Cobretti Williams is an editor for the EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellowship.

Daniel Mollenkamp is a reporter at EdSurge. Email: daniel@edsurge.com.

Emily is a senior reporter at EdSurge covering early childhood, child care and K-12 education. Email: emily@edsurge.com.

Jeffrey R. Young is an editor and reporter at EdSurge and host of the weekly EdSurge Podcast. Email: jeff@edsurge.com

Marisa Busch previously served as an editorial director and editor at EdSurge.

Mi Aniefuna is the senior manager of EdSurge Research.

Nadia Tamez-Robledo is a reporter at EdSurge.

Rebecca Koenig is an interim senior editorial director, editor and senior reporter at EdSurge.

Agustin Vilaseca was part of the founding team at EdSurge and served as its Chief Technology Officer.

​Alex Sigillo served as a Research Project Manager at EdSurge.

Alice Myerhoff served as Vice President of Sales at EdSurge.

Allison is President of Entangled Studios

Andrew Rikard was an EdSurge Editorial Fellow in the summer of 2016.

Former Senior Marketing Manager at EdSurge

Antoinette formerly served as a reporter for EdSurge.

Ben was an intern at EdSurge.

Blake is a technology reporter at The Daily Beast

Brady was an engineer at EdSurge.

Charley Locke was a reporter for EdSurge.

Christina served as EdSurge's first Director of Research.

Diana Lee is a former Senior Research Manager at EdSurge

Elsie is an education consultant serving school districts and organizations across the Bay Area

Gordon was a product manager for the EdSurge edtech Index.

Helen Resor served as Director of Jobs at EdSurge.

Jen was formerly a K-12 Assistant Editor at EdSurge

Jennie is Associate Director of Innovation at KIPP Bay Area Schools

Jenny Abamu is a diplomat with the US State Dept. She previously served as reporter at EdSurge.

Joan was a long-time elementary teacher and academic coach.

Katrina Stevens is Sr. Director of Learning Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Kris is director of the EdSurge Solutions Studio

Leonard was formerly Director of EdSurge's Concierge program.

Liana Gamber-Thompson is Digital Project and Operations Manager at EdSurge

Marguerite McNeal was Senior Editor at EdSurge

Mary Hossfeld served as Managing Editor of EdSurge Solutions Studio.

Matt was part of the founding team of EdSurge.

Meg Hamel was Director of Research at EdSurge. Email: meg@edsurge.com

​Michael was the Product Manager of EdSurge's Edtech Index.

Michelle led EdSurge's Tech for Schools Summit efforts.

Molly Levitt served as Director of Marketing at EdSurge.

Nick created the original look and feel for EdSurge.

Patrícia is a product manager at JOTA

Rachel Burstein is a freelance educational researcher and writer and was formerly a researcher at EdSurge.

Ray was a fellow at EdSurge Higher Ed

Rebecca worked on the growth team at Edsurge.

Sam Peterson is a former Managing Editor of EdSurge Solutions Studio.

Shuaib was a product management intern at EdSurge

Hacker at Edsurge.

Stephen Noonoo served as K-12 Editor at EdSurge.

Sydney Johnson is a reporter at EdSource.

Tina Nazerian was previously Higher Education Reporter at EdSurge.

Tony Wan is head of platform at Reach Capital and the former managing editor at EdSurge.

Tyler served as President of EdSurge.

Wade Tyler Millward covered edtech business at EdSurge.

Former Digital Publishing Coordinator at EdSurge

Academic dean at Achievement First Brooklyn High School

Amy Ahearn leads career success strategy at Pathstream.

Betsy Corcoran is co-founder of EdSurge and a columnist. Email: betsy@ledeventures.com

Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the long-running podcast, Teaching in Higher Ed. She is also dean of teaching and learning at Vanguard University of Southern California.

Chrissy is a veteran teacher with over 24 years experience with students in elementary and middle school.

Dhawal is the founder of Class Central, a MOOC discovery platform

Farhat Ahmad is an alternative education teacher in Marietta City School District in Marietta, Georgia.

Frank Catalano is an independent industry strategist, author and veteran analyst of digital education/consumer technologies.

Author, speaker, and independent consultant

Jasmine Roberts is a strategic communication lecturer in the School of Communication at The Ohio State University.

Jin-Soo Huh is an EdSurge columnist and a Partner at The Learning Accelerator

Kerry Gallagher is a Digital Learning Specialist at St. John's Prep in Danvers, Mass.

Associate professor of higher education at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Lead elementary library media specialist

Mary Jo Madda is senior program manager on the Education for Social Impact team at Google, and a doctoral student at the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies. Previously, she was a director at EdSurge.

Senior Strategist at Guild Education

Michelle Pacansky-Brock is Faculty Mentor, Digital Innovation for the California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative and @ONE (Online Network of Educators).

Michelle R. Weise is a senior advisor at Imaginable Futures, a venture of The Omidyar Group.

Mordecai I. Brownlee is the president of Community College of Aurora in Aurora, Colorado.

Reshan Richards is Director of Studies at New Canaan Country School in Connecticut

Robert Ubell is vice dean emeritus of online learning at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, and author of the collection, Going Online: Perspectives on Digital Learning.

Sean Gallagher is founder and executive director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy.

Sheena Vaidyanthan is a computer science integration specialist at Los Altos School District in California.

Stephen J. Valentine is an educator, school leader, writer, and serial collaborator

Sujata Bhatt is Senior Fellow at Transcend

Aaliyah A. Samuel is president and CEO of the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL), where she spearheads initiatives to expand social and emotional learning to schools nationwide.

Aaron is principal of Katherine Smith Elementary School in San Jose, CA

Aaron is founder and CEO of Panorama Education

Aaron is a Master Teacher Fellow at Math for America and A Model Teacher in the New York City Department of Education

Aaron Skonnard is a co-founder of Pluralsight, where he serves as the Chief Executive Officer.

Aaron is a K-12 Maker Space and Science Coordinator at Lighthouse Community Charter School in Oakland, CA.

Aaron Walker is the founder of Camelback Ventures, which supports underrepresented entrepreneurs across the country

Aaron Wertman is the CEO of Schoolytics.

Abbas Manjee is Chief Academic Officer at Kiddom. Before Kiddom, Abbas taught high school math serving at-risk youth in New York City. And before teaching, he was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch.

Abbie is an editor, project manager and educator.

Postgraduate Associate at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Ace Parsi is Director of Innovation at the National Center for Learning Disabilities.

Adam is a former teacher, tech specialist, and current founder of eduClipper and eduTecher.

Adam Brown is the program director of the Science of Learning Research (SOLER) Initiative at Columbia University.

​Adam Carter is Chief Academic Officer at Summit Public Schools

Dr. Fried is currently the Superintendent of the Harrington Park District in New Jersey.

Associate Partner, International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE)

Educational developer at Teaching and Learning Services at McGill University

Adam Geller is a former middle-school science teacher, author, and founder of the Edthena video observation platform.

Adam Pisoni is the founder of Abl Schools

Adam Rosenzweig is Director of Business Development and Partnerships at Beyond 12

​Adam Shaw is a high school principal in Madison, South Dakota.

Adrian Abrams is a junior at Georgetown University.

Adrian Sannier is Chief Academic Technology Officer for EdPlus and Professor of Practice in the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Engineering at Arizona State University.

CEO of GoGuardian

Aida Hadzovic is an ELA teacher at PS 226 in Brooklyn, NY.

Aimée is the founder and CEO of Braven, which works to ensure underrepresented college students develop the skills, mindsets, experiences and networks they need to get strong first jobs after graduation.

Freelance Writer and Tutor

Second grade teacher

AJ Bianco is a middle school social studies teacher at Harrington Park School District in Harrington Park, New Jersey.

