Venue
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego Convention Center, 111 Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101, USA

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Event Date Sat Apr 5 PDT - Mon Apr 7 PDT (2 days ago)
In your timezone (EDT): Sat Apr 5 3:00am - Mon Apr 7 3:00am
Location San Diego Convention Center
111 Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
Region Americas
Details

We believe that scaled innovation in the delivery of education and workforce skills is critical to achieving that end.
The AI era illuminates a pivotal opportunity to drive our mission forward at an unprecedented pace, democratizing highly adaptive and personalized learning experiences at scale.

Speakers

2025 Speakers

Aaliyah Samuel
Chief Executive Officer, CASEL

Aaron Cuny
CEO, AI for Equity

Aarush Antil
Student, El Segundo High School

Aatash Parikh
CEO/Co-Founder, Inkwire

Abby Flores
Second Grade Teacher, Albuquerque Public Schools

Abby Frondoza
Student, UCSD Tritones

Abir Mohamed
AI Student Fellow, San Diego State University

Adam Feiler
Managing Director of Curriculum and Instruction, DREAM Charter Schools

Adam Franklin
Fellow, Teaching Lab Studio

Adam Phyall III
Director of Professional Learning and Leadership, All4Ed

Adam Pryor
Sr Advisor, Council of Independent Colleges

Adam Tilghman
Principal Architect, Academic Technologies, University of California, San Diego

Adina Gray
Business School Faculty | AI for Education Advocate, Thompson Rivers University (Canada)

Aditya Ghate
Student, SureStart

Aditya Sahu
Student Educator, El Segundo High School

Adrienne Usher
Assistant Superintendent, Bullitt County Public Schools

Agasthya Shenoy
AI Fellow, Teaching Lab Studio

Alan Arkatov
Executive Director, ASU, Learning Transformation Studios

Alberto Carvalho
Superintendent, LAUSD

Alena Zachery-Ross
Superintendent, Ypsilanti Community Schools

Alex Kotran
CEO, The AI Education Project (aiEDU)

Alex Larour-Debonneuil
Student, El Segundo High School

Alex Peng
President & CFO, TAL Education Group

Alex Sarlin
Founder, CEO & Entrepreneur in Residence, Edtech Insiders, Cambiar Education

Alexander Kusenko
Professor, UCLA

Alexandra Martinez
Chief Program Officer, Mathematics, Student Achievement Partners

Alisa Costello
Student, UCSD

Alison Gurganus
Faculty Specialist for Emerging Technology & President of the Council of Chief Librarians, San Diego Community College District/Mesa College

Alison Lee
Chief R&D Officer, The Rithm Project

Alyson Wright
PhD Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia

Amanda Bickerstaff
CEO/Founder, AI for Education

Amanda Gulley
Chief of Product & Experience Design, EdPlus, Arizona State University

Amber Trout
Senior Community and Social Media Manager, MagicSchool

Amelia Kelly
CTO, SoapBox Labs

Amelia Vance
President, Public Interest Privacy Center

Ami Magunia
Senior Director, Cambiar Catalyst

Amir Nathoo
Head of Outschool, Outschool

Amit Patel
Managing Director, Owl Ventures

Analise Galgan
Academic Advisor, Kairos Public Schools Innovative Scholar Pathway

Andrea Earl
Certificated Learning and Achievement Specialist, Santa Ana Unified School District

Andrea Taylor
Alabama Technology in Motion Specialist, ALSDE/Jacksonville State University

Andrew Davies
Community/Social Media Manager, MagicSchool

Andrew Fenstermaker
Instructional Technology Coordinator, Iowa City Schools

Andrew Magliozzi
CEO, Mainstay

Andrew Rotherham
Co-Founder & Senior Partner, Bellwether

Angel Rivera
Superintendent, Mesquite ISD

Anna Renolayan
Tritones Member, Tritones

Anshul Sonak
Global Director, Intel Corporation

Anthony Aguilar
Chief of Special Education and Specialized Programs, Los Angeles Unified School District

Anthony Sarni
Product Management, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Antonio Delgado
Vice President Innovation and Technology Partnerships, Miami Dade College

Antonio Guillen
STEAM Lab Teacher, Allegiance STEAM Academy

Anya Gupta
Student Representative, El Segundo High School Artificial Intelligence Club

Ardis Kadiu
Founder & CEO, Element451

Ariam Mogos
Emerging Tech Lead, Stanford d.school

Ariel Bach
Co-Founder & CEO, Bach Bros Studio, Inc.

Arjun Dabir
Co-founder, Zotsites

Arman Jaffer
CEO, Brisk Teaching

Arun Saigal
CEO, Thunkable

Ashish Bansal
Founder & CEO, StarSpark AI

Athena Kan
CEO, Dreambound

Auryan Ratliff
Director of Emerging and Learning Technologies, EdPlus at ASU

Avinash Prasad
Community Impact Director, ESHS AI Club

Barbara Mullen
Superintendent, Rush-Henrietta Central School District

Barbara Anna Zielonka
Educator, Nannestad High School (Norway)

Ben Dodson
CEO, Doowii

Ben Kornell
Managing Partner, Common Sense Growth

Ben Moscovitch
Public Policy, Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Ben Silbermann
Founder, How We Feel

Ben Watson
Chief Commercial Officer, AI CERTs

Bennett Lee
Student, El Segundo High School

Beth Gonzalez
Deputy Superintendent, Wayne RESA

Beth Holland
Managing Director of Research, Measurement, & Policy, The Learning Accelerator

Beth Rabbitt
Chief Executive Officer, The Learning Accelerator

Betsy Corcoran
Partner, Co-host Future Fluent podcast, Lede Labs & Future Fluent

Bhavani Kola
Department Chair, Tarrant County College

Bianca Farthing
Founder, AI Edify

Bipin Dama
Founder & CTO, Saras-3D, Inc.

