Ben Nelson
Ben Nelson is the Founder of Minerva, and a visionary with a passion to reinvent higher education. Minerva Project, the company Nelson Founded and runs, helps other universities create educational programs inspired by Minerva University, broadly recognized as the most innovative and impactful university in the world. Prior to Minerva, Nelson spent more than 10 […]
Azad Oommen
Azad Oommen is the co-founder of Global School Leaders, a non-profit that develops effective school leadership to improve learning of students from marginalized communities around the world. He was the founding Executive Director of the Central Square Foundation (CSF), an India-based venture philanthropy fund that invests in systemic reforms to improve the quality of student […]
Chantal Kabanda Dusabe
Chantal is the Strategic Advisor in School Leadership at VVOB in Rwanda. Her main responsibilities are to provide strategic advice and technical support to VVOB and its partners in Rwanda and in the African Region with regard to educational leadership. She also acts as co-chair of the school leadership task force within Rwanda Basic Education […]
Alexandra Agudelo
Master in Education, Professional in Psychology, passionate about the processes that help advance Education. She has coordinated diverse programs and projects within the sector, including positions in the national service of learning (SENA), Higher Education and Education for Employment and Human Development. Coordinator and creator of the Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity Unit at SENA, […]
Akshay Chaturvedi
Akshay is the creator and driving force behind one of India’s fastest growing startups LeverageEdu – which empowers students across India to choose the best-matched career & higher education options, with one-touch access to personalised mentors and leading global universities. The company initially began as a higher education mentorship marketplace in Silicon Valley’s Draper University’s 2015 cohort, & […]
Bo Stjerne Thomsen
Dr. Bo Stjerne Thomsen is the Vice-President and Chair of Learning through Play in the LEGO Foundation. The function of the Chair is to be the expert at the highest level to the executive leadership on how children and adults learn through play, and providing consultation at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels to international […]
Sébastien Turbot
Sébastien Turbot is the CEO and Chief Strategist of eko6, a Canada-based consultancy that guides governments, cities, businesses and civil-society in creating engaging platforms that turn ideas into action. Sébastien is currently a research fellow at WISE (World Innovation Summit for Innovation) and developing a living lab on Learning Ecosystems and Cities. The lab will […]
Anthony B Maddox
Anthony B. Maddox is Professor of Clinical Education and Engineering at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education and Viterbi School of Engineering. He is a science teacher educator, and Director/Co-founder of the Center for Engineering in Education (CEE). He teaches in the Rossier Master of Arts in Teaching, the Organizational Change and […]
Emiliana Vegas
Emiliana Vegas is a professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Her research and practice focus on improving educational opportunity in developing countries. She earned a Doctor of Education degree from HGSE, a Master’s of Public Policy degree from Duke University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the Andres Bello […]
Stefania Giannini
Ms. Stefania Giannini was appointed Assistant Director-General for Education in May 2018, becoming the top United Nations official in the field of education. In this position, she provides strategic vision and leadership for UNESCO’s Education Sector in coordinating and monitoring the implementation of the Education 2030 Agenda, encapsulated in Sustainable Development Goal 4. She has […]