A.J. Julian is a dad of four kids, the author of “Inquiry & Innovation in the Classroom” and an innovation specialist in a public school district just outside of Philadelphia, PA.

President and Co-Founder of E-Line Media

Dr. Albert Yu-Min Lin is a National Geographic Explorer, and the co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Planet3.

Director, GovTech, EdTech, Learning Companies, Amazon Web Services, Worldwide Public Sector

A Computer Science student at Yuba Community College.

Alejo Rivera is a co-founder of Learnhub.

Alex Aljets serves as the University Innovation Alliance Fellow at Oregon State University.

Alexander Russo is a writer, blogger and author who has been published and/or quoted in Slate, Washington Post, Huffington Post, New York Times, and USA Today. His website, “This Week in Education,” is one of the nation's longest-running education blogs.

Alexandra Diracles is co-founder and CEO of Vidcode.

Senior Inclusive Innovation Researcher at Digital Promise

​Alexandra Roosenburg is founder & executive director of Capitol Learning Academy, a micro-school planned to launch in Washington D.C. in September 2018.

Alex Brouhard (he/him) is a social studies teacher at Oakwood High School in Dayton, Ohio.

assessment director for Imagine Charter Schools

Alex Hernandez is a Partner at the Charter School Growth Fund, a nonprofit that supports the growth of the nation’s best public charter schools.

Alexis is Communications Manager at NYC Media Lab

Alex Rappaport is the co-founder and CEO of Flocabulary

Alex Sarlin is an instructional designer and founder of TripleJump, an edtech and gamification consultancy.

Alex is the founder of Ponder, a social micro-reading response tool.

Executive Director of Breakthrough San Juan Capistrano

Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting.

Alfred Essa is Vice President of R&D and Analytics at McGraw-Hill Education

Alice Domínguez (she/her) teaches English language arts and yoga and mindfulness at Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista, California.

Alicia N. Garcia is a principal policy analyst at the American Institutes for Research

Alicia Simba is a kindergarten teacher at Prescott School in the Oakland Unified School District in Oakland, California.

Alina Din is a writer based in the Bay Area.

Alison Griffin is a Senior Vice President for Whiteboard Advisors, a Washington, DC-based research and advisory firm.

Alison J. Head is an information scientist and social science researcher.

Aliza is the Product Director at Flocabulary. She is a former teacher and travel writer.

Doctoral student at the University of California, Irvine, studying digital technologies, children and education

Allison Wyatt is a founding partner at Edgility Consulting

Alliv Samson is the co-founder and Chief Operations Officer at Kami. She was a finalist at the 2018 New Zealand Women of Influence Awards for Business and Enterprise.

Alma Lopez is the lead counselor for Livingston Middle School, the guidance counselor coordinator for Livingston Unified School District and was named 2022 School Counselor of the Year by the American School Counselor Association.

Alvin Crawford is the CEO of Knowledge Delivery Systems.

Alyson is the Senior Director, Education Technology at the New Teacher Center

Co-head, education, BTS Spark

Professor of Higher Education at North Carolina State University.

Amanda Centorbi is an Implementation Specialist at Istation.

Amanda is a former actor, teacher, and instructional coach. She currently works in public television. Email: amanda.granger@gmail.com.

Senior director of faculty programs and services at Columbia University

Science teacher in Manchester, NH

Amanda Newlin is the Director of the Learning Design Studio at Smart Sparrow.

Amanda Novak is an assistant principal at Westgate Community School in Thornton, Colo.

Amanda Nyren is a Chicago-based content marketer who’s worked at Curiosity.com and Groupon.

Amanda Marie Rosas (she/her) teaches Spanish and Women’s Studies at Visitation High School in Mendota Heights, Minnesota.

Amanda Rosenburg is the Director of Learning of Tiggly, a child driven startup whose mission is to help kids learn in the most effective way possible.

Director of research and evaluation for Start Early

Director of knowledge, MBZ Labs

Amanda Wortman is the Research Evaluation Manager of Digital Promise's Educator Community Partnerships

Amanda Zeligs Hand is a marketing communications manager at Turnitin.

Professor of Educational Psychology and Educational Technology at Michigan State University

Amber LaPiana is a freelance writer and editor

Amber is Director of the Learning + Technology Fund at Robin Hood Foundation

Program Director, Deans for Impact

A. Michael Berman is the Chief Innovation Officer and Deputy CIO for the California State University Office of the Chancellor.

Ms. Turner is a teacher, the editorial content lead for Share My Lesson, and a doctoral student in the field of Curriculum and Instruction at The George Washington University, where she also teaches pre-service teachers in an M.Ed. certification program.

New Hampshire 50 State Writer

Amy Anderson has been leading ReSchool Colorado as its Director since the launch of the initiative in 2013.

Amy Barger is Assistant Superintendent Learning and Teaching at Fulton County Schools

Amy Burns is a music teacher at Far Hills Country Day School in New Jersey.

Amy Jenkins is COO of Education Elements.

Dr. Amy Lomellini is the Product Accessibility Lead at Anthology.

Amy Mason is principal at Madison County Elementary School in Gurley, Ala.

​Amy McCooe is CEO & Co-Founder of Level Up Village.

Director of Research at LEAP Innovations

Amy Coe Rodde is a Partner at Bridgespan

Ana is the Director of IPASS Implementation Services at EDUCAUSE.

Noted teen and millennial expert

Anant Agarwal is the CEO of edX

Andra is the California Reporter for The Hechinger Report

Environmental Literacy Coordinator at the San Mateo County Office of Education

Andrea has previously taught in Indonesia and Southern California. More recently, she has worked for education companies like The IQ Collective and Kuato Studios.

Andrea Lo is the CEO and founder of Piggybackr, a platform that teaches young people how to fundraise for projects, causes, and organizations.

Curriculum and professional development coordinator

Andrew Ackerman is Managing Director of Dreamit Ventures

Andrew Barbour is a freelance writer and editor specializing in very different fields: educational technology and travel.

Technology Integration Coach at Waggoner Road Middle School in Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Andrew Brennen is the National Field Director for Student Voice

Seventh grade math teacher at FA Day Middle School

Andy Calkins is Deputy Director for Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC).

Andrew D. Spear is an associate professor of philosophy at Grand Valley State University

Andrew Goodin is the Makerspace Teacher at Grand Center Arts Academy in St. Louis, Missouri.

Andrew Ko is Managing Director for Global Education at Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Assistant professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture at Texas A&M University

Andrew Larson is a science and language arts facilitator at Columbus Signature Academy New Tech High School in Columbus, Indiana.

Andrew Ng is Founder and CEO of Landing AI

Andrew Plemmons Pratt is a Teach For America alum working in Washington DC.

Chief Strategist at MIND Research Institute

Andy Ng is a second-year educator teaching Social Studies and Character Education to gifted and talented elementary school students at St. Hilda’s Primary School in Singapore.

Anelise Hanson Shrout is the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Studies at Davidson College.

Angela Baldasare is a principal strategic consultant at Civitas Learning. She was previously the assistant provost for institutional research at the University of Arizona.

​Angela Cooper teaches math at Research Triangle High School, a STEM charter school in Durham, North Carolina.

Angela Estrella is a professional development facilitator and Library Media Teacher at Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California.

Angela Harris (she/her) is an early elementary educator at an African American Immersion school in Milwaukee.

Angela Swartz is a reporter covering education and small towns for The Almanac, a local newspaper in Menlo Park, CA.

Director of the Bourn Idea Lab at Castilleja School

Teacher in northern Alaska

Technology integrationist for ISD 742

Angy Noemy Lara will be attending New York University this fall to pursue a computer engineering degree. Angy is currently a member of Mouse Design League in Manhattan, where she explores her passion for engineering.