Blerim Jashari
Graduate Student & Co-Founder of AI Learning Studio, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Bonnie Nieves
Founder, Consultant, Teacher, Educate On Purpose

Braden Nucum
Student, UCSD

Brandon Kim
Student, AI FN Avengers

Brandon Mitchell
CEO & Co-Founder, Writesea

Brayden Chang
Student, El Segundo High School

Brendan Henkel
AVP Solutions Engineering, Element451

Brett Pollak
Executive Director, UC San Diego

Brett Roer
CEO & Founder, Amplify & Elevate Innovation

Brian Arnold
GSET Department Chair, National University

Brian Lamb
Co-CEO, Swivl

Bridget Burns
Chief Executive Officer, University Innovation Alliance

Britni Walz
Educational Technology Director, CESA 4

Bryce Wolcott
Science Teacher/Guide, ASU Prep Digital

Burke Taylor
Student, El Segundo High School

C. Edward Watson
Vice President for Digital Innovation, American Association of Colleges and Universities

Caitrin Wright
CEO, Silicon Schools Fund

Camden Chen
Student, El Segundo High School

Candace Thille
Associate Professor and Director of Workforce & Adult Learning, Stanford Accelerator for Learning, Stanford University

Candice Sears
Director of Instruction, Montgomery County ESC

Carey Swanson
Director, Literacy, Student Achievement Partners

Carlos Lopez
Assistant Superintendent, Ypsilanti Community Schools

Carly Ghantous
Online Instructor, Davidson Academy Online

Carol Birks
Superintendent, Allentown School District

Cas Maxwell
CEO & Co-founder, AI OWL

Casey Carlson
Head of Customer Success, Kyron Learning

Casey Cuny
2024 California Teacher of the Year, Valencia High School

Cassandra Herring
President and CEO, Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity

Caston Sovey
Innovative Scholar, Cajon Valley Union District

Cecilia Santos
Student, Renton Prep

Charity Jones
Director of Clinical Faculty, City Teaching Alliance

Charlie Chan
DJ, Darryl's Music Group

Chin Song
Director, Milpitas Unified School District

Chris Mattmann
Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAIO), UCLA

Chris Powell
Founder, Move One Million

Chris Woolard
Chief Integration Officer, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

Christian Boyd
Creative Lead, Grow with Google

Christian Osmena
Vice President of Enterprise Planning, Arizona State University

Christian Pinedo
Director of External Affairs & Advocacy, aiEDU

Christine Bediones
Partnerships Lead, Magpie Literacy

Christopher Bezsylko
Founding Head of School, Imagination Lab School

Christopher Collins
Data and Assessment Coordinator, Cajon Valley Union School District

Christopher Maher
Superintendent-In-Residence, Cambiar Education

Christopher Timmis
Superintendent, Dexter Community Schools

Christyna Serrano
Professional Faculty (Berkeley) & Director, Early Career Online Business Education, UC Berkeley & Stanford GSB

Cianna Noah
Student, UCSD

Claire Zau
Partner and AI Lead, GSV Ventures

Clark Boothby
Director, Career Education and Success, California State University, East Bay

Clay Pulsipher
Senior Product Manager, Harmony Academy

Colin Kaepernick
CEO, Lumi Story AI

Colin Ro
AI Student Fellow, San Diego State University

Connor Mulvaney
High School Computer Science Teacher & AI Specialist, Polson High School

Corey Crouch
Chief Program Officer, AI for Education

Courtney Bock
Library Media & Technology Specialist, Mead School District

Courtney Walker
Assistant Principal of Teaching and Learning, Carrollton City Schools

Crystal Hill
Superintendent, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Cynthia Liu
Student, ASU Prep Digital

Cyra Alesah
Research Lead, Center for Youth and AI

Dacia Toll
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Coursemojo

Dagem Abraham
Founder, PlatePal

Dan Meyer
VP of User Growth, Amplify Inc

Dan Whitlock
VP of Middle School, Navigator Schools

Dan Be Kim
Learning Design Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Danae Acker
Digital Integration Specialist, Anderson School District Five

Dang Vu
Executive Director, eKadence Learning Foundation

Daniel Bernstein
CEO, Teachally

Daniel Johnson
Co-founder, Corq

Daniel Johnson
President, Wisconsin Lutheran College

Daniel Suchy
Sr. Director, Academic Technology Services, University of California, San Diego

Darragh Voy
English Teacher, Lyons Township High School

Darryl DMC McDaniels
DMC, DMC

David Adams
Chief Executive Officer, The Urban Assembly

David Brubaker
Sr IT Director, The Wharton School

David Carcamo
Teacher, Alpha Public Schools

David Culciar
Co-Founder, Zotsites (Student Developer), UC Irvine

David Goldberg
Associate Professor, San Diego State University

David Miyashiro
Superintendent, Cajon Valley Union School District

David Reed
Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives, University of Florida

David Rettinger
Applied Psychology Professor & Undergrad Program Director, University of Tulsa

David Yeager
Professor, University of Texas at Austin

David Young
Director of Research and Development, Michigan Virtual

Davin Rozsa
Student, UCSD

Debbie Brockett
Superintendent, McMinnville School District #40

Deborah Quazzo
Managing Partner of GSV Ventures & Co-Founder of the ASU+GSV Summit, GSV

