2019 Speakers
Byron G. Auguste
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder - Opportunity@Work
Angela Baker
Director, Corporate Responsibility - Qualcomm
Christine Bastian
Senior Vice President, Engineering Human Resources - Cisco Systems
Vince Bertram, Ed.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer - Project Lead The Way
Deb Bubb
HR Vice President and Chief Leadership, Learning and Inclusion Officer - IBM
Earl Buford
Chief Executive Officer - Partner4Work
Oren Cass
Senior Fellow - Manhattan Institute
Kimberly Churches
Chief Executive Officer - American Association of University Women
The Honorable Martin Dahinden
Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States -
Rosanna Durruthy
Head of Global Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging - LinkedIn
Charles Eaton
Chief Executive Officer - Creating IT Futures Foundation
Executive Vice President, Social Innovation - CompTIA
Molly Elgin-Cossart
Director, Rework America Task Force - Markle Foundation
Lorraine Hariton
President and Chief Executive Officer - Catalyst
Gregory H. Johnson
National Innovation and Strategy Advisor - Boy Scouts of America
Brian Kelly
Editor and Chief Content Officer - U.S. News & World Report
Laurie Leshin, Ph.D.
President - Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Rebecca Lewis
Director - Amgen Biotech Experience Program Office
Managing Project Director - Education Development Center
Dan Mantz
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board - Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation
Michael P. Morris
Chief Executive Officer - Topcoder
Global Head of Crowdsourcing - Wipro
Sean A. Mullan
Human Capital Strategist Lead, Plant Engineering Global Excellence - 3M
Michelle Murphy
Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion and Global Talent Acquisition - Ingersoll Rand
Eloy Ortiz Oakley
Chancellor - California Community Colleges
Julia Pollak
Labor Economist - ZipRecruiter
Barbara R. Snyder
President - Case Western Reserve University
Gerald R. Solomon
Executive Director - Samueli Foundation
Nancy Butler Songer, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor - Drexel University
Bill Taylor
Vice President, Outreach and Partnership Development - NAF
Michelle R. Weise
Senior Vice President, Workforce Strategies; Chief Innovation Officer - Strada Institute for the Future of Work, Strada Education Network
Eric Westphal
Senior Director, Global Corporate Affairs - Cognizant