Past Summits

Chicago Alumni Summit - May 8, 2010
Featured speakers: Paul Vallas, Superintendent of Recovery School District of New Orleans and former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Tim Daly (Baltimore '99), President, The New Teacher Project, Linda Lenz, Founder and Publisher, CATALYST: Voices of Chicago School Reform, Andrew W. Broy (Eastern North Carolina '95), President, Illinois Network of Charter Schools, and Michael Milkie, Superintendent and CEO, Noble Network of Charter Schools.

North Carolina Alumni Summit - March 6, 2010
Featured speakers: William Harrison, Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education, Howard Manning, Jr., Superior Court Judge in the North Carolina Court System, Judith Rizzo, Executive Director and CEO of The James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy, Barnett Berry, President and CEO of the Center for Teaching Quality, and Aaron Pomis (Eastern North Carolina '02), founding science teacher of KIPP: Charlotte and former candidate for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education.

Atlanta Alumni Summit – December 5, 2009
Featured speakers: Michael Lomax, President and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, Robert Franklin, President of Morehouse College, Kathy Augustine, Deputy Superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools, The Honorable Gail Tusan Washington, Judge of the Fulton County Superior Court, and Courtney English (Atlanta '07), Atlanta Public Schools Board Member.

Los Angeles Alumni Summit – April 25, 2009
Featured speakers: Ramon C. Cortines, Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Steve Barr, Founder and Chairman of Green Dot Public Schools, the Honorable Jack Scott, Chancellor of California Community Colleges, the Honorable Jackie Goldberg, Faculty Advisor at UCLA Teach/Compton, and Steve Zimmer (Los Angeles '92), Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member.