Deepanshu Arora
CEO, Toddle

Deirdre Quarnstrom
Vice President, Microsoft Education

Derick Barrientos
Student Ambassador, The Hub

Devin Purgason
Associate Vice President for Student Experience, Marketing and Outreach, Forsyth Tech Community College

Devon Marano
Lead Facilitator, CSTA

Diane Tavenner
Co-Founder & CEO, Future.me

Divyam Jindal
Co-founder, InstructifAI

Don Daves-Rougeaux
Senior Advisor to the Chancellor, Workforce, Strategic Partnerships and AI, California Community College Chancellors Office

Don Orth
Vice President of Student Services and Success, Calbright College

Dorothy Carlson
Technology & Innovation Coach, Poway Unified School District

Doug Levin
Director, K12 SIX

Dr. Althea M. Hammond
Instructional Leader & Principal, Chicago Public Schools - Ambrose Plamondon STEM Elementary School

Dr. Brandee Ramirez
AI ToSA, Saddleback Valley Unified School District

Dr. Emmanuel Schanzer
Chief Curriculum Architect, Bootstrap

Dr. Ernesto Lee
Professor, Miami Dade College

Dr. Jennifer Nash
Director, Educational Impact – US, LEGO Education

Dr. Nicole Walker-Adell
Associate Director of Student Impact, Digital Promise Global

Drew Bent
Education GTM, Anthropic

Dr. Warren Morgan
Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Metropolitan School

Dr. Zandra Jo Galván
Superintendent, Salinas Union High School District

Eamon Marchant
Teacher and Tech Coordinator, Whitney High School, ABCUSD

Ed Clark
Chief Information Officer, CSU Office of the Chancellor

Elaine Chance
Innovation Systems Analyst, San Diego Community College

Elena Sanina
Vice President, Silicon Schools Fund

Elijah Bach
Co-Founder & CEO, Bach Family Foundation and Trust, Inc.

Elisa Vazquez
Performer, The Tritones at UCSD

Elisa (EJ) Sobo
Professor of Anthropology, AI Faculty Fellow, San Diego State University

Elizabeth Graswich
Executive Director Public Affairs and Communication, Los Angeles County Office of Education

Elizabeth Landers
PhD Candidate, Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles

Elizabeth Reilley
Executive Director, AI Acceleration, Enterprise Technology, Arizona State University

Elizabeth Werzner
Student, Renton Prep

Ellis Bach
Co-Founder & President, Bach Bros Studio, Inc.

Emerson Granberg
Student, El Segundo High School

Emily Joye
Head of Learning, Kyron Learning

Emily Nelson
Assistant Principal, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Emily Pacheco
Director of Admission, Case Western Reserve University

Emily Wang
Student, Boston College

Eric Klopfer
Professor, MIT

Eric Timmons
Program Lead/Funding Coordinator, Santa Ana Unified School District - Santa Ana High School

Eric Topol
Executive Vice President, Scripps Research

Eric Wang
Vice President, AI, Turnitin

Eric Westendorf
Co-CEO, Coursemojo

Erica Gheorghin
Internship and Employment Technical Specialist, MiraCosta College

Erin Brunson
Student, SureStart

Erin Kane
Superintendent, Douglas County School District

Erin Mote
CEO, InnovateEDU

Erin Ratliff
Sales Specialist, Kyron Learning

Estefani Cruz
Student, El Segundo High School

Esther Wojcicki
Founder, Palo Alto Media Arts Program; Chief Education Advisor, JoinKnack.com

Ethan Knotts
Software Developer, AI OWL

Ethan Thadani
Student, AI FN Avengers

Eugene Roundtree
Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education and Special Programs, Newton Public Schools

Farzana Cassim
Instructional Technology Teacher Advisor, Evans Community Adult School

Frankie Baker
Digital Learning Coach, Frisco ISD

Frankie Warren
Principal Product Manager, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Gabrielle Herlocher
AI Software Developer, AI OWL

Gary Beidleman
Superintendent, New York City Public Schools

Gautam Thapar
Founder, EnlightenAI

Gene Shi
Co-Founder & CEO, Learning Genie

George E. Maxey
Director of Student Recruitment, MyVillage Project

Georgia Terlaje
Educational Consultant, Creative Classroom Coaching

Gerardo Gancz
Spanish Teacher/AI Workflow Designer, Allegiance STEAM Academy

Gilbert Wai
Co-Founder & Advisor, Living Strategy, Inc.

Gina Chase
Executive Director of Customer Development, Civitas Learning, Inc.

Ginette Rossi
Transformational Teacher Leader, ASU Prep

Ginger Frady
Principal, Red Bank Middle School

Grant Knowles
Director of Innovation, Hamilton County Schools

Greg Bagby
Coordinator of Instructional Technology, Hamilton County Schools

Greg Lamp
CTO, Civitas Learning

Gudiel Crosthwaite
Superintendent of Schools, Lynwood Unified School District

Habib Matar
Lead Faculty, Chandler-Gilbert Community College

Hakalia Haposan
ERWC Teacher, Alpha Cindy Avitia High

Harshil Parikh
Co-Founder & CEO, Tuva

Hayes Raffle
Principal Designer & UX Director, Google

Hector J. Rios
Educational Innovation Leader, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Heidi Maltby-Skodack
Executive Director of School Improvement and Innovative Programs, Traverse City Area Public Schools

