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