Emerging Markets Forum Global Summit Online 2021 | Carnegie Foundation | 19 April 2021 | Virtual Event

Since 2014, the Summit on Improvement in Education has developed a vibrant learning community by engaging diverse groups of educational professionals—such as school and district leaders, staff from charter management organizations, leaders in state departments of education and professional organizations, entrepreneurs, faculty from higher education organizations, students, parents, and community leaders—in service of addressing complex problems and issues of inequity in educational outcomes.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve all been called to address unexpected and unprepared for challenges. Now more than ever, we need to come together and exchange our experiences, concerns and solutions in the context of the current circumstances. With this in mind, the 2021 Summit has been designed to help you meet your ever-evolving challenges, deepen your improvement skills, gather new actionable strategies, and join in community with improvers and innovators from across the globe.

2021 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Timothy Knowles
President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Anthony S. Bryk
Former President & Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Sonja Santelises
CEO, Baltimore City Public Schools

Robert H. Hughes
K-12 Education Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Anna Deavere Smith
Playwright, actor, and educator

SESSION PRESENTERS:

Virginia (Ginger) Adams Simon
Data and Improvement Coach, Educator Quality Center, California State University, Office of the Chancellor

Jorge Aguilar
Superintendent, Sacramento City Unified School District

Jennifer Ahn
Director of Network Partnerships, Lead by Learning, Mills College (CA)

Erin Anderson
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Denver

Peyton Anderson
Coordinator, Office of Professional Learning, Chesterfield County Public Schools

Victoria Armstrong
Chief Academic Officer, Dinuba Unified School District

Robin Avelar La Salle
Founder and CEO, Orenda Education

Anna Babarinde
Curriculum Coordinator for Science, Sonoma County Office of Education

Amanda Bachelor
Director, Program Design and Development, Partners in School Innovation

Christina Balter-Scarlatos
Senior Inquiry Learning Manager, Boston Public Schools

Heather Ballinger
Faculty/Program Leader, Humboldt State University

Cynthia Barron
Coordinator, UIC Ed.D. Program in Urban Education Leadership, University of Illinois Chicago

Manuel Bautista
Director of Educational Services, Mendota Unified School District

Rhonda Beasley
Assistant Director of Differentiated Assistance and District Support, Santa Clara County Office of Education

Paul Beck
Director, Implementation and Partnerships, Colorado Education Initiative

Jacobē Bell
Network Leader, Teaching Matters

Brandon Bennett
Principal Advisor, Improvement Science Consulting; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation

Jay Berckley
Dean of Arts & Innovation, Episcopal High School

Sean Berkstresser
Executive Director of Information and Analytics, Tulsa Public Schools

Al Bertani
Senior Advisor, Urban Education Institute, University of Chicago; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Manuelito Biag
Senior Associate, Networked Improvement Science, Carnegie Foundation

Heidi Black
Director of Collaborative Improvement, StriveTogether

Casey Blochowiak
Director of Curriculum and Learning, School District of Menomonee Falls

Shay Bluemer-Miroite
Director of Improvement Advising, Shift

Erica Boas
Improvement Specialist, WestEd

Jarrod Bolte
Founder and CEO, Improving Education

Kathryn Boucher
Assistant Professor, University of Indianapolis

Alicia Bowman
Improvement Specialist, WestEd

Michelle Bowman
Vice President, Networks & Content Design, Learning Forward

Dominique Bradley
Researcher, American Institutes for Research

Natalie Breen
Director of Children's & Youth Education, Wesley-Rankin Community

Kristina Brewer
Educational Specialist, Decker Middle School, Pomona Unified School District

Cheryl Broadnax
Senior Director of Educational Supports, StriveTogether

Elaine Farber Budish
Director, UPD Consulting

Christie Budner
Teaching Teacher Specialist and History Teacher, Lorbeer Middle School, Pomona Unified School District

Susan Burkhauser
Researcher, American Institutes for Research

Joanna Burt-Kinderman
Mathematics Instructional Coach, Pocahontas County Schools

Genny Cadena
Director, Education Partnerships, Orenda Education

Evelyn Camarillo
Events Manager, Network for College Success, The University of Chicago

Susan Carlile
Associate Professor, Portland State University

Adam Carter
Executive Director, Marshall Street at Summit

Alex Carter
Vice President, Implementation, Colorado Education Initiative

Penny Carver
Principal, Carver & Company; Senior Fellow, Strategy and Business Development, Carnegie Foundation