Helen Norris
CIO, Chapman University

Helen Thomas
Founder and CEO, MascotGO

Iain Atkinson
Chief Revenue Officer, Packback

Ian Zhu
Founder, SchoolJoy

Ike Ramos
VP of Sales, Prisms VR

Indeera Pujar
Student, Tritones at UC San Diego

Isabelle Hau
Executive Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning

Ishaan Srivastava
Student, El Segundo USD

Jack Pinette
VP, Product Strategy, D2L

Jacob Carr
Educator, Coach, Author, and Speaker, What Teachers Have to Say Podcast

Jacob Kantor
Chief DODO - District Office Door Opener, JK K12 / ASU GSV AI Council

Jadden Lai-Yates
AIR Show Presenter, El Segundo High

Jaelyn Arenzana
Student, UC San Diego

Jake Baskin
Executive Director, Computer Science Teachers Association

Jamelia Obu
Educator, Gwinnett County Public School System

James Frazee
Vice President of Information Technology and CIO, San Diego State University

James Kho
Senior Managing Director, Product Development, OneGoal

James O'Meara
Dean, College of Education, Texas A&M International University

James Regan
General Manager, How We Feel

Janice Washington
Instructional Technology Specialist, DeKalb County School District

Jared Chung
Executive Director, CareerVillage.org | AICareerCoach.org

Jaron Fried
Assistant Superintendent, Ed. Division, Anaheim Union High School District

Jasmine Maze
Senior Managing Director, Senior Designer, The Reinvention Lab

Jason Downs
English Teacher and Department Chair, Alliance College Ready Public Schools

Jason Hurd
AI & CS Educator, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Jason Neiffer
Executive Director, Montana Digital Academy

Jason Palmer
President, Socrait, PBC

Jason Tyszko
Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Jayson Phillips
Interim Head of Engineering, Magpie Literacy

Jazlyn Mena
Director of Instructional Programs and Professional Learning, New York City Public Schools

JC Bonilla
COO & Head of AI, Element451.com

Jeff Dillon
Superintendent, Wilder School District

Jeff Konishi
Chief Technology Officer, Aurora Public Schools

Jeff Plourd
Co-Founder & CEO, Snorkl

Jeff Rubenstein
CPO, Doowii

Jeff Simon
Math Teacher, Carlsbad Unified School District

Jeffery Beckham, Jr.
Co-CEO, REACH Pathways

Jeffrey Collier
Superintendent, Saginaw Intermediate School District

Jeffrey Finelli
Principal, Edison Park Elementary School

Jeffrey Riley
Senior Advisor, Day of AI

Jen Roberts
English Teacher, Point Loma High

Jennie Dougherty
Director of Strategic Initiatives, KIPP Public Schools Northern California

Jennifer Charlot
Cofounder, RevX

Jennifer Pallister
Educational Content & AI Specialist, CK-12 Foundation

Jennifer Verschoor
AI and EdTech Leader, Northlands and RVD.AI Rivadavia

Jenny Anderson
Author, Award-winning Journalist and Author

Jérémie Rostan
Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator, International School of Panama

Jeremy Nishihara
Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and Information Systems, Sunnyvale School District

Jeremy Roschelle
Executive Director, Learning Sciences Research, Digital Promise Global

Jeremy Shorr
Sr. Director of Emerging Technology, TIES

Jeremy Vrtis
Teacher Success Manager, SmartSchool

Jessica Ann
AI Tinkery Manager, Stanford

Jessica Hoffmann
Director of Research, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Jessica Lindl
VP Education, Unity Technologies

Jessica Pack
Teacher, Author, Podcaster, Palm Springs Unified School District

Jessica Paulsen
Chief Strategy Officer, LEAP Innovations

Jessica Sie
Chief Academic Officer, Zeta Charter Schools

Jill Loveall
Director of Teacher Development and Learning Initiatives, ASU Preparatory Academy

Jim Beasley
Technology Director, Llano ISD

Jim Marggraff
CEO and Founder, Kibeam Learning

Jimmy Fisher
Principal, Gwinnett County Public Schools - Seckinger High School

John Eick
Executive Director, Westlake Charter School

John Hines
CEO, DebaterHub

John Marshall
CEO, BrainFreeze

John Sipe
Executive Vice President, Curriculum Associates

Jon Laven
Co-Founder & COO, Snorkl

Jonathan Martinez
Coordinator, Lynwood Unified School District

Jorge Gallardo
Curriculum Developer, Day of AI

Jorge Rodriguez Vargas
Higher Education Global Sales Strategy Director, Intel Corporation

Joseph Guzman
Arizona Associate Superintendent of Education for Assessment, Standards, Accountability and Research, Arizona Department of Education

Joseph Rosenthal
Independent innovator

Josh Kanies
Director of Teaching & Learning - Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Palm Beach State College

Josh Weiss
Director of Technology and Innovation, Stanford Accelerator for Learning

Jules White
Senior Advisor to Chancellor on Generative AI and Professor of Computer Science, Vanderbilt University

Julia Hieser
SVP, GSV

Julia Rafal-Baer
CEO, ILO Group

Julia Winter
CEO / Founder, Alchemie

Julie Daniel Davis
Co-Founder, Adjunct Edtech Instructor, CheckForU

Julie Evans
Chief Executive Officer, Project Tomorrow

Jurie Wessels
Chief Operating Officer, The Invigilator

Justin Bruno
AI Strategist, Michigan Virtual

Justin McElwee
Enablement & Demo Specialist, Quizizz

Justin Vondra
Sales Director, Doowii

Kait Sweetman
Vice President of Technology + Data Solutions, OneGoal

Kali Kiger
Homeschool Educator, Super Teacher

Kali Peracchia
EdTech, Denver Public Schools

Kara Thorstenson
Director of Digital Learning and Libraries, Chicago Public Schools