Anil is a serial entrepreneur, software developer, published author, and global speaker.

Partner at Transcend

Anna-Lisa is a former educator who has been working with educators to implement social and emotional learning for 20 years.

Professor of Educational Studies at Ohio State University

Education writer

Anne Wager is CEO & Founder of Corsava.

​Annie Murphy Paul writes about the science of learning on the "Brilliant Blog."

Annie Ning, Ed.M., is Director of Asia Affairs at ISTE

Annie Preziosi is a 5th grade teacher in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Annie Sadler is the Digital Learning Fellow at Davidson College.

Digital learning coach

Head of the Computer Science Department at Vikas Bharati Public School

Anthony Baker is the Director of Design Strategies and Emerging Initiatives on the Learning Experience Design team at Digital Promise.

Anthony Brandt is a Professor of Composition and Theory at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.

Founder of mcSquares and dedicated to building human connection with premium collaboration tools.

Anthony is the founder and CEO of Education Elements.

Hip-hop music and production teacher

Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Social Driver

​April Burton is an instructional technology content leader for the Francis Howell School District in Missouri.

Algebra teacher and instructional coach

K12 Futurist Fellow at the Stanford d.School

Learning architect at Minerva Project. Formerly chief learning architect at Grockit.

Ariel Diaz is the CEO of Boundless.

Education consultant

Arielle Rittvo Kinder is a Partner with NewSchools Venture Fund on the Innovative Schools Team.

Arjun Singh is the CEO and co-founder of Gradescope.

Ninth U.S. secretary of education

Arrun Kapoor is the Managing Director for SJF Ventures’ New York City office.

Arthur Levine is Distinguished Scholar of Higher Education at New York University and president emeritus of Teachers College, Columbia University and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

Arthur is Vice President of Business Strategy and Development at Compass Learning. He is also founder of the NYC Innovation Zone (iZone)

Artnelson Concordia co-coordinates the Ethnic Studies program for San Francisco Unified School District.

Assistant professor of Teacher Learning, Research and Practice, and Learning Sciences and Human Development at the University of Colorado Boulder

Aryah Fradkin is the Manager of Teacher Outreach and Engagement for Legends of Learning.

Ash Kaluarachchi is the CEO of StartEd and a producer at Edtech Week

Ashley Álvarez is a undergraduate student at Harvard University earning an bachelor’s degree in sociology and education.

​Ashley Lamb-Sinclair is the 2016 Kentucky Teacher of the Year.

Ashley Neglia has a degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland.

Audrey is a student at Boston College and former intern at EdSurge

Austin is Director of New Ventures at Free Range Studios

Austin Ramsdell is the Initiative Lead for CoVitality at Mosaic Network, Inc. He led the design of the CoVitality App, as well as its implementation in schools and districts.

Autumn Hillis is an open educational resource curriculum specialist with middle schools in the middle Tennessee region.

Visual Arts Teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Ph.D. student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education

Avery Thrush (she/her) is a former sixth grade science teacher and education advocate in Nashville, Tennessee.

Ayah Bdeir is the founder and CEO of littleBits, an award-winning platform of easy-to-use electronic building blocks that is empowering everyone to create inventions, large and small.

Associate at Achieve Partners

Superintendent of Mountain View Whisman School District

Aylon Samouha is an independent designer who provides strategy and design services to education organizations, schools, and foundations.

Azadeh (Azi) Jamalian, PhD, is a co-founder and Chief Learning Officer at Tiggly.

Aziza Pavageau is a second grade teacher and blended learning coach in Los Angeles, California.

Barbara Cvenić is a data scientist at DonorsChoose.org.

Dr. Barbara “Bobbi” Kurshan is Executive Director of Academic Innovation and Senior Fellow in Education at University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education,

Barbara Means is director of the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International

Barbara Pape is the communications director for the Learner Positioning Systems (LPS) at Digital Promise Global (DPG).

Barbara Ray is founding partner of Hiredpen, which helps researchers reach broader audiences.

Barbara Treacy is an adjunct lecturer in the Technology, Innovation and Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Barb Gilman is a 3rd grade teacher at St. Margaret Mary School in Omaha, NE. She is the winner of the 2014 NCEA Distinguished Teacher Award for the Plains States.

Barbra Thoeming is an educational consultant and contributing author on educational technology.

Barnett Berry is CEO and partner at the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ).

President and CEO of the EdTech Evidence Exchange

​Bea Leiderman is an instructional technology coach at Goochland County Public Schools, in Goochland, Virginia.

Motamedi directs Newsroom by the Bay and Global Student Square.

Doctoral student in the Learning Sciences and Human Development Department at the University of Colorado Boulder

Becky is an education consultant, writer, and musician living in San Francisco.

Becky Fritchie is a 5th grade math and science teacher at Spanish Lake Primary School in Geismar, Louisiana.

Becky Splitt is Head of Strategic Initiatives and Executive Chairman of the Board at StudyBlue.

Dr. Belle Liang is a professor of counseling, developmental and educational psychology in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College.

Benjamin Pimentel is Head of Content and Communications at BlueVine.

​Benjamin Riley is the founder and executive director of Deans for Impact.

An assistant professor in the James Madison University School of Strategic Leadership.

Professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development at the University of Colorado Boulder

​Ben Kutylo is the Director of Program Investments and Innovation for The Chicago Public Education Fund.

Ben Stern is an Account Executive for Dropbox for Education.

Ben Wallerstein is the cofounder of Whiteboard Advisors.

Ben is Chief of Staff at Whiteboard Advisors

Ben is the Director of Personalized Professional Learning in Denver Public Schools.

Dr. Bernard Bull is President of Goddard College.

​Beth is a partner at the nonprofit The Learning Accelerator

CEO of The Learning Accelerator

Engagement Manager at Hāpara

Betsy Barefoot is one of the three co-founders of the Policy Center on the First Year of College

Betsy Mann is the PR & Marketing Fellow for the UNC Emerging Technologies Lab.

Betsy is a founding board member of Venture Academy and a former teacher.

Bev is the founder of DigiLEARN and former governor of North Carolina

Bharani Rajakumar is founder and CEO of LearnBop, a classroom-based digital solution to help students succeed in K-12 mathematics.

Bill is a former public school physics teacher and the executive director of White Mountain Science, Inc (WMSI).

Bill Gates is co-chair and trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Bill Hinkley is a national board certified math teacher at Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro, Maine.

CEO and senior program designer at MeTEOR Education

Bill Rich is founder of Red House Learning, an educational consulting organization that specializes in brain-based learning.

Bill Triant is an investor in the education industry and founder of Stripes Learning.

Language teacher

Blair Mishleau is the director of personalized learning at Western School of Science and Technology in Phoenix, AZ.

Senior director of practice at CASEL

Bob is the Superintendent at Chugach School District.

Bob Regan is Director of Education at bgC3.

President of the Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia

Brad Currie is the Middle School Vice Principal and Supervisor of Instruction for the Chester School District in Chester, NJ

Brad Spirrison is Senior Director at Participate

Third grade teacher at Prairie Ridge Elementary School in Shawnee, KS

Brandon is the Director of Blended Learning at ReNEW Schools in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Head of Partnership Development for CodeCombat

Brenda is a Legal and Policy Fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum

Assistant professor of education policy at the University of Virginia

Managing Director of WelliVentures at The Wellington School

Brennan McMahon Parton is the Data Quality Campaign’s associate director of state policy and advocacy.

Brent Betit directs the academic and training division at the King Salman Center for Disability Research in Saudi Arabia

Director of Solutions for Professional Learning at Learning Ally

Brett Frazier is the leader of business development for Pearson Embanet, and he supports managed services for community colleges.

CEO and co-founder of Remind

Brett is the executive director of academic advising at UC Davis.