Victor Cary
Senior Director, National Equity Project

Jeanne Century
Director of Outlier Research and Evaluation, UChicago Stem Education; Research Associate Professor, The University of Chicago

Melissa Chabran
Associate, Managing Director, Networked Improvement Science, Carnegie Foundation

Sarah Chandler
Consultant, Independent Consultant for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Marshall Street

Laura Checovich
Communications Associate, American Institutes for Research

Caitlin Chisholm
VTmtss Program Coordinator, Vermont Agency of Education

Elizabeth Chu
Executive Director, Center for Public Research and Leadership

Charoscar Coleman
Instructional Director, Prince George's County Public Schools

Juli Coleman
Chief of Improvement, School Networks, CORE Districts

Benjamin Cooper
Founder and Principal Consultant, Benjamin Cooper Consulting LLC

Derek Cruz
Director of Educational Support Services, Washington Unified School District

Ben Daley
President, High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Jennifer Danek
Senior Strategic Advisor & Director of SEP Partnerships, Coalition of Urban Serving Universities

Ketti Davis
Assistant Superintendent, Central Unified School District

Sheryl Davis-Jackson
Improvement Facilitator, JY Joyner Elementary School

Patrice Dawkins-Jackson
Associate, Networked Improvement Science; Director, Post Baccalaureate Fellowship Program, Carnegie Foundation

Karlenys De Los Santos
6th Grade Math & Science Teacher, Eugenio Maria De Hostos MicroSociety School, Yonkers Public Schools

Kris DeFilippis
Director, Bronx Academic Response Team, New York City Department of Education

Loren Demeroutis
Director, Learning Big Picture, Big Picture Learning

Kayon DePina
Educator, Baltimore City Public Schools

Jermaine Dickerson
Academic Response Team Specialist, Bronx Borough Central Office, New York City Department of Education

Dana Diesel
President and CEO, Schools That Lead

Sydney Dion
District Literacy Instruction and Design Coach, Tahoe Truckee Unified School Disrict

Alicia Dixon
Executive Director, Marcus Foster Education Institute

Christina Dixon
Improvement Advisor, Independent Consultant, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Jonathan Dolle
Director, Improvement Science, WestEd

Mark Dunetz
President, New Visions for Public Schools

Matthew Easterday
Associate Professor, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University; Founder and Chief Product Officer, Forgeworks

David Eddy-Spicer
Professor of Education, School of Education and Human Development, University of Virginia

Isaak Egg
Adviser, Confluence High School

Jennifer Enns
Executive Leadership Coach, Comprehensive Support and Improvement, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools

Paula Espinoza
Improvement Advisor, Marshall Street

Ryan Estrellado
Executive Consultant, Content Lead, South County SELPA, ED&D

Segun Eubanks
Director, Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement, University of Maryland College Park

Krista Fairley
Principal, Lorbeer Middle School, Pomona Unified School District

Paola Deliz Felix Encarnacion
National Network for School Improvement Leader, City Year

Marcia Feliz
Academic Response Team Specialist, Bronx Borough Central Office, New York City Department of Education

Richard Fitzpatrick
Superintendent, Corning Union Elementary School District

G. Bryan Fleming
NSI Associate Director, BARR Center

Sofi Frankowski
Chief Learning Officer, Schools That Lead

Leanne Fray
Senior Research Fellow, School of Education, University of Newcastle (Australia)

Tracy Fray-Oliver
Vice President, Bank Street Education Center

Tia Freelove Kirk
Program Coordinator, The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities

Kim Frumin
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University

Michael Fullan
Co-Leader, New Pedagogies for Deep Learning

Marcia Fulton
Executive Director, Compass Academy

Ryan Gallagher
Director of Continuous Improvement, High Tech High

Elizabeth Gerber
Associate Professor, Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University; Founder and Strategist, Forgeworks

Adelia Gibson
Academic Response Team Specialist, Bronx Borough Central Office, New York City Department of Education

Nikki Giunta
Chief of Staff, New Visions for Public Schools

Corey Golla
Superintendent, School District of Menomonee Falls (WI)

Heather Gomez
Executive Leadership Coach, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools

Louis Gomez
Professor of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation

Danielle Gonzales
Managing Director, Education & Society Program, Aspen Institute