Karen Niemi
Executive Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Karisa Schwanekamp
Instructional Technology Integration Specialist, Plainfield Community School Corporation

Kartik Hosanagar
John Hower Professor and Director of AI at Wharton, The Wharton School, Penn

Kate Fahey
Instructional Technology Specialist, Lockport Township High School District 205

Kate Zimmer
Director of the BIRCH Center, BranchED

Katherine Blevins
Instructional Technology and Innovation Coach, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Katia Shek
Co-founder & CEO, WizLab

Katie Jenner
Secretary of Education, Office of the Secretary of Education

Katie Parks
Technology Training Specialist, Park Hill School District

Kelly Coffin
Interim Superintendent, Farmington Public Schools

Kelsey Behringer
Chief Executive Officer, Packback

Kelsey Peterson
Engineer, Kyron Learning

Ken Dirkin
Senior Director, Research Institute, Michigan Virtual

Ken Shelton
Founder & CEO, Elevate Education

Kendra Vasile
Educator and Content Designer, Hunter College

Kensington Tallman
Actress and Activist, Girl Well

Kesia McCoy
Superintendent, Fairfield Local

Kevin Le
Dashboard Instructional Coach, Santa Ana Unified School District

Khalif Harris
Chief Operating Officer, City Teaching Alliance

Kim Merritt
Vice President, Learning Enterprise, Arizona State University

Kip Glazer
Principal, Mountain View High School

Kirk Brown
Founder, Melanin MeetUps

Kirsten Baesler
Superintendent, North Dakota Department of Public Instruction

Kristell Olivares
Student, SureStart

Kristen Brooks
Educational Consultant, Kristen Brooks forEDU LLC

Kristen DiCerbo
Chief Learning Officer, Khan Academy

Kristin Burrus
Lead Teacher & Innovation Program Manager, Global Center for Digital Innovation

Kristin Wright
Executive Director Inclusive Practices, Prevention and Intervention, Sacramento County Office of Education

Kunal Dalal
Administrator of Artificial Intelligence, Orange County Department of Education

Kyle Thompson
Director of Learning Programs, Harvey Mudd College

Lambert Ike
Alumni, Code2College

Lana Guernsey
Founder & CEO, Living Strategy, Inc.

Lana Nguyen
Director of School Operations, Alpha Public Schools

Larame Spence
Head of Content, CK-12 Foundation

Larissa May
Founder and Executive Director, #HalfTheStory

Lasya Gangadari
Singer, UCSD Tritones

Latrenda Knighten
President, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

Laura Gray
Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Instructional Specialist, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Laura McBain
Managing Director, Stanford d.school

Laura Slover
Managing Director - Skills for the Future, Educational Testing Service

Laura Spencer
Chief Academic Innovations Officer, Elite Academic Academy

Laura Ventura
AI & CS Instructional Specialist, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Leandra McGriff
Education Outreach and Marketing Lead, Infosys Foundation USA

Lenell Hahn
Director of Admissions, Southeast Missouri State University

Leonel Munoz
Student Ambassador for The Hub, UC Irvine

Leslie Rios
Director Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Santa Fe College

Lev Gonick
CIO, ASU ET

Leyla Diagne
Student, SureStart

Lin Thornton
Principal, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Lindsay Berger
Senior Programs Lead, National Programs, aiEDU

Lindsay Bullis
Teacher/ Consultant, Del Mar Union School District/ Bullis Bridge Consulting

Lindy Hockenbary
K–12 EdTech Advisor, LindyHoc

Lisa Jones
Instructional Technology Coach, Whitehall Yearling High School

Lisa Moe
Teacher, Corona-Norco Unified School District

Logan Passe
Student, SureStart

Lori Haven
Superintendent, Perry Public Schools

Lorne Rodriguez
Manager of Enterprise GenAI, Chicago Public Schools

Lucas Mund
Manager of EdTech, Denver Public Schools

Luis Caloca
Dean, Student Access, College of Western Idaho

Luke Phillips
AI Innovator, AI FN Avengers

Madhu Vohra
Founder/CEO, dabbL

Makeda Mays Green
SVP, Digital and Cultural Insights, Paramount

Mara Steiu
Founder, Journify Learning / MBA and MA in Education, Stanford University

Marc Brackett
Professor, Yale University Center for Emotional Intelligence

Maria Andersen
CEO, Socrait, PBC

Marisa Janicek
Assistant Superintendent, ESUSD

Mark Keierleber
Investigative Reporter, The 74

Mark Naufel
CEO, Axio AI

Mark Racine
Founder, RootED Solutions

Mark Schneider
Nonresident Senior Scholar, AEI

Marley Credell
Emerging Tech Student Intern, San Diego Community College District

Marquitta Pope
Visual Arts Educator, United Charter High School for the Humanities II

Marty Sharpe
Chief Technology Officer, Catawba County Schools

Mary Beck
President, Distinctive Schools

Matt Griffith
Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator, Glendale Union High School District

Matt Johnson
Teacher, Whitney High School, ABC Unified School District

Matt Karabinos
6th Grade Teacher, Williamsburg Community Elementary School

Matt Trainum
Vice President, Networks and Strategic Partnerships, The Council of Independent Colleges

Matthew Griffith
Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator, Glendale Union High School District

Matthew Nyaaba
Founder, GenAI-ERA (Generative AI for Education and Research in Africa)

