationAndrea Backman
Chief Employability Officer | Strategic Education Inc. (SEI)Mayor Alan Webber
Mayor | City of Santa FeAmanda Aragon
Executive Director | New Mexico Kids CanJosh Davies
CEO | The Center for Work Ethic DevelopmentDr. Ahrash Bissel
President | The NROC ProjectJamie Seger
Design Lead | The University Innovation AllianceRamji Raghavan
Founder + CEO | Pragya Systems
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