Gloria Gonzalez
Founder and Principal Consultant, Gonzalez Consulting

Jenny Gore
Laureate Professor, University of Newcastle

Lori Grant
State Lead for North Carolina, TrueSchool

Dana Gray
Director of Community Collaboration and Evaluation, Southern Methodist University

Patricia Greco
Superintendent Emeritus, School District of Menomonee Falls; Senior Director of Thought Leadership, Studer Education

Angela Green
Testing and Improvement Analyst, Alexandria City Public Schools

Sarah Green
Elementary & Secondary Education Program Coordinator, Humboldt State University

Michael Griffin
Educator, Arlington Public Schools

Sarah Gripshover
Director of Research, PERTS (Project for Education Research That Scales), Stanford University

Janie Griswold
Chief Learning Officer, High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Cori Groth
Associate Director, Utah Education Policy Center, University of Utah

Alicia Grunow
Co-Founder and Improvement Specialist, Improvement Collective; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation

Sarah Gudenkauf
Research Assistant, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

Adam Hall
Principal Research Scientist, Plus Alpha Research & Consulting, LLC

Michael Hanson
Former Superintendent, Fresno Unified School District; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Heather Harding
Senior Director, Education Grantmaking, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies Foundation

Jess Harris
Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Newcastle (Australia)

Terrence Harris
Staff Associate, Office of Enrollment, Choice, and Transfers, Baltimore City Public Schools

Susan Haynes
Partner Success Manager, Collaborative Technology, Carnegie Foundation

LaRena Heath
Associate, Networked Improvement Science, Carnegie Foundation

Sue Ann Heatherly
Senior Education Officer, Green Bank Observatory

Sarah Heaton
Director, Strategy and Continuous Improvement, Baltimore City Public Schools

Erin Hellman Ashoka
Associate Director of NSI Implementation and Data, Bank Street Education Center

Erin Henrick
President, Partner to Improve

Darryl Hill
Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Randy Hitz
Dean Emeritus, Graduate School of Education, Portland State University; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Cynthia Ho
Directing Improvement Partner, Partners in School Innovation

Rebecca Horwitz-Willis
Graduate Student, Harvard University

David Imig
Professor of Practice, College of Education, University of Maryland; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Jennifer Iriti
Research Scientist, Learning Research & Development Center, University of Pittsburgh

Marcus Jackson
Executive Consultant, Content Lead, South County SELPA, ED&D

Robert J. Jagers
Vice President of Research, CASEL

Sarah Jay
Director of Assessment for Learning, Boston Public Schools

Angela Jerabek
Executive Director, BARR Center

Tanya Johnson
Equity Leadership Consultant, Shift

Blair Jonas
Behavior Intervention Support Specialist, Chesterfield County Public Schools

Niesha Jones
Program Associate, Raise Your Hand Texas

Imani Jones-Ratcliffe
Instructional Leadership Partner, New York City Department of Education

Amanda Justice
Continuous Improvement Coach, Spartanburg School District 6

Quinton Keith
Director of Data and Continuous Improvement, Network for College Success, The University of Chicago

Steven Kellner
Director of Program Sustainability and Growth, California Education Partners

Edit Khachatryan
Founder and Principal Consultant, Sovoroom; Carnegie National Faculty, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Ayeola Kinlaw
Project Director, Center for Public Research and Leadership, Columbia University

Kasey Klappenback
Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education, Pajaro Valley Unified School District

Rachel Klein
Partner, Strategic Initiatives, Catalyst:Ed

Jim Kohlmoos
Co-Founder and Partner, EDGE Consulting; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Uma Kotagal
Senior Fellow, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation

Eugene Kowch
Associate Professor, Education Leadership, Policy, Governance, and Innovation, University of Calgary

Kelsey Krausen
Senior Engagement Manager, WestEd

Julie Kunselman
Director of Research and Organizational Excellence Coach, Studer Education

Sunanda Kushon
Mathematics Teacher, Instructional Coach, Mann UCLA Community School

Jeannette LaFors
Consultant, XQ Institute; Principal, Kelefors Consulting; Former Director of Equity Initiatives, The Education Trust–West

Joseph Lamb
Improvement Specialist, Tulare County Office of Education

Janise Lane
Executive Director of Teaching and Learning, Baltimore City Public Schools

Mayra Lara
Associate Director of Educator Engagement, The Education Trust–West

Deborah Larrabee
Principal, Fort Plain Junior-Senior High School

Hien Larson
Principal, Alder Creek Middle School, Tahoe Truckee Unified School District

