Summit Speaker

Katherine Novinski, Director, Implementation and Partnership, leads CEI’s portfolio of Career-Connected Learning implementation projects and career-connected learning team. Katherine has led CEI’s work in our Rural Coaction and Opportunity Now […]

Megan Ivory is a senior member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico. She is associate director of quantum ecosystems for the Quantum Systems Accelerator and

Jenny Frank is the Director of the STEM Ecosystem Initiative at TIES Gobal, where she leads a community of practice of 120+ community-based STEM ecosystems across 43 states and 8

Maria Cuevas is a senior at Columbia University majoring in Astrophysics. She is interested in building instruments and data-driven software to expand our ability to detect and study exoplanets. In the fall,

Sandra Laursen, Ph.D., is senior research associate and director of Ethnography & Evaluation Research (E&ER) at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she leads research and evaluation studies focusing on

Joe McBreen is the Assistant Superintendent of Innovation for St. Vrain Valley Schools in Colorado, where he leads the integration of emerging technologies into K–12 education. He began his career

Emily Pilloton-Lam is a designer, builder, educator, and founder of the nonprofit Girls Garage (formerly known as Project H Design). Using architecture and design as a vehicle to transform communities

Kathryn S. McKinley is a Distinguished Software Engineer at Google. She works on obtainability and efficiency for Google’s global infrastructure. She was previously a Principal Researcher at Microsoft and an

Casey Fiesler is the William R. Payden Endowed Professor and an Associate Professor of Information Science (and Computer Science by courtesy) at University of Colorado Boulder. She researches and teaches

Ken Anderson is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. He joined the department in

Katie Hyten is the Co-Executive Director of Essential Partners. She completed her master’s degree in international negotiation and conflict resolution at Tufts University’s Fletcher School, where her research addressed foreign policy

Marian Croak is the Vice President of Human Centered AI and Foundational ML at Google. She was formerly the VP Responsible AI and Human Centered Technologies and prior to that

Suzi Q. Smith is an award-winning poet and author who lives in Denver, Colorado. The author of poetry collections Poems for the End of the World, A Gospel of Bones

Stefanie Tompkins currently serves as the Provost of the Colorado School of Mines, a return to the university where she previously served as Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer.

Kate France is a PharmD candidate at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy on the beautiful Duluth campus. She is the founder of Scientists Making Your Life Easier (SMYLE)

Joshua Childs is an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy. His research examines the role of inter-organizational networks and

Angela D. R. Smith is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her doctoral degree from Northwestern University in Technology

Dr. Ann Quiroz Gates is Senior Advisor to the Provost for Strategic STEM Initiatives and the past Senior Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs at the University of Texas at El

Susan H. Rodger is a Professor of the Practice in the Computer Science Department at Duke University. She received her PhD in Computer Science from Purdue University. Rodger works in

Dr. Kesar is a professor in cybersecurity and Director of MS-Cybersecurity with Information Assurance (CSIA) at Southern Utah University (SUU). As an educator, she has been in front of the classroom for over

Dr. Renée Jordan, an accomplished professional with over 16 years in education, currently serves as the Associate Director for Operations, Finances, and Compliance at the Morehouse College Center for Broadening

Jamie Payton is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Temple University. Her research interests include pervasive computing systems for smart health and well-being,

Gia Ramos, a Cornell University undergrad from Gurabo, Puerto Rico, is passionate about tech. She’s a Forbes 30 Under 30, aiming to make a difference in society through innovation. Gia’s

When asked why she has focused so much of her professional life on advancing racial equity, Nikki Lanier will tell you it was an assignment passed to her “in utero”.

Billy Mills (born June 30, 1938), also known as Tamokoce Te’Hila, is an Oglala Lakota Gold Medalist in the 10,000M run at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, former United States Marine,