Speakers

'Back to School' Summit, New York | Sep 10-11, 2024. Ideas, insights and connections to transform the way the world learns.

100 of the world's leading education and workforce policymakers, executives, philanthropists, investors and entrepreneurs.

Aaron Andersen
Senior Partner at MGT
Alejandro Caballero
Principal Education Specialist at IFC The World Bank Group
Allison Scott
Chief Executive Officer at Kapor Foundation
Amit Patel
Managing Director at Owl Ventures
Andrew Jack
Global Education Editor at Financial Times
Andrew S. Rosen
Chairman & CEO at Kaplan Inc.
Anna Edwards
Chief Advocacy Officer and Co-Founder at Whiteboard Advisors
Auditi Chakravarty
CEO at AERDF
Ben Nelson
Founder and CEO at Minerva Project; Founder at Minerva University
Ben Wallerstein
CEO & Co-Founder at Whiteboard Advisors
Beth Hollenberg
CEO and Co-Founder at Everspring
Bharat Anand
Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard University
Bo Stjerne Thomsen
Global Head of Educational Impact at LEGO Education
Bodong Chen
Associate Professor at University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
Brian Napack
CEO at Brian Napack
Calvin Watts
CEO/Superintendent at Gwinnett County Public Schools
Cecilia Marshall
Director, External Partnerships at Partnership for Education Advancement
Charles Elliott
Field CTO for Education at Google Public Sector
Chris Hess
Director of Product Management, Higher Ed AI at Pearson
Chris Keaveney
CEO at Meritize
Chris Mathews
Global Edtech Strategy and Business Development at Amazon Web Services
Claudia Newman-Martin
Managing Director & Partner at BCG
Collin Moore
Vice President at MGT
Courtney Hills McBeth
Chief Academic Officer and Provost at Western Governors University
Dalia Ibrahim
CEO at EdVentures / Nahdet Misr
Dana Stephenson
CEO and Co-Founder at Riipen
Daniele Grassi
President and CEO at General Assembly
Deepika Sharma
EdTech Strategy Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services
Dennis McQuillan
Global EdTech Business Development Leader at Amazon Web Services
Dominic Berardi
Vice President, Government Affairs at Shorelight
Donna Koppensteiner
Chief Revenue Officer at CompTIA
Elizabeth Chou
Partner at Leeds Illuminate
Elyas Felfoul
Director at WISE
Erin Mote
CEO at Innovate Edu
Fanta Aw
CEO and Executive Director at NAFSA
Gavin Cooney
Founder & CEO at Learnosity
Geoffrey Roche
North America Director, Workforce Development at Siemens Healthineers
Hardeep Gulati
CEO at PowerSchool
James Sparkman
Partner at Alpha Education
Jamie Candee
CEO at Edmentum
Jane Oates
Senior Advisor at WorkingNation
Jane Swift
Former Governor of Massachusetts and President at Education at Work
Jason Green
Co-Founder at Yourwai by LINC
Jean Eddy
President & CEO at American Student Assistance
Jeff Dinski
Chief Strategy and Development Officer at Ellucian
Jeff Silber
Managing Director and Senior Analyst at BMO Capital Markets
Jessica Hinkle
SVP Strategic Investments at Strada Education Foundation
Jill Barshay
Writer and Editor at The Hechinger Report
Jitin Sethi
Managing Director, US Education Practice Head at L.E.K. Consulting
John Colborn
Executive Director at Apprenticeships for America
John Kannapell
President & COO at CYPHER Learning
John Katzman
CEO at Noodle
John Mitchell
President and CEO at IPC International, Inc.
Jonathan Koppell
President at Montclair State University
Jorge Alfonso Rodríguez Tort
Director of Consulting & Alternative Credentials at IFE, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Joshua Elder
Vice President and Head of Grantmaking at Siegel Family Endowment
Joshua Richards
Chief Product and Technology Officer at Boundless Learning
José Escamilla
Associate Director at Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Kaitlin Mulhere
Editor at Money Magazine
Kat Hemsing
Head of Sharpen at McGraw Hill
Katharine Strunk
Dean, Graduate School of Education at University of Pennsylvania
Katy Knight
President and Executive Director at Siegel Family Endowment
Kemi Jona
Vice Provost for Online Education and Digital Innovation at University of Virginia
Kimberly Nichols
Founder, Chief Executive Officer at Franklin Apprenticeships
Lauren Weber
Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
Lee Bradshaw
CEO at Rhodes Advisors
Lee Gardner
Senior Writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education
Liz Willen
Editor-in-chief at The Hechinger Report
Lydia Logan
VP Global Education and Workforce Development at IBM
Maria Spies
Co-CEO at HolonIQ
Mark Lynch
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Learnosity
Mark Milliron
President & CEO at National University
Matt Ogorek
AWS Partner Sales at Udemy
Matteo Tonarelli
VP New Business and Indirect Channels at ODILO
Matthew Connell
Sector Vice President, Healthcare at Ivy Tech Community College
Matthew Soldner
Acting Director at Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
Matthew Tower
VP, Strategy & Research at Whiteboard Advisors
Maysam Ali
Head of Global Education GTM at Amazon Web Services
Meg Hamel
VP Education at HolonIQ
Melanie Dukes
Strategic Advisor, OBC at Southern Education Foundation
Melissa Mitchell
Head of Business Development and Product Innovation at OpenCampus
Michael Golden
Vice Dean of Innovative Programs and Partnerships at University of Pennsylvania / Catalyst at Penn GSE
Michael London
CEO and Founder at Uwill
Mike Lombardi
US EdTech Vertical Leader at Amazon Web Services
Mike Tarrant
Head of Global EdTech, Higher Ed, and Research at AWS Global Education
Molly Scott
Associate Director at Active Playful Learning
Nate MacKinnon
Executive Director at Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges
Nicole Spina
Vice President, Climate Innovation & Industry Development at New York City Economic Development Corporation
Nirvi Shah
Executive Editor at The Hechinger Report
Noah Sudow
Senior Vice President at Whiteboard Advisors
Norihisa Wada
Chairman at Global EdTech Acceleration Committee, Japan
Patrick Brothers
Co-CEO at HolonIQ
Pierre Dubuc
CEO at OpenClassrooms
Randy Shumway
Senior Partner at MGT
Rebecca Winthrop
Senior Fellow and Director, The Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution
Reuben Ogbonna
Executive Director at The Marcy Lab School
Roberto Rodriguez
Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development at U.S. Department of Education
Ron Blanchard
Global Tech BDM at Amazon Web Services
Ruth Bauer White
President at InsideTrack
Sabari Raja
Managing Partner at JFFVentures

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