Stephanie Lassalle
Improvement Advisor, Strategic Operations Lead, Marshall Street

Matty Lau
Director of Strategy and Implementation, Bank Street Education Center

Koren Lawson
Lead Teacher/Improvement Advisor, Baltimore City Public Schools

Elizabeth Stosich
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Administration, & Policy, Fordham Graduate School of Education

Laurel LeFebvre
Director of Program Planning, Continuous Learning, New York City Department of Education

Paul LeMahieu
Senior Vice President of Programs, Carnegie Foundation

Julie Leopold
Executive Director, Leadership for School Improvement, New York City Department of Education

Tarima Levine
Senior Director of Content Development, Bank Street Education Center

Angel Li
Associate, Evidence and Analytics, Carnegie Foundation

Maria Lichtenwaldt
Learning Director, Dinuba Unified School District

Sandra Lochhead
Senior Manager, Innovation & Improvement, Denver Public Schools

Chad Lochmiller
Associate Professor, School of Education, Indiana University

Melissa Loftus
Continuous Improvement Coordinator–Literacy, Baltimore City Public Schools

Betty Lugo
Instructional Leadership Partner, New York City Department of Education

Christopher Macaluso
Assistant Superintendent, Division of Equity and Access – Curriculum, Instruction, School Supervision, Yonkers Public Schools

Megan MacDonald
Research Assistant, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

Tom Malarkey
Director, National Equity Project

Logan Mallonee
Principal, Truckee High School, Tahoe Truckee Unified School District

Jojo Manai
Senior Associate, Managing Director, Collaborative Technology, Carnegie Foundation

Alida Maravi
Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

JoDee Marcellin
Director of District to District Program, California Education Partners

Annmargareth Marousky
Computer Science Instructional Specialist, Broward County Public Schools

Nicole Marsh
Coordinator of Early Literacy, Pajaro Valley Unified School District

Sarah May
Developmental Evaluator, Partners in School Innovation

Hollis McAllister
Senior Director, Network for School Improvement (Tulsa), City Year

Monique McKay
University Ombuds, Special Assistant to the President, Director of Indigenous Initiatives, Florida Gulf Coast University

Rohini McKee
Associate Partner, Catalyst:Ed

Tania McKey
Senior Director of Humanities, Portland Public Schools

Margaret McLaughlin
Associate Dean, Research and Innovation and Partnerships, College of Education, University of Maryland

Kelly McMahon
Associate, Evidence and Analytics, Carnegie Foundation

Angelina Amaro-McNamara
Executive Leadership Coach, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools

Jordan Means
Undergraduate Student, West Virginia University; Director, First2 Network

Jal Mehta
Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University

Eva Mejia
Chief Program and Strategy Officer, Big Picture Learning

Jesse Melgares
Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships, New Teacher Center

Amanda Meyer
Director of Improvement, CORE Districts

Ryan Mick
Vice President, School Design & Improvement, City Year

Vivian Mihalakis
Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Libbi Miller
Assistant Professor, Humboldt State University

Natalie Mitchell
Director of Title I Programs and School Improvement, Alexandria City Public Schools

Eliza Moeller
Director of Research and Continuous Improvement, Network for College Success, The University of Chicago

Rachel H. Monarrez
Assistant Superintendent, San Bernardino City Unified School District

Claudia Monjaras
Director of Language Arts and History/Social Studies, K–12, Pajaro Valley Unified School District

Edgar Montes
Project Co-Director, CARPE Network, High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Erin Moore
Director of Communications, Shift

Arianna Morales
Program Manager, Marcus Foster Education Institute

Kyle Moyer
Director of Continuous Improvement, Marshall Street

Vanessa Murrieta
Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Kari Nelsestuen
Co-Founder, Community Design Partners

Jody Nelson
Executive Director, Change Inc.

