Speakers and presenters

Featured Speakers and Panelists

• Ramon C. Cortines, Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Steve Barr, Founder and Chairman, Green Dot Public Schools
• Rae Belisle, President and CEO, EdVoice
• Edwin Diaz, Superintendent, Pasadena Unified School District
• A.J. Duffy, President, United Teachers of Los Angeles
• Donna Foote, Author/Freelance Journalist
• Jackie Goldberg, Faculty Advisor, UCLA Teach/Compton and former member of the California State Assembly
• Jack Scott, Chancellor, California Community Colleges and former California State Senator

• Marshall Tuck, Chief Executive Officer, Partnership For Los Angeles Schools

• Steve Zimmer (Los Angeles ’92), Los Angeles Unified School District School Board Member Elect (District 4)

Additional Speakers and Panelists

• David Ables (Bay Area '97), Pressure Profile Systems, Inc.
• Celia Alvarado, Teach For America
• Tamara Arroyo (New York City '98), Teach For America
• Ben Austin, Los Angeles Parents Union
• Layla Avila (Los Angeles '97), The New Teacher Project

• Monique Ayotte-Hoeltzel (Mississippi Delta '98), Teach For All

• Dena Blank, Teach For America
• Jen Bluestein, Teach For America

• Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times

• Iris Bond Gill (Greater New Orleans '98), Teach For America
• Michelle Bullock, Teach For America
• Pamela Burga (New York City '04), Director of Policy for LAUSD Board Member Tamar Galatzan (District 3)

• Judy Burton, Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools

• Alex Caputo-Pearl (Los Angeles '90), Crenshaw High School
• David Carr (Los Angeles '93), Green Dot Public Schools
• Lauren Carter (New York '04), ICEF Public Schools
• Felicia Clark (Los Angeles '90), Los Angeles Unified School District

• Felicia Cuesta (Los Angeles '02), Teach For America

• Karen Dabney (Los Angeles '91), Downey High School
• Thomas E Davin, Panda Restaurant Group Inc.
• Christine DeLeon, The Broad Foundation
• Richard Diaz, Riordan Volunteer Leadership Development Program
• Mike Downes (Los Angeles '94), Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund
• J. Kriste Dragon (Los Angeles '98), Wonder of Reading
• Danielle Duran (Los Angeles '04), Teach For America

• Judy Elliott, Los Angeles Unified School District

• Ryan Enos (Chicago '01), PhD. Student, Political Science, UCLA
• Kate Farrar (Los Angeles '94), Teach For America
• Robert Garcia Tagorda, Long Beach Unified School District
• Laura Genao (Los Angeles '92), Southern California Edison
• Greg Good (Los Angeles '92), Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)

• Kevin Hall, The Broad Foundation

• Susan Hendricks Richman (Los Angeles '90), The Country School
• Jeff Hilger (Los Angeles '92), Bright Star Schools
• Brian Johnson (South Louisiana '99), Teach For America
• Stanley Johnson Jr. (Los Angeles '00), UCLA Graduate School of Education
• John P. Keisler (Newark '00), Long Beach Animal Care Services
• Shiri Klima (Phoenix '02), Richards, Watson & Gershon
• Kristen Kosinski (Houston '91), The Samburu Project
• Philip J. Lance, Pueblo Nuevo Development
• Deborah Lee (D.C. Region '03), National Institute for Excellence in Teaching
• Shannon Leonard (Los Angeles, '01), KIPP Raíces Academy
• Jose Moreno (Los Angeles, '03), William Workman High School
• Kunjan Narechania (Eastern North Carolina '00), Teach For America

• Jeannie Oropeza, California Department of Finance

• Neela Parasnis (Los Angeles '03), Lou Dantzler Elementary (ICEF)

• Ana Ponce (Los Angeles '91), Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, Harvard K-8 Campus

• Henrick Rehbinder, La Opinión

• Sandi Romero, Mama's Hot Tamales

• Axel Shalson (Los Angeles '95), Red Schoolhouse Software
• Beth Shuster, Editor, Education K-12, Los Angeles Times
• Marsha Trainer (Greater New Orleans '93), Freelance Production Accountant
• Sean Waldheim (Greater New Orleans '00), Teach For America
• Kate Williams (Newark '02), Teach For America
• Mikelle Willis (Los Angeles '98), KIPP Foundation