Director of instructional technology at Pioneer RESA

Brian Dixon is Partner at Kapor Capital

​Brian is executive director of theSandbox ColLABorative at Southern New Hampshire University

Brian Greenberg is the CEO of the nonprofit Silicon Schools Fund, an investment fund seeking to accelerate the next generation of blended learning schools in the SF Bay Area. He also writes on www.BlendMyLearning.com

Brian Grey is president and chief executive of Remind.com.

Brian Jacobs is the founder and CEO of panOpen

Global Head of Education Learning and Advocacy at Adobe

Co-Founder and co-CEO of Swivl

Brian is CEO of Leada

Director of Instructional Technology at Pickerington Local School District in Ohio

Brian Warren is a consultant at Entangled Solutions.

Executive Director, University Innovation Alliance

Contributing Writer

Brittany Aponte is a fourth grade teacher at Stirling Elementary School in Hollywood, Florida.

Executive director of innovative practices, Marietta City Schools

Bror Saxberg is Chief Learning Officer of Kaplan Inc.

The former editor of Stanford magazine, Bruce Anderson has also written for Smithsonian, GQ, Sports Illustrated, and TheAtlantic.com.

Bryan Alexander is an internationally known futurist, researcher, writer, speaker, consultant, and teacher, working in the field of how technology transforms education.

Bryan Christopher teaches English and journalism at Riverside High School in Durham, North Carolina.

Bryan Dewsbury is an assistant professor in Biology at the University of Rhode Island.

Science and math instructional coach

Bryan Shelly, Ph.D. has been an education researcher for 17 years. Currently, he is the President of Advanced Education Measurement, which specializes in data science and effectiveness studies.

Bunmi Esho is Vice President of Programs at the Endless OS Foundation

Burck Smith is the CEO of StraighterLine

Developmental psychologist and social-emotional learning researcher at Committee for Children

Founder of the MindWise consultancy

Caitlin McLemore is a Senior Research Associate and Project Manager at ISTE+ASCD.

Caitrin Wright is a partner at the Silicon Schools Fund with experience leading strategic work in the philanthropic, management consulting, and education sectors.

Cali M.K. Morrison is interim dean of the Center for Professional and Continuing Education at American Public University System.

Camelia Perez is an ESL (English as a Second Language) Teacher at Greenwich High School.

Cameron Main is a seventh grade student at The Harker School in San Jose, California.

Cameron Pipkin is a Senior Marketing Strategist at School Improvement Network and former teacher. He's driven by a passion to help educators master their craft and improve the lives of their students.

Cammille Powell is the Assistant Director of Integrated Student Support Strategies for Achieving the Dream, Inc.

Cara Craig is a home visitor in Evanston, Illinois.

Carla Casilli is co-facilitator for the Connecting Credentials working group, focused on the question of a common language for credentialing.

Carla Jefferson, M.Ed., is an instructional technology coordinator at Darlington County School District.

Carley Clagg is a San Antonio based, budding freelance writer with a niche in education and work from home jobs, and experience writing for financial publications such as the MoneyPantry.

Educator | Speaker | Consultant | Author | Entrepreneur | Podcast Host

Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Faculty Member of the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network at Pennsylvania State University

Professor in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado Denver

Carmen Patiño is pursuing a degree in Communication Studies and a concentration in Creative Writing at San José State University.

Caroline Wylie is a Senior Associate at The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment

Carol Pepper-Kittredge is the statewide program director of the CCC Maker initiative.

Carol Quillen is the president of Davidson College.

​Carolyn is currently pursuing an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Carolyn is a College Board Consultant for Advanced Placement Chemistry, and a lead curriculum writer and course developer in the School of Education at Capella University, an online competency-based institution.

Carolyn is in her 24th year of teaching and currently teaches in Los Alamos Public Schools in New Mexico. She was the 2014 New Mexico State Teacher of the Year.

Carrie Champlin Sorensen is a first grade teacher at Highlander Charter School in Rhode Island, where she has been teaching for five years.

Director of policy and advocacy at the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice

Science teacher & robotics coach

Cary Kelly is district development associate of Education Elements.

Casey Green is the founding director of The Campus Computing Project

​Casey Korder has been an educator in Las Vegas, Nevada for 10 years. He will be engaging and empowering 5th graders next year at Claude and Stella Parson Elementary School.

​Casey Sapp is the founder of VRTÜL, a new San Diego, CA-based startup based that develops and hosts 360° and VR content.

math teacher at Analy High School in Sebastopol, CA

President and CEO of Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity

Cate Denial is the Bright Distinguished Professor of American History, chair of the history department, and director of the Bright Institute at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.

Catherine Lange is the Lead Designer at 2Revolutions, an education design lab (otherwise known as 2Rev).

Executive Vice President and Chief Impact Officer at Project Lead The Way (PLTW)

Executive director of the Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning

Catheryne Nicholson is the mother of two young kids and co-founder of MommaZoo. She has previously worked for C3, Siebel Systems, and Northrop-Grumman. She is a former U.S. Naval Officer.

Cathy N. Davidson is the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English Co-Director, PhD Lab in Digital Knowledge at Duke University.

​Cathy Sanford is the Director of Research and Development at the Highlander Institute in Providence, RI.

Celina is Founder and CEO of Technology for Education Consortium

Biology and chemistry teacher at San Francisco International High School.

Economy reporter for The 19th

Chad Dumas is an international educational presenter and award-winning researcher.

Co-founder of calendar syncing and scheduling service CalendarBridge

Chad is a district administrator for Albemarle County Public Schools in Charlottesville, VA

Director of Learning and Partnerships at DIY.org

Charity Eyre is a learning coach and blended learning specialist at Alpha: Blanca Alvarado Middle School.

Charles LaCalle leads startup sourcing and and manages community at Dreamit Ventures, an education and health technology accelerator and venture fund.

Educational technologist at Ohio State University

Instructional Programs at NovoEd

Chelsea Miller is a former teacher on the District Partnerships team at Goalbook. She is also a professor at the University of San Francisco.

Research fellow at the Christensen Institute

Cheryl Hibbeln is Founder and President of IlluminatED Collective

Cheryl Miller is the Chief Marketing Officer at Promethean.

Chian Gong is a senior associate at Reach Capital

Founding Director of the Technology in Early Childhood Center at Erikson Institute

CEO of 2U

Chris Aviles is the Edtech Coach for Fair Haven, N.J. school district, where he runs the Innovation Lab and related Innovation Initiatives.

Chris Bartlo is math teacher at Wilson High School in Portland, Oregon.

Chris is a Partner at The Learning Accelerator

Chris Caren is the CEO of Turnitin.

owner and CEO of CEL

​Chris Flood is the Director of Public Information and Community Engagement for the Kettle Moraine School District located in Wales, Wisconsin--a small community in Waukesha County.

Founder and CEO of Joffe Emergency Services

Chris is the founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy, a progressive science and technology high school in Philadelphia, PA.

Chris is Chief of Learning Innovation at LEAP Innovation in Chicago, IL.

Chris Link oversees the development and implementation of educational products and services for the Global STEM Alliance at the New York Academy of Sciences.

Chris McCormick is a Principal Curriculum Designer at eSpark Learning

Chris Mohr is an associate at University Ventures.

Chris Pedregal is the co-founder and CEO of Socratic, was among the Forbes 30 under 30 for education, and previously worked at Google on Google Maps, GMail, and Google Now.

Chris Sturgis is a writer and consultant with expertise in philanthropy, education and youth issues, and community engagement.

Assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Mississippi State University

Chris Teplovs is Lead Developer at the Digital Innovation Greenhouse at the University of Michigan.

Christie M. Schutz Vincelli, Ed.D, is a school administrator and education consultant.

Teacher

Christina Cipriano, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the Yale Child Study Center and director of the Education Collaboratory at Yale.