Jeff Nennig
Director of Technology and Assessment, School District of Menomonee Falls (WI)

Nelli Noakes
Partner and Senior Consultant, Community At Work

Dwight Nolt
Director of District Partnerships, Literacy Design Collaborative

Jon Norman
Managing Director, Evidence and Analytics, Carnegie Foundation

Rebecca Norwood
Elementary Principal, Pomona Unified School District

Jose Ochoa
Director of State & Federal Programs, Mendota Unified School District

Terry Orr
Professor, Fordham University

KK Owen
Leader Coach, Studer Education

Debra Pacchiano
Vice President, Translational Research, Start Early

Clinton Page
Chief Accountability Officer, Department of Accountability and Research, Alexandria City Public Schools

Katie Pak
School Improvement and Data Specialist, School District of Philadelphia

Emily Pallin
Executive Director, Connecticut RISE

Simone Palmer
Associate, Networked Improvement Science, Carnegie Foundation

Sandra Park
Co-Founder and Improvement Specialist, Improvement Collective; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation

Josh Parker
Senior Director, Cohort Programs, UnboundEd

Emma Parkerson
Senior Associate, Networked Improvement Science, Carnegie Foundation

Janet Parlato
Principal, Watertown, Connecticut High School

Lauren Perez Pietruszka
Freshman Success Coach, Network for College Success

Elda Perez-Mejia
Principal, Eugenio Maria de Hostos MicroSociety School, Yonkers Public Schools

Randal Peters
Associate Professor, Drake University

Amelia Peterson
Fellow, London School of Economics

Farah Peterson
Coordinator of School Improvement, Alexandria City Public Schools

Abigail Petropulos
Executive Leadership Coach, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools

Donald Peurach
Associate Professor, University of Michigan; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation

Jennifer Pifeleti
Education Manager/Interim Director of Operations, The Institue for Human and Social Development

Derek Pike
Assistant Principal, Denver West High School, Denver Public Schools

Nina Portugal
Program Associate, Lead by Learning, Mills College (CA)

Tina Posnanski
Principal, School District of Menomonee Falls

Katherine Pressler
Postsecondary Coach, Network for College Success at The University of Chicago

Regina Pretekin
Lead Postsecondary Coach, Network for College Success at the University of Chicago

Sam Purdy
Manager of Network Learning, Connecticut RISE Network

Edwin Quezada
Superintendent, Yonkers Public Schools

Joanne Quinn
Co-Founder and Global Director, New Pedagogies for Deep Learning

Aldo Ramirez
Director of Continuous Improvement, San Bernardino City Unified School District

Huggy Rao
Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Joyce Randall
Freshman Success Coach, University of Chicago, Network for College Success

Daniel Rees Lewis
Assistant Research Professor, Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University; Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer, Forgeworks

Kaitlyn Reilley
Academic Response Team Specialist, Bronx Borough Central Office, New York City Department of Education

Timothy Renick
Executive Director, National Institute for Student Success, Georgia State University

Caitlin Richard
Director of Grants and Special Projects, Tulsa Public Schools

Christina Ritter
Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives, BARR Center

Olivia Rivera
Executive Consultant, Content Lead, South County SELPA, ED&D

Karla Robles
Chief Strategy Officer, Be A Leader Foundation

David Rock
Dean, School of Education, University of Mississippi

Michelle Rodriguez
Superintendent of Schools, Pajaro Valley Unified School District

Kristen Rohanna
Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA School of Education and Information Studies

Andrea Rorrer
Director, Utah Education Policy Center, University of Utah

Robyn Rosengrave
Executive Director Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, State Schools-Performance, Department of Education, Queensland, Australia

LaShawn Routé Chatmon
Executive Director, National Equity Project

Jennifer Russell
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation

Theodore Sagun
Director of Mathematics Instruction and Learning, UCLA School of Education and Information Studies

Sid Salazar
Executive Coach, National Center for Urban School Transformation; Former Superintendent, Alvord Unified; Former Assistant Superintendent, San Diego Unified

Alicia Sanborn
Director, Washington Unified School District

Carlos Sandoval
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Education, University of California, Irvine

Natasha Saunders
Educational Specialist, Fairfax County Public Schools

Laura Schwalm
Chief of Staff, California Education Partners

Nishi Shah
Freshman Success Coach, Network for College Success

Farnoosh Shahrokhi
Associate Professor & Division Director, George Mason University

Paula Shannon
Deputy Superintendent, Tulsa Public Schools

Anu Sharma
Senior Research Scientist, BARR Center

Annie Sharp
Director of Differentiated Assistance, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools

Vivian Ann Shaver
Continuous Improvement Coach and Trainer, Spartanburg Academic Movement

Marguerite Sheffer
Director of Impact, TrueSchool

Virgil Sheppard
Senior National School Partnerships Director, City Year

David Sherer
Associate, Evidence and Analytics, Carnegie Foundation

Jennifer Sherer
Research Associate, Partners for Network Improvement

Barbara Shreve
Barbara Shreve, Associate, Networked Improvement Science; Director, Professional Education Offerings, Carnegie Foundation

