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