Vice president for advancement at Sterling College

Christina Lewis is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of All Star Code.

Christina Pirzada, M.Ed. is the SEL Program Manager at Newsela.

Christina Ponzio is a doctoral student in Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education at Michigan State University and a teacher consultant with the National Writing Project.

Freelance writer specializing in edtech and East Asia

Christine Sciascia is an 8th grade social studies teacher at Mark Twain Intermediate School in Brooklyn and an adjunct lecturer at Brooklyn College teaching gifted education.

Christine has 20 years of video content experience working in television news as a TV journalist and as a video producer for corporate companies.

Christine Willig is president of McGraw-Hill Education’s K-12 group.

Christine Witcher is a technology and innovation specialist for grades 5-12, teaches middle school science and manages a makerspace at Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, an all-girls school in Bellevue, Wash.

Christine Zanchi is an Executive Producer and the Director of Digital Education Strategy at WGBH Educational Foundation in the Children’s Media group.

Christopher is a professor at Normandale Community College and former middle school math teacher.

Founder of the Institute for Teaching and Leading

Assistant Principal at Alta Vista Innovation High School

Christopher Pedregal is the founder of Socratic

Christopher Sandoval (he/him) is a performing arts teacher and the Specials Department Lead at KIPP Comienza Community Prep in Los Angeles.

Reporter for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Pasadena Star News covering West Covina, Azusa, Alhambra and other SGV cities. Video game enthusiast. UC Berkeley and OC Register alum.

Technology integration coordinator in Austin, TX

Christy Matte is a Boston-area freelancer with a focus on Internet safety, consumer technology, and media for kids.

Executive Director of the Center for Early Childhood Education and Intervention at the University of Maryland

Chuck Cohn is the founder and CEO of Varsity Tutors

Cicely Woodard (she/her) teaches Algebra I at Kickapoo High School and is a math faculty member at Reach University in Springfield, Missouri.

Cindi Dunford is an educator, writer, and educational researcher.

Cindy is an assessment and evaluation postdoc at Dartmouth College.

Cindy Duncan is a 2nd grade teacher in Alaska at the Sitka School District.

Cindy is an extern at Imaginable Futures

Claire Christensen is an education researcher at SRI International

Claire Cummings is an elementary coding teacher at D.L. Dusty Dickens Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nev.

Clark McKown is Founder and President of xSEL Labs, an award-winning social scientist and a leading expert on SEL assessments.

Clementina Jose (she/her) is a social work supervisor in Brooklyn that is dedicated to orchestrating change in education.

Clifford Maxwell an education product manager at the Clayton Christensen Institute

Head of Strategy at Zinc Learning Labs

Colin Angevine is Project Director for Challenge Collaboratives at Digital Promise.

Colin is Head of Partnerships and Pedagogy at Sown To Grow

Technology integration coach at Springfield School District in Vermont

Colleen Collins is the Director at CICS West Belden in Chicago

Collin Sullivan is a tech-savvy student, who is involved with almost anything related to technology.

Connie Johnson is the Chief Academic Officer and Provost at Colorado Technical University

Connie White is the Director of Technology and Learning at Lakeview Academy in Gainesville, Georgia.

Conrad is Strategic Director and European Co-Founder/CEO of the Wolfram group of companies.

Corey Winchester (he/him) is a nationally recognized educator and high school history and social studies teacher in Evanston, Illinois.

She is a Bay Area artist and arts education specialist.

Corliss Brown Thompson is an associate teaching professor and assistant dean in the Graduate School of Education at Northeastern University.

Assistant director of publications at the Center for Community College Student Engagement.

Head of Marketing at ReadTheory

2017 Arkansas Teacher of the Year

Courtney teaches first grade at Eagle Cliffs School in Billings, Montana. She has taught Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, Reading Recovery, and has been a Math Instructional Coach for teachers.

​Mrs. Pepe is the Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction at the A. Harry Moore School of New Jersey City University in Jersey City, NJ.

Craig Perrier is the High School Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction Specialist for Fairfax County Public Schools.

Craig Dane Roberts is a Duke faculty member in Neuroscience and Education, and Director of Learning Innovations & Global Programs at the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Craig Weidemann is Vice Provost for Online Education at Penn State University.

Crista is the principal and superintendent of a rural PK-8 school in Montana

Cristi Ford is associate vice provost at the University of Maryland University College.

Crystal is the current CEO of Edmodo.

​Crystal Marshall-Krauss is a digital learning innovation and design resource teacher for Howard County Public Schools in Howard County, Maryland.

Cynthia is an educator at Barre Town Middle and Elementary School in Vermont.

Doctoral candidate in political science at Brown University

Cyrus Grout is a consulting researcher at the Center for Education Data & Research at the University of Washington, Bothell.

Daisy Dyer Duerr is a former NASSP Digital Principal of the year, Education Speaker & Consultant and the founder of Redesigning Rural Education.

Dale is Chief Educational Deviant at Uncollege

Damen Scott (he/him) is the principal of Achievement First Brooklyn High School in Brooklyn, New York.

Head of Germantown Friends School

Dr. Dana Z. Godek is the Director of Federal and State Programs at the School District of Palm Beach County

​Dan Belenky is Senior Research Scientist for Learning Sciences at Pearson

Dan Carroll is co-founder and chief product officer of Clever

Dr. Dan Goldhaber is the Director of the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at the University of Washington Bothell.

Assistant professor of higher and adult education in the Department of Leadership at the University of Memphis.

Daniel Emmerson is the Academic Affairs Lead at Goodnotes

Daniel Guerrero believes in the personalization of student learning, and the strengthening of the teaching profession to build students who challenge the 21st century’s problems. He joins BetterLesson after teaching 4th and 5th grades in Miami, FL.

Teacher of elementary gifted students

Independent journalist

Danielle Landrein is the Product Lead for Entangled Studios.

Freelance reporter

President of SMASH

​Daniel Owens is a Partner at The Learning Accelerator.

Daniel Pianko is managing director of Achieve Partners.

Daniel is Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia

Daniel Whitt is the instructional technology coordinator for Madison City Schools in Madison, Alabama

Danish Kurani is Chief Designer at Kurani.

Dan Mantz is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board for the Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation.

Chief Academic Officer, Desmos

Dan Moore is Manager of Partner Success at Edthena

Murphy is an entrepreneur and rising senior at Davidson College, where he studies economics and computer science.

Danny Joe LaBrecque is the creator and host of the preschool series "Danny Joe’s Tree House.”

ME 50 State Writer

Dan is the founder and CEO of Trilogy Education.

Dan Wuori is senior director of early learning at The Hunt Institute

Daphne is a co-founder of Coursera and the Rajeev Motwani Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University.

Daren Dickson is Chief Culture Officer at Valor Collegiate Academies, and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Darlene Holland is a high school science teacher at the Whiddon Rogers Education Center, an alternative high school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Darren Catalano is the CEO of HelioCampus and former Vice President of Analytics at the University of Maryland University College.

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reporting Fellow for The 19th

​Dave Frey is the CEO of Skooli.

Dave Gladney is Director of Digital of Digital Initiatives for the AAP PreK-12 Learning Group.

Dave Haynes is a well-known veteran in the digital signage industry.

Dave Stevenson is Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Whiteboard Advisors.

David is the Chief Information Officer for an urban public school district in Connecticut.

David Arditi is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Arlington.

David is editor and CEO of ImpactAlpha: Investment News for a Sustainable Edge.

CTO of thimble.io

David Casali is a music educator and music education graduate student in Springfield, Massachusetts.

