Summit Speaker

For almost 25 years, Dawn Morrison has dedicated her public life to working on behalf of students enrolled in public schools in Virginia and Alabama. She is currently employed with […]

Listen to the one-of-a-kind song here! Dayna Bee was born and raised in Sarasota, FL where she began playing violin at the age of four. She obtained her Bachelorʼs Degree

Listen to the one-of-a-kind song here! Originally hailing from Lewiston, Maine, Matt McAtee moved to Nashville to pursue a full-time career in music in the Summer of 2000. Since that

Carol Cohen is the Senior Vice President and Head of Talent at CVS Health. In this role, Carol’s team is responsible for attracting, retaining, developing, and engaging talent to unlock

Nicole T. Castro, MA, (she/her) is a community-scholar and biracial woman of color. Working with couples and families, community groups and corporations, Nicole guides difficult conversations, teaching lifelong skills to

Lisa is currently leading AT&T’s Technology Development Program, which serves as the feeder pool for the organization’s future leaders. She is also responsible for AT&T’s Technology and Operations Skills Transformation

Reboot is a coalition of leading tech companies that have committed nearly $14M over the next three years toward a goal of doubling the number of Black, Latina, and Native American women

Watch Ilia K. Walsh’s Summit interview here Ilia K. Walsh, M.S.Ed., M.B.A. is the Director of Training and Education at The Asperger/Autism Network (AANE) and has been with AANE since

Dr. Courtney D. Cogburn is an assistant professor at the Columbia School of Social Work and a faculty affiliate of the Columbia Population Research Center. Her research integrates principles and

Dr. Tom James is a Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington. His research focuses on the role of sensory systems in decision making and more recently

Jocelyn Garibay is a Program Director at Code2040. At Code2040 Jocelyn has worked across 70 tech companies delivering trainings and consulting around navigating bias, sitting in productive and hard conversations

Nicholas Wyant serves as a Facilitator Advocate for Indiana University’s Male Advocates and Allies for Equity program. His faculty appointment is as the Librarian for Criminal Justice, Social Work, and

Joshua E. Perry (J.D., M.T.S.) is Glaubinger Chair for Undergraduate Leadership and Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business in Bloomington. He also serves

Dr. Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich is an Associate Professor of Instructional Systems Technology within the School of Education and an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Indiana University – Bloomington. Dr. Leftwich’s

Dr. Luis A. Leyva is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education in the Peabody College of Education & Human Development at Vanderbilt University. Leyva uses intersectionality, a theoretical perspective and

Watch Dr. Jeremy A. Magruder Waisome’s Summit interview here Dr. Jeremy A. Magruder Waisome is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Computer & Information Sciences & Engineering Department at the University

Elyse Janish holds her Master’s degree in Communication from Syracuse University and will be completing her doctorate in Communication from the University of Colorado Boulder in July 2019. She studies

Watch Jaime Casap’s Summit interview here Jaime Casap is the Chief Education Evangelist at Google. Jaime evangelizes the power and potential of technology as an enabling and supporting tool in

Watch Katherine Phillips’ Summit interview here. Katherine joined Columbia Business School in 2011 and quickly assumed leadership roles working with faculty members and students on many different curricular and cultural issues.

Watch Lynn Conway’s Summit interview here After studying physics at MIT and earning her BS (62) and MSEE (63) at Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, Lynn joined

Yvonne is a Program Manager on Google’s Computer Science Education team. In her role she manages external partnerships and works with program teams such as CS First & Applied Digital

A Boulder native, Misty is an experienced (computer) visionary. She enjoys recognizing friends and meeting new people. She is an ardent traveler, and mapping is one of her favorite pursuits.

Lisa A. Flores is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado.  She has a Ph.D. in Speech Communication from the University of Georgia. In her

Mary Ann Villarreal, Associate Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, joined Cal State Fullerton in 2014 to provide leadership for a range of major University initiatives, including High-Impact Practices (HIPs), First Year

Donald Kossmann is the director of the Microsoft Research Lab in Redmond, USA.  Before that, he was professor in the Systems Group of the Department of Computer Science at ETH