Claire Silva
Manager, Project Support Coach, Fairfax County Public Schools

Amber Smith
Senior Education Consultant, Teaching Matters

Courtney Smith
Deputy Executive Director of Continuous Learning, New York City Department of Education

Julie Smith
Co-Founder, Community Design Partners

Toni Smith
Principal Researcher, American Institutes for Research

Jean Snell
Senior Faculty Specialist, The University of Maryland

Meghan Snyder
Director of Research Strategy and Policy, Center for Public Research and Leadership, Columbia University

Ami Patel Song
Mathematics Specialist, Yonkers Public Schools Network for School Improvement

Erika Stern
Teacher, Liberty Elementary, Baltimore City Public Schools

Doug Stilwell
Assistant Professor, Drake University

Rebecca Stilwell
Organizational Psychologist and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University

Talia Stol
Research Associate, Learning Research & Development Center, University of Pittsburgh

Sylvia Symonds
Associate Vice President, Arizona State University

Sola Takahashi
Senior Research Associate, WestEd

Sofia Tannenhaus
Improvement Coach, High Tech High Graduate School of Education

Brandee Tate
Associate Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Suzanne Thomas
Director of Quality and Analytics, School District of Menomonee Falls

James Thurman
Blueprint Literacy Coach, Baltimore City Public Schools

Brandon Tilghman
Director, Office of Enrollment, Choice, and Transfers, Baltimore City Public Schools

Elisa Torres-Barton
Executive Leadership Coach, Comprehensive Support and Improvement, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools

Steve Tozer
Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois Chicago; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Joseph Trawick-Smith
Director, Education Resource Strategies

Magda Tsagaris
School Support Associate, Utah Education Policy Center, University of Utah

Paul Tuss
Director, Educator Quality Center, California State University Office of the Chancellor

Sierah Tyson
Director, English Language Arts, UnboundEd

Amber Valdez
Senior Program Associate, WestEd

Elizabeth van Es
Professor, University of California, Irvine

Ash Vasudeva
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Carnegie Foundation

Camila Velasquez
Improvement Analyst, Networked Improvement Science, Carnegie Foundation

Morgan Vien
Deeper Learning Coach, Envision Learning Partners

Chad Vignola
Executive Director, Literacy Design Collaborative

Kirk Walters
Director of Mathematics, WestEd

Tracy Bettale Watterson
VTmtss Program Manager, Vermont Agency of Education

Kim Webb
CVNIC 2.0 Mathematics Director/Mathematics Curriculum Specialist, Tulare County Office of Education

Hannah Weissler
Post Baccalaureate Fellow, Collaborative Technology, Carnegie Foundation

Jenn Wendler
Educator, Baltimore City Public Schools

Matthew Wernsdorfer
National Director of Program Delivery, City Year

Melissa White
Project Director, Innovation Studies, WestEd

Tinkhani White
Director of School Improvement, Chesterfield County Public Schools

Kristen Wilcox
Associate Professor, Educational Policy and Leadership, University at Albany; Research and Development Director, NYKids

Annie Wilhelm
Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University

Amy Williams
Program Manager, California Education Partners

Kathryn Williamson
Teaching Associate Professor, West Virginia University

Andrea Willy
District Grant Writer, Pajaro Valley Unified School District

Amiee Winchester
Continuous Improvement Program Director, Baltimore City Public Schools

Susie Wise
Adjunct Professor and Former Director, K12 Lab Network Stanford d.school

Daniel Woestman
Superintendent, Belvidere School District 100

James Woglom
Assistant Professor of Art Education, Program Leader of Elementary Education Credential Program, Humboldt State University

Rose Wood
Manager, STEM, Queensland Department of Education, Queensland, Australia

Ryoko Yamaguchi
Research Scientist, University of North Carolina Greensboro

Karen Zeribi
Founder and CEO, Shift

Jennifer Zezza
Principal, JY Joyner Elementary School

Nancy Zimpher
Chancellor Emeritus, State University of New York

2021 Sponsors

LEADERS:
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• William Flora Hewlett Foundation

SUPPORTERS:
• Corporation of New York
• WestEd.org

FRIENDS:
• Oportunidad
• nea.org
• New Visions for Public Schools