David is Executive Director of ReadWorks

Associate professor of mathematics at Grand Valley State University

Tennessee 50 State Writer

David is Senior Vice President and Co-Director of Research at Whiteboard Advisors

Dr. David Dockterman is chief architect, learning sciences at Scholastic Education and an adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

David Dodge is CEO of CodaKid

David Dodgson is the Head of Language and Learning at an international school in Kazakhstan.

Senior director of advocacy and government relations at ASCD

David is a Senior Analyst at NewSchools Venture Fund, where he focuses on market research and supporting education technology ventures.

David Kil is Chief Data Scientist at Civitas Learning.

David Kim is currently Founder and CEO of Ace Learning, a content management and analytics platform used by dozens of colleges and universities.

PhD student in machine learning and peer assessment. Co-founder and CEO of Peergrade.

Dave Lewis is a proud husband and father, and avid maker hobbyist. He holds a Master's degree in Instructional Design and teaches part-time at Discovery HS. You can reach him at MakerDad@Rocketmail.com.

David Miller is director of the new School of Innovation at Kelvinside Academy in Scotland.

David Osborne is the founder of Team Theory.

Supervisor in Baltimore County Department of Innovative Learning

Chicago Public Schools high school teacher

David Tobenkin is a freelance journalist based in the greater Washington, D.C. area.

Dr. David Wiley is Co-Founder and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning

David Wisnieski works in education outreach at WNET, public television in New York City.

David Yang is co-founder and lead instructor at Fullstack Academy.

Senior Copywriter, Unity Technologies

Dawn Casey-Rowe teaches social studies at the William M. Davies Career & Technical High School in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

Dawn Dupriest is a computer science and math teacher in the Poudre School District.

Deaunna Watson (she/her) is the director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at Mercy Montessori School in Cincinnati.

Debbie Tannenbaum is a school-based technology specialist in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Debbie Veney is NewSchools’ Director of Communications.

Deborah Chang works as a consultant to edtech companies and was a Teach for America teacher at KIPP Academy in Houston.

Deborah Fike is the Director of Educational Outreach for Spotkin LLC

Deborah currently serves in the capacity of Deputy Executive Director of the Office of Literacy for the Detroit Public Schools Community District

Deborah McGriff is a Managing Partner at NewSchools Venture Fund.

Debora Spar is senior associate dean of Harvard Business School Online

Texas 50 State Writer

Co-Principal at Pershing Elementary School

Middle school science teacher

Denise Brodey is a proud Barnard College graduate and a passionate mental health and learning disabilities advocate. She writes often about health, education and business.

Denise is the founding school leader of Mālama Honua Public Charter School

Denise Henry is Mangahigh's Director of Educational Technology for the United States and Canada.

Dennis Duquette is the President of the MassMutual Foundation.

Managing Director of the Endless Network

A founding editor of eSchool Media, Dennis Pierce has spent the last 16 years as an education journalist covering issues such as national policy, school reform, and educational technology.

Dennis is Writer and Project Director at ImpactAlpha

Manager of Counseling Services for Minneapolis Public Schools

Devin Murphy is an Associate Partner at Entangled Solutions

Devin Young is the co-founder and president of Classcraft.

EdSurge 50 State Project Writer

Devorah Heitner, PhD is the author of several books about children and digital citizenship, and the founder of Raising Digital Natives

Co-founder at Figure Eight Investments

Assistant clinical professor at the Yale Child Study Center

Diana Donovan is a freelance writer and marketing consultant with a BA with Honors from Brown University. She drinks three cups of black tea a day with milk and honey.

Diana Donovan is a freelance writer and marketing consultant with a BA with Honors from Brown University. She drinks three cups of black tea a day with milk and honey.

Diana Frezza is the Senior Vice President, Education at Rethink Ed. In her current role, Diana oversees the Education group delivering best in class services and solutions to educators nationally and globally.

Diane Conti is Vice Principal of Herbert Hoover High School in San Diego Unified School District

​Diane Main serves as Director of Learning, Innovation and Design (9-12) at The Harker School in San Jose, California.

Research Professor of Education at New York University

​Diane is the Founder and CEO of Summit Public Schools.

Dianne Kirsch is graphic designer, specializing in brand identity, art direction, print collateral, books, annual reports and website design.

Dilara Sayeed is ‎Chief Education Officer of the Golden Apple Foundation in Chicago, Illinois.

Din Heiman is a long-time edtech executive. He is currently Senior VP of Strategy at Renaissance Learning.

Dominik is the director of academic impact and operations at Tulsa Public Schoolsa and a co-founder of lehrermarktplatz.de.

Donald is the co-founder of TeacherMatch, a former principle and central office administrator

Don Kassner is the CEO and President of ProctorU and the former president of Andrew Jackson University

Donna Desrochers is a higher-education analyst

Newcomer specialist and social studies teacher

Donna Williamson is the CTO for the Mountain Brook School in Alabama, a district of 4300 students. She was also one of the founding members for the Alabama Education Technology Association (AETA).

Kentucky 50 State Writer

Don Smithmier is founder and CEO of The Big Know

Career and STEM Success Coordinator at the San Mateo County Office of Education

Doug Tarr is Director of Hackery at Mill Valley Code Club, a space made especially kids who love computers and coding.

Douglas A. Levin is founder and president of EdTech Strategies, LLC.

​Dr. Ángel Cintrón Opio, PhD is the Director of Academia del Perpetuo Socorro in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Dr. Cederick L. Ellis, Sr. is superintendent of the McComb School District in McComb, Mississippi.

President and CEO at Project Lead The Way

​Dr. James Rickabaugh currently serves as the Director of the Institute@CESA #1, an education innovation lab dedicated to the transformation of public education by personalizing and deepening learning.

Dr. Jim Lewis is the founder and CEO of Silverback Learning Solutions

​Dr. Kathy Curran is the coordinator of academic technology and instructional services at North Allegheny School District in Pennsylvania.

Dr. Kevin Cuppett is the Executive Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Innovation for Frederick County Public Schools in Maryland.

founder and CEO of Smart Sparrow

Dr. Sally Lindgren is the Director of Technology and Innovation at Great Prairie Area Education Agency, in Ottumwa, IA.

Sherawn is the Director of Education Programs at the Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA).

Superintendent of Federal Way Public Schools and Washington 50 State Writer

Dr. Todd Keruskin is the Assistant Superintendent of Elizabeth Forward School District in Pennsylvania.

​Dr. Vera Triplett is the founder and CEO of the Noble Minds Institute for Whole Child Learning in Louisiana.

Dr. Hunter is the Superintendent of Polk School District in Georgia.

Dwight is the New Albany High School Principal at New Albany Plain Local Schools in Ohio.

Edgar Miguel Grajeda (he/him) is an elementary art teacher at Truesdell Elementary School in Washington, D.C.

Associate professor at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication

EdSurde Eddie is a freelance alchemist who concocts fairy tales, eats rutabaga and only works on April 1st.

Content from the EdSurge Jobs team

Edward Maloney is the Executive Director of the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) and a Professor of Narrative Theory, Literature, and Practice in the Department of English at Georgetown University.

Inaugural Dean of UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music

Freelance journalist based in Detroit

Elena Sanina is Aspire’s Senior Manager of Blended Learning.

Elena Silla is a fourth-grade teacher at St. Cornelius Catholic School in Richmond, Calif.

Freddy is the President and CEO of TextProject.

Eli is co-founder and co-executive director of Concourse Education

Elijah Mayfield is the founder and CEO of LightSide

Eli Jameson currently runs the Educational Partnerships division at Chalkup, an app designed for class-wide collaboration.

CEO of SMASH

Elisabeth Stock is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of the nonprofit, PowerMyLearning, based in New York City

Computational thinking specialist at Green Dot Public Schools

CEO of Breakthrough Collaborative

Elizabeth serves as the blended learning coordinator for the Alliance for Catholic Education.

