Speakers

'Back to School' Summit, New York | Sep 9-11, 2025. 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.

Amit Sevak

CEO at ETS

Elizabeth Moore

Deputy Director, K-12 Solutions at Gates Foundation

Erin Mote

CEO at Innovate Edu

Jean Eddy

President & CEO at American Student Assistance

Jeff Silber

Managing Director and Senior Analyst at BMO Capital Markets

John Colborn

Executive Director at Apprenticeships for America

Matt Sigelman

President at The Burning Glass Institute

Rebecca Winthrop

Senior Fellow and Director, The Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution

Ryan Craig

Managing Director at Achieve Partners

Scott Pulsipher

President at Western Governors University

Wendi Safstrom

President at the SHRM Foundation

Jeff Yacup

Director of Client Partnerships at QS Quacquarelli Symonds

Alejandro Caballero

Principal Education Specialist at IFC The World Bank Group

Alex Davis

Director at Whiteboard Advisors

Alex Siegel

Senior Program Officer, K-12 Solutions at Gates Foundation

Allison Scott

Chief Executive Officer at Kapor Foundation

Amanda Winters

Program Director of Postsecondary Education at National Governors Association

Amit Patel

Managing Director at Owl Ventures

Andy Morgan

Chief Partnerships Officer at 2U

Angie Kamath

Dean at NYU School of Professional Studies

Anna Edwards

Chief Advocacy Officer and Co-Founder at Whiteboard Advisors

Anne Kilby

Associate Dean, MBA Admissions at Georgetown University

Arun Natarajan

Associate Provost for Institutional Research & Institutional Effectiveness at Rice University

Auditi Chakravarty

CEO at AERDF

Ben Wallerstein

CEO & Co-Founder at Whiteboard Advisors

Ben Webb

Executive Director at Quacquarelli Symonds

Beth Hollenberg

Chief Executive Officer at Everspring

Brad Wolverton

Editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education

Brian Bohan

Director, Global Lead, Consulting Partner Center of Excellence at Amazon Web Services

Carolyn Lee

President & Executive Director at The Manufacturing Institute

Chris Connor

Vice Provost for Enrollment Management at University of Buffalo

Christopher Good

Co-Head, Higher Education and Non-Profit Finance at RBC Capital Markets

Dan Munnerley

Founder and Executive Director of Next Lab at Arizona State University

Darin Hobbs

Senior Director, Digital Records & Credentials Ecosystem at Western Governors University

David Altstadt

Director, Policy Campaigns at JFF

David Robledo

Executive Director of External Data Analytics at Purdue University

Dennis McQuillan

EdTech Lead, Global Education at Amazon Web Services

Donald Fennoy

Partner at Cambiar Education

Dwana Franklin-Davis

CEO at Reboot Representation

Dwaun J. Warmack

President at Claflin University

Elissa Sangster

CEO at Forte Foundation

Federico Ling

Assistant Vice Chancellor of Global Enrollment Management at Northeastern University

Gabrielle Julien-Molineaux

Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Enrollment at The George Washington University

Genevieve Kenny

Senior Director of Career Coaching at NYU Stern School of Business

Heather Haseley

Managing Director - Institute for Extended Learning at Imperial College London

Hillary Knudson

Vice President at Whiteboard Advisors

Holly Curtis

Assistant Provost for Corporate Relations at Fordham University

Isabelle Hau

Executive Director at Stanford Accelerator for Learning

James Moore

Director of Online Learning at DePaul University Richard H. Driehaus College of Business

Jamie Candee

CEO at Edmentum

Jean Lakys

Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at American University of the Middle East

Jed Smith

Managing Partner, Head of Operations at Rhodes Advisors

Jeff Bulanda

VP The ASA Career Navigation Center at Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Jenny Anderson

Award-winning Journalist, Speaker, and Author

Jessica Turner

Chief Executive Officer at Quacquarelli Symonds

Jill Buban

Associate Provost, Online Learning at the University of Miami

Johanna Bowman

Education Partnership Lead at Anthropic

Jon Schwarz

Director of Institutional Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jonathan Louw

Group CEO at Honoris United Universities

Joshua Elder

Vice President and Head of Grantmaking at Siegel Family Endowment

Judith Ann Spitz

Executive Director at Break Through Tech

Judy Goldstein

SVP Marketing and Communications at American Student Assistance (ASA)

Julian Thompson

Senior Director, Strategy Development at UNCF

Julie Kreiss

Senior Director, Program Management at American Student Assistance

Julie Lammers

President & CEO at American Student Assistance

Karen Quanbeck

Vice President of Field Implementation at The Colorado Education Initiative

Kate Eberle Walker

Chief Executive Officer at Presence

Katharine Strunk

Dean, Graduate School of Education at University of Pennsylvania

Katy Knight

President and Executive Director at Siegel Family Endowment

Kelley Bishop

Associate Vice Provost for Career Services at The George Washington University

Kemi Jona

Vice Provost for Online Education and Digital Innovation at University of Virginia

Kumar Garg

President at Renaissance Philanthropy

Kym Lavigne-Hinkley

Director, Learning and Employment Record Ecosystem at Western Governors University

LaVerne Srinivasan

Vice President, National Program, and Program Director, Education at Carnegie Corporation of New York

Laura Kakon

Co-founder & Chief Growth and Strategy Officer at Honoris United Universities

Lauren Weber

Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

Libby Hills

Senior Advisor at The Jacobs Foundation

Liz Willen

Editor-in-chief at The Hechinger Report

Lydia Logan

VP Global Education and Workforce Development at IBM

Maria Spies

Co-Founder at HolonIQ & Chief Innovation Officer at QS

Martín Serrano

Director of Product Innovation at 1Mentor by QS

Matt Greenfield

Managing Partner at Rethink Education

Matthew Barry

Partner at Learn Capital

Maura Pally

Executive Director at Blackstone Charitable Foundation

Maysam Ali

Head of Global Education GTM at Amazon Web Services

Meg Hamel

Vice President, Education at HolonIQ

Melissa Johnston

Chief Executive Officer at Lemnis

Michael Farrell

Chief Learning Officer at The School District of Philadelphia

Michael Golden

Vice Dean of Innovative Programs and Partnerships at University of Pennsylvania / Catalyst at Penn GSE

Michelle Wieser

Business School Strategy Lead at QS Quacquarelli Symonds

Mohammed Husamaddin

Executive Advisor

Nakeisha Lewis

Associate Dean of Strategy and Curriculum Innovation at University of San Diego - Knauss School of Business

Naomi May

Partner at Cooley LLP

Nate Ober

Sr. Generative AI Strategist at Amazon Web Services

Noah Sudow

Senior Vice President at Whiteboard Advisors

Nunzio Quacquarelli

President at QS Quacquarelli Symonds

Patrick Brothers

Co-Founder at HolonIQ & Executive Director at QS

Penny Schwinn

Chief Strategist and Senior Advisor at the Department of Education

Phil Hill

Educational Technology Consultant and Industry Analyst at Phil Hill Associates

Pierre Dubuc

CEO at OpenClassrooms

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