Our 12,000 alumni are a leadership force - working from within education and from every sector to effect fundamental change.

Speakers and presenters

Featured Speakers

  • Joel Klein, Chancellor, New York City Public Schools
  • Cami Anderson (Los Angeles '93), Senior Superintendent, District 79
  • Jemina Bernard, Executive Director, Teach For America - New York City
  • Chris Cerf, Deputy Chancellor, New York City Department of Education
  • Donna Foote, Author, Relentless Pursuit
  • Wendy Kopp, CEO & Founder, Teach For America
  • Dave Levin (Houston '92), Co-founder, KIPP
  • Jennifer Medina, Journalist, The New York Times
  • Kira Orange Jones (Greater New Orleans '00), Teach For America - New Orleans
  • Christine Quinn, Speaker, New York City Council
  • William C. Thompson Jr., New York City Comptroller
  • Jeffrey Toobin, Staff writer for The New Yorker and senior analyst at CNN
  • Paul Tough, Editor at The New York Times Magazine and author of Whatever It Takes
  • Dennis Walcott, Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development, New York City
  • Anthony Weiner, Congressman, New York's 9th District
  • Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of the Children's Defense Fund
  • Lester W. Young, Jr., Regent, New York State Board of Regents

Additional Speakers and Presenters

  • Monique Ayotte-Hoeltzel (Mississippi Delta '98), Teach For America
  • Alison Avera (Greater New Orleans '95), NYC Empowerment Schools
  • Morty Ballen (North Louisiana '92), Explore Schools, Inc.
  • Tamika Barrow (New York City '00), The Paula Hedbavny School PS/MS 278
  • Vicki Bernstein, New York City Department of Education
  • Cameron Berube (Rio Grande Valley '00), Urban Assembly Academy of Civic Engagement
  • Jen Bluestein, Teach For America
  • Rod Bowen (New York City '93), The Dreamyard Preparatory School
  • Furman Brown (Los Angeles '90), Generation Schools
  • Michelle Cahill, Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Josie Carbone (New York City '97), Girls Preparatory Charter School
  • Kathleen Cashin, Knowledge Network Learning Support Organization
  • Iris Chen (New York City '90), "I Have A Dream" Foundation
  • Angela Cobb, Teach For America
  • Daryll Cobb, KIPP Foundation
  • Andrea Coleman (Houston '93), FEGS Health and Human Services System
  • Frank Corcoran (Houston '91), KIPP Academy
  • Celestina De La Garza (New York City '02), Uncommon Schools
  • Deborah Eldridge, Division of Education, Lehman College/CUNY
  • Steven Farr (Rio Grande Valley '93), Teach For America
  • Marlene S. Filewich, NYC Leadership Academy
  • Steven Francisco (New York City '03), Innovation Teaching
  • Christina Grant (New York City '03), New York City Department of Education
  • David Hardy Jr. (Miami-Dade '03), Achievement First Bushwick Middle School
  • Crystal Harmon (Baltimore '02), The New Teacher Project
  • Aileen Hefferren, Chief Executive, Prep for Prep
  • Scott Hudnor (Baltimore '00), South Bronx Classical Charter School
  • Kevin Huffman (Houston '92), Teach For America
  • Xanthe Jory (New York City '96), Bronx Charter School For the Arts
  • Brett Kimmel (Houston '96), Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School
  • Josh Klaris (Southern Louisiana '91), DREAM Charter School
  • Mark D. Levine (New York City '91), Democratic District Leader for Upper Manhattan
  • Jason Levy (Houston '93), CIS 339, School of Communication Technology
  • Fiona Lin (Seattle '94), The New Teacher Project
  • Seth Litt (New York City '03), IS 217, The Rafael Hernandez School of the Performing Arts
  • Marcia V. Lyles, New York City Department of Education
  • Carrie Marlin (D.C. Region '98), Hon. Daniel O'Donnell, New York State Assembly
  • Doug McCurry, Achievement First
  • Heather McGrew, Echoing Green
  • Amy McIntosh, New York City Department of Education
  • James D. Merriman, New York City Charter School Center
  • Eric Nadelstern, NYC Empowerment Schools
  • Sultana Noormuhammad (New York City '04), Leadership Prep Charter School
  • Laura Peynado-Castro (New York City '02), University Neighborhood Middle School
  • Sanjiv Rao (Bay Area '94), New York State Afterschool Network
  • Jeremy Reiss, Community Service Society of New York
  • Laura F. Reyes (New York City '07), Teach For America corps member
  • Robert Roberts III (Rio Grande Valley '03), HealthCorps
  • Eddie Rodriguez, The Council of Urban Professionals (CUP)
  • Joel Rose (Houston '92), New York City Department of Education
  • Ariela Rozman, The New Teacher Project
  • Gary Rubinstein (Houston '91), Stuyvesant High School
  • Evan Rudall, Uncommon Schools
  • Jon Snyder, Bank Street College
  • Sarah Sosbe (New York City '03), New York City Department of Education
  • Marc Sternberg (New York City '95), Bronx Lab School
  • Dmitry A. Terekhov (New York City '06), South Bronx Academy For Applied Media
  • Kellie Terry-Sepulveda (Newark '00), The Point Community Development Center
  • Ivan Tolentino (New York City '00), The Active Learning Elementary School (TALES)
  • Maxeme Tuchman (Miami-Dade '04), Special Projects Manager for the First Deputy Mayor of New York City
  • Quinton Vance (Newark '97), KIPP NYC
  • Chad Vignola, New Visions for Public Schools
  • Wilson Wang (Bay Area '92), Bronx Lebanon Hospital
  • Laurie Warner (New York City '98), Harlem Village Academy
  • Audra M. Watson, New York City Department of Education
  • Eric Weingartner (New York City '92), Robin Hood Foundation
  • John White (Newark '99), New York City Department of Education
  • Amber Williams (New York City '00), KIPP:STAR
  • Mark Williams (Newark '00), Teach For America
  • Orpheus Williams (D.C. Region '98), Achievement First Crown Heights Middle Schoo
  • lMatt Willoughby (New York City '04), Urban Assembly School for Design and Construction
  • Josh Winter (New York City '93), New York City Economic Development Corporation
  • De'Shawn Wright (New York City '98), Chief Policy Advisor to Mayor, City of Newark