Elizabeth Matlick teaches English and writing to middle and high school students outside of Seattle, WA.

co-founder of the Institute for Teaching and Leading

Elizabeth Woyke is a technology and business reporter. She has a strong interest in edtech and the New York tech community. In addition to EdSurge, she writes for Fast Company, Inc. and Money.

Senior Curriculum Developer at Constructive Dialogue Institute

​Currently, Ellen Dorr serves as the Director of Instructional Technology for Renton School District.

Ellen Duke Spears is the Director of Curriculum and Instruction in the Fair Haven School District in Fair Haven, NJ.

Ellen is a contributing writer for EdSurge. She has previously written for The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed.

Ellie has been a Marketing Associate at the LearnLaunch Accelerator where she provided Accelerator cohort companies with marketing support. Skookii was a member of cohort 4 at the LearnLaunch Accelerator.

Elliott is CEO of trinket

Ellyn Winters-Robinson is a storyteller, marketer, lover of all forms of tech and the chief marketing officer of Ignition Communications.

​Ellyson Glance is the Brand Journalist at 3 Day Startup

Program Manager, Learning Experience Design for Digital Promise

Emilie Cushman is a co-founder of Kira Talent.

Emily is the policy and advocacy director at Higher Learning Advocates

Manager, K-12 Education Product Marketing, Adobe

Sixth grade English teacher

A sophomore studying data science and systems engineering at the University of Utah

Emily Popek is an assistant program manager for an educational service agency in New York state.

Co-founder of Avem Education Partners

Emily is Executive Director of the National Council of Teachers of English

Deputy Director, Research Impact at the Strada Institute for the Future of Work

Emily Moberg Robinson is a former teacher, a writer, and founder of Woodshed Editors.

Emily Rapport is an undergraduate at Davidson College

Manager of academic technology consultants at the University of Michigan

Emily Sanderson is director of studies at Flint Hill School in Fairfax County, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C.

Emily is Marketing Communications Manager at TES Global

Independent journalist based in New York City

Emma Humphries is the Chief Education Officer at iCivics.

​Emma McMain, Ph.D., works in the College of Education at Washington State University as a postdoctoral teacher and researcher

Emmanuel “Manny” Andre is a STAT teacher for Baltimore County Public Schools.

Senior Design Lead for The Teachers Guild

Co-founder, EdTech Expand

Emma Zone is Vice Provost, Colorado Technical University

Eran Ben-Ari is the Chief Product Officer at Top Hat.

Eric Allatta is a founding computer science teacher at the Academy for Software Engineering

Erica is a Content Analyst at TES Global

Erica is NYC Media Lab’s Head of Partnerships and leads the corporate innovation portfolio.

Erica Phillips is the executive director of the National Association for Family Child Care.

English language arts and social studies teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Senior Writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education

Eric Horowitz is a social science writer and education researcher. He has a Master's Degree in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University.

Director of Learning and Design, Global Online Academy

Brain-based learning author and expert

PhD student in higher education and student affairs at Ohio State and a research assistant in the College Impact Laboratory

Vice President of Consulting and Director of Content and Curriculum at Magic EdTech

Eric Waldo is the Executive Director of Reach Higher.

Erika Landl is a Senior Associate at The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment

​Erika Valdez-Betsch is a fourth grade teacher at Murray Elementary School in Hobbs, New Mexico.

Founder of Botangle

Erin Covington is a managing director with the consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal’s public sector practice in Washington, D.C.

Erin Haley is a special education teacher at The Bayshore School in Daly City, Calif.

Erin Harding is the head of content at Hapara.

​Erin Klein is an award winning educator, national keynote speaker, author, and mother who serves on the Scholastic, Inc. Top Teaching Team based in New York.

Executive Director of InnovateEDU

Erin Sponaugle is a 5th grade teacher in Hedgesville, West Virginia.

​Ernest Ezeugo is a program assistant with the Education Policy program at New America.

Esteban is a partner in Reach Capital, an early stage venture fund for K12 edtech startups.

Esther Shein is a freelance writer and editor specializing in technology and business. She is a member of the Internet Press Guild and holds a B.S. in journalism from Boston University.

Esther Tricoche is an Associate Partner at NewSchools Venture Fund.

Esther is a journalism and English teacher at Palo Alto High School. She is also Vice Chair of the Creative Commons Board of Directors and CEO of ClassBadges.

Director of technology, Pascagoula-Gautier School District

Director of the Keala`ula Innovations Institute for Kamehameha Schools

​Evan Stoudt is the Freshman Dean and an Algebra I teacher at Sci Academy, part of the Collegiate Academies network of open enrollment high schools in Louisiana.

Evi Wusk is an assistant professor of educational technology at Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska.

Fabio Segura is Co-CEO of the Jacobs Foundation

Faith Plunkett is a technology coach at Decatur City Schools in Decatur, Ala.

Fatema Elbakoury (she/her) is a high school English language arts teacher at June Jordan School for Equity in San Francisco.

Felice Hybert is Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction at Kankakee School District.

Fernanda is a reporter at Porvir, a Brazilian news agency specializes in innovations and new trend in education.

Filippo Yacob is co-founder and CEO of Primo Toys.

Fiona Hollands is the Associate Director and Senior Researcher at the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education (CBCSE) at Teachers College, Columbia University and the author of MOOCs in Higher Education: Institutional Goals and Paths Forward.

Ms. Cairns has extensive education and technology background working both as an administrator at four universities as well as leading the higher education divisions at Macromedia and Apple, and worldwide learning education services at Dell.

Francesca is a multimedia journalist and novelist.

Frances Messano is president of NewSchools Venture Fund

Francisco Castillo-Fierro is the Director of Blended Learning at Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School.

Francisco is the EdTech Program Manager at the Alameda County Office of Education

Frank Barnes is the director of educational technology at the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union in Bennington, VT.

Education and entrepreneurship expert

Frank Britt is CEO of Penn Foster Education

Frank Connolly is the senior editor at MindEdge Learning.

Frank is the current ‎Director of Market Development at Discovery Education. Marianne is a veteran journalist and content creator.

Frank is currently co-founder and CEO of Propagate, an education technology startup that builds tools for personalized literacy instruction for K-12.

Instructor for CoSN’s Certified Education Technology Leadership (CETL) and Project Management for School Technology Leader programs

Freddy spent the last five years inspiring and motivating second and third grade students at Aspire Titan Academy in Huntington Park, CA.

Frederick Singer, a former AOL executive, is CEO and founder of Echo360, which provides active learning and lecture capture services to more than 650 colleges and universities in 30 countries.

Federico “Fredy” Padovan is VP of Education at Mosyle.

Executive Director and Chief Scientist at EdTogether

​Gabrielle is a lecturer and fellow in the Life Design Lab at Stanford.

Gabriel Lucas is principal of Ed Tech Recruiting

Gaelen Hadlett is the founder of Sunset Spark, where he helps kids learn about science and technology in new and interesting ways.

Growth and innovation consultant

freelancer writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media

Garrett Zimmer is the CEO and President of MineGage.

Gary A. Bolles is the Chair for the Future of Work with Singularity University. He is also the chief catalyst for Fulcrum, a global initiative for actionable strategies for a positive future of work and learning.

Gary Stager is an award-winning teacher educator, edtech pioneer, speaker, & co-author of Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom.

Gary Waddell is Deputy Superintendent of Instructional Services at the San Mateo County Office of Education

Gates Bryant is a partner with Tyton Partners

Gayle is the Chief Learning Officer at BrightBytes

Gee Kin Chou is a consultant who helps technology companies design and market products and services for education. He was formerly the CTO of Oakland Unified School District, and interim CTO of Pasadena Unified School District.

Chief Academic Officer of College Achieve Public Schools in New Jersey

Gene Fashaw (he/him) is a middle school math teacher at High Point Academy in Aurora, Colorado.