Matthew Winters
Artificial Intelligence Education Specialist, Utah State Board of Education

Maureen Heymans
VP, Learning & Sustainability, Google

Maurie Beasley
System/Network Administrator, Llano ISD

Max Garrick
AI Product Manager, University of California, Irvine

Maximilian Wolf
Professor, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University (Germany)

Maxwell Hellwig
Student Leader, El Segundo High School

Maya Landau
Digital Art Teacher, Alpha Cornerstone Academy Preparatory School

McKenzie Snow
Director, Iowa Department of Education

Meena Srinivasan
Founding Executive Director, Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL)

Megan Grothman
Director of Arizona Impact, ASU Preparatory Academy

Megan Rozzana
Academic Coach, Arkansas Arts Academy

Melissa Vito
Vice Provost for Academic Innovation, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Merissa Sadler-Holder
Educator & Founder, Teaching with Machines

Mervin Jenkins
National Academic Advisor, Renaissance & Nearpod

Mi Tian
CTO, TAL Education Group

Michael Campbell
Senior Director, Intel

Michael Horn
Author, Job Moves

Michael Jabbour
AI Innovation Officer, Microsoft

Michael Matsuda
Superintendent, School District

Michael Rubin
Principal, Uxbridge High School

Michael Stone
Co-Founder, FabFolio

Michael Lee Jones
Solutions Engineering Manager, Explorance

Michel Faliski
Program, GSV

Michelle Ament
Co-President, Human Intelligence Movement

Michelle Culver
Founder, The Rithm Project

Michelle Fischthal
Vice Chancellor, Institutional Innovation and Effectiveness, San Diego Community College District

Michelle Odemwingie
CEO, Achievement Network

Michelle Shomo Pierce
Computer Science Educator, Mallard Creek STEM Academy

Michelle Zimmerman
Educator and Researcher, Renton Prep

Miguel Avila Morales
Student Research Intern, Innovation Systems Analyst, Institutional Innovation and Effectiveness

Mike Daoust
Chief Customer Officer, Kyron Learning

Mike Yates
Senior Designer, AI, The Reinvention Lab at Teach for America

Miriam Blanc-Gonnet
Senior Manager, User Strategy, Academies at National University

Mohammad Ferdaws Homayoon
Student Ambassador, UCI

Molly Klodor
Instructional Technology Coach, Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools

Moses Ojeda
Principal, Thomas A. Edison CTE High School

Moses Okoth
Founder, Siaya Steam Hub

Muhsinah Morris
Director, Metaverse Programs/Professor, Morehouse College

Nate McClennen
Vice President of Strategy & Innovation, Getting Smart

Nathan Collins
Educator | Podcaster | Consultant, What Teachers Have to Say Podcast

Nathan Pierce
Educator/AI Partnerships Coordinator, Design Tech High School

Nathan Tatsuta
Student, UC San Diego

Neel Rayani
Flash Development Lead, Flash AI

Netra Rameshbabu
Student, SureStart

Nic Riemer
Chief Executive Officer, The Invigilator

Nicholas Rharbi
3rd Grade STEM Teacher, Navigator Schools

Nicholas Williams
HS Science Teacher, ASU Preparatory Academy

Nick Yoder
Associate Vice President, Academies at National University

Nicolas Wade
Superintendent, Columbia Union School District

Nicole Cerra
Director of Innovation, Design Tech High School

Nikki Mouton
Deputy Superintendent, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Nimesh Shah
SVP, Learning and Development, CreatorUp

Nneka McGee
Chief Academic Officer, Muon Global

Nolan Bowen
Student, El Segundo High

Norrisa Pearson
Music Teacher/Enrichment Instructional Coach, Distinctive Schools

Odin Thomas
Student, El Segundo High School

Omar Perkins
Executive Director, The Perkins Institute (TPI)

Pam Schilling
Founder, CEO, and Chief Learning Officer, Archer Career

Pat Yongpradit
Chief Academic Officer, Code.org

Patricia Alvarez McHatton
Chief Program Officer, Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity

Patrick Gittisriboongul
Assistant Superintendent of Technology and Innovation, Lynwood Unified School District

Patrick Rossol-Allison
Head of Strategic Initiatives, Learning Enterprise, Arizona State University

Paul Escala
Superintendent of Schools, Archdiocese of Los Angeles

Paul Fain
Editor, Work Shift

Peter Avritch
CTO, MascotGO, Inc.

Pravin Kaipa
Education Specialist, Cupertino Unified School District

Rachelle Dene Poth
Spanish and STEAM Teacher and Consultant, Riverview Jr Sr High School

Rachna Mathur
Sr. STEM Strategist & AI Researcher, ASU Preparatory Academy

Rae Lymer
Partner, The Learning Accelerator

Rahesha Amon
CEO, City Teaching Alliance

Rajagopal "Raj" Echambadi
President, Illinois Institute of Technology

Rajen Sheth
CEO, Kyron Learning

Ralph Rouhana
Founder, Stempad

Ramya Gopal
Director of Strategy, Advanced Education Research and Development Fund

Ravi Pendse
Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, University of Michigan

Rayna Srinivas
Running Start Junior and Data Analysis Intern, Renton Prep

Rebecca Bultsma
Chief Innovation Officer, Amplify & Elevate Innovation

Rebecca Jenkins
Superintendent, Libertyville School District 70

Rebecca Winthrop
Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Universal Education, Brookings

Reuben Thiessen
Emerging Technology Lead, Stanford University

Richie Ressel
Director of Teaching & Learning, The Academies at National University

