2020 Speakers
We are rolling out new speakers every week leading up to the event. Come back to see updates!(Speakers in Random Order)
Kelly Middleton Banks
Manager of Program Implementation, National Association of Workforce Boards
Ramji Raghavan
Founder + CEO, Pragya Systems
Ben Brown
The Association of Young Americans, CEO
Julian L. Alssid
Founding Collaborator | Chief Marketplace Engagement Officer, Social Tech, Inc.
Kevin E. Drumm
President, SUNY Broome Community College
Toni Hopper Pendergrass
President, San Juan Community College
Jasmine Hill
Writer, Educator, Organizer, PhD Candidate, Stanford University
Gerald R. Solomon
Executive Director, Samueli Foundation
Keith Wardrip
Community Development Research Manager, The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Joe Morgan
Vice President, University Partnerships, Pearson Online Learning Services (POLS)
Erica Barreiro
Dean, School of Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences | Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)
Dawn Baron
President | Passion Profits Consulting
Lee Lambert
Chancellor, Pima Community College
Holly Zanville
Strategy Director, Lumina Foundation
Tim Kubik
Co-Owner, Project ARC
Cindy Murphy
Consultant, The SHIFT Awards
Brandon Chrostowski
Founder, EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute
Mel Brown
Bassist
Nicole Trimble
Founder, Talent Rewire
Mariam Adegoroye
Manager, WAVE Academy
Philip Jordan
Vice President of BW Research Partnership | Executive Director | the Economic Advancement Research Institute
Steven Gonzales
Interim Chancellor, Maricopa County Community College District
Peter Callstrom
President & CEO, San Diego Workforce Partnership
Parminder Jassal
Founder | Chief Executive Officer, Social Tech, Inc.
Michael White
Regional Vice President of Sales, Rural Sourcing
Lisa Tenorio
Education & Learning for Unreal Engine at Epic Games
Marina Gorbis
Executive Director, Institute for the Future (IFTF)
Sean Sullivan
Chief Human Resources Officer | Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Lois Johnson
Director of Workforce Strategies, Workforce Development Institute NY
William Dowdell
Senior Director, KC Social Innovation
Dr. John Boudreau
Author & Professor
Landon Taylor, Jr.
Sales Account Executive, Nativo
Marlene Garcia
Executive Director, California Student Aid Commission
Albert Lewis, Jr.
Vice President of Economic and Workforce Development, Bellevue College
Monty Hamilton
Chief Executive Officer | Rural Sourcing Inc.
Kari Keefe
Founding Executive Director, KC Social Innovation Center
Esteban Venegas Villanueva
Director of Observatorio en Innovación Educativa en el Tecnológico de Monterrey
Mike Marriner
Co-founder, Roadtrip Nation
Nina Ladner
Senior Delivery Manager, Rural Sourcing
Christopher A. Lewis
Business Agility & Executive Coach
Dr. Angela Jackson
Partner. New Profit
Karen Mickool
Consultant, The SHIFT Awards
Mike Dulworth
President and CEO, Executive Networks
Joanne Cheng
Investor, Rethink Education
Ashley Putnam
Director of the Economic Growth & Mobility Project (EGMP). The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Eric Bing
CEO | The College of Health Care Professions
Michelle R. Weise
Author and Senior MichAdvisor
Bryan Alexander
Futurist & Researcher
Josh Copus
Director, JFFLabs
Jordan Matheson
Director, HAVEN Addiction Refuge/ Frontier Alliance International (501c3)
Merrilea Mayo
Founding Collaborator | Chief Operating Officer, Social Tech, Inc.
Amyris Fernandez
UX Researcher & Strategist
Dayna Laur
Co-Owner, Project Arc LLC
Steve Cadigan
Founder, Cadigan Talent Ventures
Casey Welch
Co-founder + CEO. Tallo
Carlos O. Turner Cortez
President, San Diego Continuing Education
Michael Brickman
Senior Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary | U.S. Department of Education
Luther Jackson
Program Manager, NOVA
Tracy Hartzler
President, Central New Mexico Community College
Edward Leach
Executive Director – National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, The University of Texas at Austin
Kevin Clark
Co-Founder of Content Evolution
Katherine Bihr, Ed.D.
Vice President, Programs and Education for TGR Foundation
Nathaniel Cole
American's Promise Alliance, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships
Ron Painter
CEO, National Association of Workforce Boards
Derek Williams
Youth Fellow, Innovate+Educate