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 Research Officer at Kapor Center for Social Impact

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

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 of 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

Sadie Jefferson

Executive Director at University of Chicago Education Lab

Sara Custer

Editor in Chief at Inside Higher Ed

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