Rishi Murumkar
ODIT Intern, UCI ODIT

Rob Johnson
EdTech Innovation TOSA, Torrance Unified School District

Robin Nobarany
Student, Homeschool

Rodrigo Gomez
Full Professor, San Diego Community College District (SDCCD)

Ronnie King
Founder, MyVillage Project

Ruby Ren
Learning Sciences and Technologies Master, University of Pennsylvania

Rushil Ghosh
Student, El Segundo High School

Sabba Quidwai
CEO, Designing Schools

Sallie Holloway
Director of AI and Computer Science, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Sally Hubbard
6th Grade Math/Science Teacher, Westlake Charter School

Samantha Armstrong
K12 Instructional Technology Coach, Muhlenberg School District

Samantha Bart-Addison
Secondary Educator, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Sandra Moumoutjis
Executive Director, Learning Innovation Network, Building 21

Sara Schapiro
Executive Director, Alliance for Learning Innovation (ALI)

Sara Spillan
2nd Grade Teacher, Northridge Elementary

Sarah Siegal
Principal Solutions Engineer - Evidence Specialist, Instructure

Sarah Young
Chief of Staff, Utah State Board of Education

Sarkis Daglian
Director AI, Cloud, and Client Solutions, UC Irvine

Sasha Peña
Head of Employability, REACH Pathways

Scott Langford
Director of Schools, Sumner County Schools

Sean Davenport
Superintendent, NYC Public Schools

Sean Hauze
Senior Director, Instructional Technology, San Diego State University

Seema Sidhu
Director, Learning and Development, Anaheim Union High School District

Sepehr Nikravan
Presenter, El Segundo High School

Shakira Henderson
Dean, College of Nursing – Chief Administrative Officer, UF College of Nursing Associate Vice President for Nursing Education, Practice, and Research – System Chief Nurse Executive, UF Health, University of Florida

Shalini Gopalkrishnan
AI Strategist, SFBU

Shana Vidal White
Director of CS Equity, Kapor Foundation

Shane Shukis
Continuing Lecturer, University of California, Riverside

Shannon McCarty
Vice President, Learning & Instruction, Calbright College

Shanyn Foster
3-5 Gifted Literacy Teacher, Harmony Elementary

Sharon Leu
Executive in Residence, JFFLabs, Jobs for the Future

Shawn Munro
Service Manager - TritonGPT, UC San Diego

Shawn Overcast
Chief Insights Officer, Explorance

Shayla Cornick
Director of Research & Development, Edtech and Emerging Technologies, Digital Promise

Shayne Evans
President, The Academy Group

Shilpi Agarwal
CEO, STEAM in AI (DataEthics4All Foundation)

Shub Agarwal
Associate Professor of AI, University of Southern California

Siena McCabe
Manager of Network Engagement, Council of Independent Colleges

Sierra Noakes
Director, Edtech Evaluation, Digital Promise

Simarjot Khaira
Student, Renton Prep

Simone Wright
Chief of Academics, Denver Public Schools

Siya Raj Purohit
Education GTM, OpenAI

Skyler Foell
Student, El Segundo High School

Smriti Kataria
Head of Marketing & Product Growth, nSpire AI

Sonia Tye
Middle School Science Teacher, St. Patrick Catholic School

Sophia Romee
Head of GenAI Studio, College Board

Spencer Feig
Director of Development, AI OWL

Stacy James
Assistant Principal, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Stefan Bauschard
Co-Founder, Global AI Debates, Educating For AI

Stephanie Cardella
Executive Director of Strategy, LEAP Innovations

Stephanie Helvy
Instructional Technology & Innovation Coach, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Stephen Zanotti
Teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District

Steven Syverud
Strategic Product Management, Anthropic

Stevie Van Zandt
Founder, TeachRock

Sumanta Chakraborty
President and CEO, nSpire AI, Inc.

Susan Blumenthal
Senior Health Advisor to the President, ASU; Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Arizona State University

Susan Jinks
Computer Science Teacher, Falls Church City Public Schools

Tabita Dabica
Teacher, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Tammy Wyatt
Senior Vice Provost for Student Success, University of Texas at San Antonio

Tanis Sarbatananda
The Hub Staff, UC Irvine

Taniya Mishra
Founder and CEO, SureStart

Tara Menghini
Educational Technology Teacher, Knox Gifted Academy

Tara Nattrass
Chief Innovation Strategist, Education, Lenovo

Tara O'Brien
EdTech Innovation TOSA, Instructional Technology Coach/Director

Taraneh Karim
Technology Lead Teacher, Torrance Unified School District

Tarquinn Curry
Teacher, Long Beach Unified School District

Ted Kim
Head of Product, Kyron Learning

Tejas Pulavarti
Head of Business Development, StudyFetch

Thomas Andriola
Vice Chancellor, Information Technology and Data; Chief Data Officer, UC Irvine

Thomas Hummel
Teacher/Co-Founder, Talbot County Public Schools/Eduaide.Ai

Thomas Le
Vocalist, UCSD Tritones

Thomas Yeh
Assistant Professor of Teaching, UC Irvine

Tia Leathers
Co-Creator, MyVillage Project

Tianwei Yue
CEO, Mathos AI

Tiffany Green
CEO, Uprooted Academy

Tiffany Taylor
Partner, Co-President, GSV

Tim Novikoff
CEO, Super Teacher

Tim Stowe
Superintendent, Torrance Unified School District

Tina Austin
AI Initiatives Co-Chair, AI Adoption Specialist, Lecturer, USC, UCLA, CSU