Chief academic officer at Renaissance

Geoff currently serves Legends of Learning as CMO and Executive Vice President.

Geoff is Founder and Partner at Imagine K12

Educator and policy consultant at Deans For Impact

George Anders is a New York Times-bestselling author and a journalist with three decades of experience writing for national publications.

​George Couros is a leading educator in the area of innovative leadership, teaching, and learning. He has worked with all levels of school--from K-12 as a teacher and technology facilitator, and as a school and district administrator.

President of NS BASIC Corporation

George Lorenzo writes about higher education and curates a bi-weekly newsletter on community college issues.

George Perreault is Chief Academic Officer at ClassLink

George Siemens is an educator and researcher on learning, networks, analytics and visualization, openness, and organizational effectiveness in digital environments.

Channel Manager at SoulPancake

Gerard Dawson teaches English full-time at a public high school in New Jersey.

Giancarlo has more than 20 years experience working in education technology in K-12 and university environments.

Gina Sipley teaches at Nassau Community College and is the Director of the Coding in the Schools Program at Stony Brook University.

Gina (L) is a nationally recognized Teacher of the Future. Mercer (R) is the co-founder of the American Society for Innovation Design In Education

Glenda I. Lozada Negrón is a first grade teacher ​at Josefina Marrero Febus Elementary School in Puerto Rico.

Glenn Whitman is director of The Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Md., where he also teaches history.

Glenn is a former social studies teacher with 15 years of experience. He is currently president of the Kansas Council for the Social Studies and an educational consultant.​

Gordon Freedman is president of the National Laboratory for Education Transformation, a non-profit committed to transforming 20th century education into 21st century learning.

Grace Gardner is an Engagement Manager with Entangled Solutions

U.S. Representative for New York's Sixth Congressional District

​Dr. Grant Rivera currently serves as the superintendent of Marietta City Schools in Marietta, Georgia.​

Grant Smith is a K-8 computer science teacher trainer and consultant.

Greg is assistant principal at Alpha: Blanca Alvarado Middle School

Greg is Special Counsel at Cooley

Gregg is executive director of The Grable Foundation and co-chair of Remake Learning

Greg Jackson is an IT leader, advocate and speaker, and a partner at Fortium Partners LP.

Greg is currently the Director of Blended Learning at the Rogers Family Foundation.

Greg McDonough is the innovation space coordinator at Lake Forest Country Day School in Lake Forest, IL.

Elementary school principal in Northern California

Freelance writer

Gretchen M. Bataille is the Senior Academic Advisor for Navitas

Gretchen is a partner at Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost, which specializes in education law.

Guido Kovalskys is the co-founder and CEO at Nearpod and a former education fellow at Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design

Gunnar is CEO and co-founder of Fidelis Education and a former Marine HUMINT Officer

Co-founder, Lexplore

Hadi is an entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of Code.org, an education non-profit dedicated to growing computer science education

​Hadley Ferguson is the Executive Director of the Edcamp Foundation.

Haiy Le is a freelance writer

Assistant Principal at Mauldin Elementary in South Carolina.

High school students in Chappaqua, NY

Harlie Rush is an English language teacher at a primary school in Shanghai, China.

Harman Singh is the CEO of WizIQ.

Harold Levy is executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.

President of the University of South Carolina

Hayley Village is the owner and operator of It Takes a Village Children & Family Services, a child care program in San Mateo, California.

Heather Campbell is in her 10th year of teaching and currently teaches 4th grade in Southern Utah.

Heather French is an Instructional Technology Specialist at Cambridge Public School District.

Heather Gilchrist founded Socratic Labs.

Heather Hiles is the founder of Pathbrite

Lead advisor at Khan Lab School

Heath Morrison is president of McGraw-Hill Education’s K-12 group.

Native American Student Achievement Teacher

Assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education

Hernan Ortiz is a Storytelling Coordinator at Mobility Labs

Education Researcher at Digital Promise

Hima is a senior at Lynbrook High School

Hind Haddad (she/her/hers) is an Arabic Teacher at the International Academy of Columbus in Columbus, Ohio.

Hisham Anwar is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of BrightBytes

​Holly Hatton-Bowers is an assistant professor in child, youth, and family studies and an early childhood extension specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Holly is the Director of Digital Learning at the Kettle Moraine School District in Wisconsin.

Holly Zanville is a research professor and co-director of the Program on Skills, Credentials & Workforce Policy at George Washington University’s Institute of Public Policy.

Hoori Santikian Kalamkarian is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Director of Research at Panorama Education, Associate Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning at St. Andrew's Episcopal School

Idit Harel, PhD, is the founder and CEO of Globaloria, providers of STEM and computing courses for schools

Dr. Ilana Nankin is Founder & CEO of Breathe For Change, a movement to transform education through enhancing individual and collective well-being.

Assistant Research Professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis

Ileana Betancourt is the Marketing Manager at Edulastic.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at University of Maryland- College Park

India Heckstall is a program associate for policy and communications at Higher Learning Advocates

Author and former CTO

Irene Bal is a lecturer in the Educational Technology Graduate Program in the School of Education at Loyola University Maryland.

​Iris Palmer is a senior policy analyst with the Education Policy program at New America.

Irma De La Guardia is an assistant principal at Dallas Independent School District

​Irvin Weathersby Jr. has been an educator since 2003. He currently lectures at Queensborough Community College and Hunter College in New York City.

Isaac Mamaysky is a partner at Potomac Law Group practicing in the areas of employment law, business litigation, and education law.

Isabel Bozada-Jones (she/her) is the Coordinator of Deeper Learning for Reynoldsburg City Schools in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

Isabella Hill is a middle school English teacher in Menlo Park, CA

Impact education funder and author

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

School-based occupational therapist

Jabez LeBret is co-founder and chief of schools at Sisu Academy, an all-girls tuition-free boarding high school.

Jack Lynch is CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Jack is a product marketing manager at Panorama Education

Jack Schneider is an associate professor in the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Lead Educator for Hapara

instructional coach and coordinator of professional learning

Jaime Casap is the Global Education Evangelist at Google, Inc.

​Jaime Hannans is an assistant professor in the Nursing Program at CSU Channel Islands.

​Jaime Palés is the Co-Founder of Rocket Group, Redbird’s parent company, and President of its Puerto Rico and Latin American operations.

Undergraduate student and Code Next intern

Director of policy and research of Independent Colleges of Indiana

Director of Education at the Constructive Dialogue Institute

Jake Firman is the Senior Manager of Education Technology at DSST Public Schools in Denver.

Professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

James Byers (L) & Adam Frey (R) are cofounders of Wikispaces.

James Campbell currently serves as the STEAM Interdisciplinary Specialist at the Atlanta Girls’ School.

James DeVaney is associate vice provost for academic innovation at the University of Michigan.

Digital Learning Coach for the Frisco Independent School District in Frisco, Texas

Director of Technology for Cody Schools in Cody, Wyoming

James Parra (he/him) is a paraprofessional at Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School in Brooklyn, New York.

James Paul Gee is the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University.

Jamie Calhoun is a Content Specialist for Turnitin

Jamie Munsey is the Dean of Students and a Gifted/Enrichment Teacher at South Valley Preparatory School in Albuquerque, NM

Jamie ‎is a 5th Grade Teacher at Luke Elementary School, in the Dysart Unified School District in Arizona.

Jane Jacobson works as curator on Language Arts and Science curriculum at OpenEd.

Janelle Milanes is an educator, writer and is the college essay program manager for Write the World, a nonprofit writing organization for teens.

Jane Swift is the CEO of Middlebury Interactive Languages.

Director of maker experiences

Director for the General Education Program at Champlain College

Janet Rae-Dupree is an author