A History of World-Class Speakers

Miguel Gamiño
Executive Vice President, Global Cities
Mastercard

Aaron Nasi
Sr. Director of Cybersecurity
Albertsons Companies

Adela de la Torre
President
San Diego State University

John DeGoia
President
Georgetown

Amanda Tovar
Chief Operating Officer
Prospanica

Terry McAuliffe
Governer of Virginia

Kristina Francis
Executive Director
JFF Labs

Ken Cooper
Head of Human Resources
Bloomberg LP

Cameron Wadley
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer for Client Facing Platforms Technology
Bank of America

Joseph E. Aoun
President
Northeastern University

Tim Kaine
U.S. Senator

Stephen Moret
President and CEO
Strada Education Network

Steve Clemons
Editor-at-Large
The Hill

Thomas Caulfield
President and CEO
Global Foundries

Tim Sands
President
Virginia Tech

Alejandra Y. Castillo
Assistant Secretary for Economic Development Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce

Maurice Jones
CEO
OneTen

Eric Kelly
Chairman and CEO
Overland Tandberg Inc.

France Cordova
Director
National Science Foundation

Randy Woodson
Chancellor
North Carolina State University

Ryan Oakes
Global Health & Public Service Industry Practices Chair
Accenture

Nariman Farvardin
President
Stevens Institute of Technology

Mike Fenlon
Chief Future of Work Officer
PwC

Madeline Pumariega
President
Miami Dade College

Phaedra Boinodiris
Global Leader for Trustworthy AI
IBM

Félix V. Matos Rodríguez
Chancellor
City University of New York (CUNY)

Jim Loree
President and CEO
Stanley Black & Decker

Terrence Cheng
Chancellor
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities

Jacqueline Welch
Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Diversity Officer
Freddie Mac

Jim Garrett
Provost and Chief Academic Officer
Carnegie Mellon University

Tim Ryan
US Senior Partner
PwC

Mary Papazian
President
San Jose State University

Michael Carren
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility
The Guardian Life Insurance Company

Joe Glover
Provost and Advisor to the President
University of Florida

Margaret Angell
Head of Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives
Roux Institute

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

Carlo Salerno
Managing Director, Education Insights
Burning Glass Institute

Kenneth A. Finneran
Vice President, Human Resources
eMed

Michael Duquette Fowler
Vice President, Information Management
NextEra Energy

Susan Winslow
CEI
Macmillan Learning

Shannon Gilkey
Rhode Island Commissioner
Postsecondary Education

Sania Khan
Vice President of Product Platform and Innovation
Ellucian

Paul Gruenwald
Global Chief Economist
S&P Global Ratings

Nelson Baker
Inaugural Interim Dean of the College of Lifetime Learning
Georgia Tech

Laura Ipsen
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ellucian

Kennon Harrison
Head of Corporate Workforce Partnerships
ETS

Justin Yancy
President
Texas Business Leadership Council

Jeffrey D. Armstrong
President
California Polytechnic State University

Jae Lynn Akin
HR&D Executive – Talent Management
State Farm

Greg Giangrande
Chief People & Communications Officer
Ellucian

Eric Dunker
Chief Innovation Officer
National Center for the Apprenticeship Degree

Amanda Kosty
Program Officer, Tech Hubs
U.S. Economic Development Administration

Colin Newman
Director of Workforce & Economic Development
Amazon

Avery Cambridge
Associate Partner
McKinsey

Denise Galambos
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Exelon Corporation

Emma Fisher
Director, Corporate Affairs
Cognizant

Aaron Olson
Executive Vice President
Aon

Alfonzo Alexander
President & CEO
Alexander Success Group

Alvin Henry
Chair of Asian American Studies
San Diego State University
Carol Carter
Founder and CEO
GlobalMindED

Matt Beane
Author
The Skill Code

Chris James
President and CEO
National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development

Dave Savory
Co-Founder and Vice President of Experiential Learning
Riipen

Lisa Gevelber
Founder, Grow with Google
Google

Derrick Watchman
President
Sagebrush Hill Group

Duke Reiter
Executive Director of the University City Exchange
Arizona State University

Erika D. Beck
President
California State University, Northridge

Erin Mayhood
CEO
Mentor Collective

Jimmy McDonough
Assistant Commissioner for Higher Education Workforce Programs
Utah System of Higher Education

Kevin Connell
GTM for Education
OpenAI

Lisa Foss
Senior Director for U.S. Practice, University Design Institute
Arizona State University

Mike Rask
National Higher Education Practice Leader
Aon

Paul LeBlanc
President
Southern New Hampshire University

Valerie Singer
General Manager, Global Education
Amazon Web Services

Walt Duflock
Senior Vice President of Innovation
Western Growers

Wendy Lea
Founder
TechHubNow!