Tom Bruce
Superintendent, Berrien Springs Public Schools

Tom Murray
Keynote Speaker, Future Ready Schools @ All4Ed

Tom Vander Ark
CEO + Partner, Getting Smart

Tony Thurmond
Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education

Trace Johnson
President, AI OWL

Traci Walker Griffith
Executive Director, Eliot School

Tracie Swilley
High School Principal, Fairfield Central High School/Fairfield County School District

Trent Bowers
Superintendent, Worthington City Schools

Tricia Bertram Gallant
Director, University of California, San Diego

Trisha Colby-Schwantes
Teacher, Owen-Withee School District

Unaysah Ron
Student, Ocean Grove Charter School

Vennieta Turner-Grant
English Teacher, Lynwood Unified School District

Veronica Garcia
Deputy CIO, UCLA

Vicky Sedgwick
K-6 Computer Science Teacher, CSTA Greater Los Angeles Chapter

Victoria Salas Salcedo
English Language Arts Teacher, Rancho Milpitas Middle School

Vince Kellen
Chief Information Officer, UC San Diego

Vincent Nijs
Associate Professor of Business Analytics and Marketing, Rady School of Management, UCSD

Vishodana Thamotharan
Director, STEM, National Louis University

Vitalii Romanchenko
Head of AI Product Strategy, Panopto

Vitka Escala Boehm
Student, El Segundo High School

Vivek Vyas
Chief Product Officer, Calbright College

Vriti Saraf
CEO & Co-founder, Ed3 DAO

Wayne Pang
6th Grade Teacher, Allegiance STEAM Academy

Wendy Fletez
Computer Science and Engineering, University of California Irvine

Wes Kriesel
Administrator AI, Orange County Department of Education

Wesley Lombardo
Director of Technology, Maryville City Schools

Whitney Marsh
Chief of Staff, ASU Preparatory Academy

Whitney Oakley
Superintendent, Guilford County Schools

Will Riley
CEO, TrueMark

William Johnson
Principal, DACE/LAUSD

Winston Roberts
AI Innovation Lead, Foundation Academies

Wyatt Smith
CEO, UpSmith

Wyman Khuu
Head of Learning Engineering, Playlab

Yanjia Guo
Cofounder & CGO, Mathos AI

Yash Gad
Chief Executive Officer, Ringer Sciences

Yen Nguyen
Director of EdTech, Harmony Public Schools

Yue Zhao
Student, University of Pennsylvania

Zach Kennelly
Teacher and AI Pilot, DSST: CVHS

Zachary Korth
Principal, Chicago Public Schools

Zahra Razi
Computer Science, Mathematics, Career Technical Education, and Business Educator, Fontana Unified School District

Zarek Drozda
Executive Director, Data Science 4 Everyone

Zenia Haroon
Co-Founder, KineX

Zoey Graziano
Music Director, Tritones at UC San Diego

Zrinka Stahuljak
Professor, UCLA

Sponsors & Partners

2025 Partners

CONVENING PARTNERS:
• ASU
• GSV Ventures

DIAMOND PARTNERS:
• Edlink
• Element451
• Google
• Intel
• Meta
• XQ

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• BrainFreeze
• CK-12
• Cajon Valley

GOLD PARTNERS:
• AI Certs
• Coach
• Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
• Curriculum Associates
• Ednition
• Kibeam
• Lausd Ed
• My Village Project
• Harmony Academy
• Quizizz
• Renaissance
• Tal
• Thunkable
• Turnitin
• U.S. Air Force
• Walton Family Foundation
• IlevelUp

SILVER PARTNERS:
• 2 Hour Learning
• Accredible
• AristAI
• Axio
• Boodlebox
• BootUp
• Bower
• Brisk Teaching
• Council of Independent Colleges
• Calbright
• California Community Colleges
• Carahsoft
• Careerflow
• City Teaching Alliance
• ClassDojo
• Classbuddy
• Coursemojo
• Doowii
• Dumroo.ai
• Edia
• Explorance
• Fab Folio
• Glean
• GoGuardian
• Goodness
• Hita AI
• Human2Human
• Kollegio
• KyronLearning
• Lego Education
• Leap Innovations
• LearnWise
• Lifelab Studios
• Lumi
• Magic School
• Magpie Literacy
• Mainstay
• NLP Logix AI Realized
• Oakworks
• OneGoal
• Opennote
• Outschool
• Packback
• Pathify
• Projim
• Steam Schools
• Scholar Education
• SchoolJoy
• Share a Cart
• SigIQ.ai
• Skilfully
• Smartschool
• Snorkl
• Strive.io
• Study Fetch
• Super Teacher
• Swivl
• Teaching Lab Studio
• The Invigilator
• Texas
• Toddle
• Tripleten
• Unity
• WriteSea
• KidSafe
• Nspire AI

BRONZE PARTNERS:
• Aikreate
• Agastya
• Athenaedu.ai
• Braide
• Civitas Learning
• Class Companion
• CodeMonkey
• CuraJoy
• D2L
• DebaterHub
• EvidenceB
• IEP&Me
• Infosys Foundation USA
• Jippity.pro
• Journify
• Learning Genie
• Living Strategy
• MascotGO
• Mathos
• Pangramlabs
• Paper Orca
• Royo
• Reach
• Ryco.io
• Stempedia
• SimpleIEP
• Singit
• Socrait
• StarSpark AI
• Stempad
• SymphoMe
• TSAF
• Teachally
• TimelyGrader
• TrueMark
• Tutero
• Prooted Academy
• UpSmith
• AiPlato