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.

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

Rebecca Winthrop

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

Scott Pulsipher

President at Western Governors University

Alejandro Caballero

Principal Education Specialist at IFC The World Bank Group

Amit Patel

Managing Director at Owl Ventures

Anna Edwards

Chief Advocacy Officer and Co-Founder at Whiteboard Advisors

Ben Wallerstein

CEO & Co-Founder at Whiteboard Advisors

Bethany Hogan

VP, Partnerships & Business Development at HolonIQ

Darin Hobbs

Vice President of Learning & Employment Records at Western Governors University

Doug Lederman

Co-founder at Inside Higher Ed

Erin Mote

CEO at Innovate Edu

Jenny Anderson

Award-winning Journalist, Speaker, and Author

Joshua Elder

Vice President and Head of Grantmaking at Siegel Family Endowment

Judy Goldstein

SVP Marketing and Communications at American Student Assistance (ASA)

Julie Lammers

Executive Vice President at American Student Assistance

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

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

Liz Willen

Editor-in-chief at The Hechinger Report

Maria Spies

Co-Founder at HolonIQ & Chief Innovation Officer at QS

Meg Hamel

Vice President, Education at HolonIQ

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

Patrick Brothers

Co-Founder at HolonIQ & Executive Director at QS

Phil Hill

Educational Technology Consultant and Industry Analyst at Phil Hill Associates

Ryan Craig

Managing Director at Achieve Partners

Sarah DeMark

Vice Provost, Academic Portfolio at Western Governors University

Travis Bristol

Associate Professor at University of California, Berkeley

Valerie Singer

General Manager, Global Education at Amazon Web Services

Join 600 CEOs and senior leaders

Networking, ideas, connections and partnership building with 600 of education’s most senior global leaders in New York, September 9-11, 2024