Dr. Diane Robinson
As Global Special Projects Lead at Teach For All, Diane leads on high impact priorities for the organization. Teach For All is a global network of 48 independently run social enterprises around the world all working to develop collective leadership to ensure all children can fulfill their potential. Diane is currently working to build the […]
H.E. Dr. Amina J. Mohammed
Ms. Amina J. Mohammed was Minister of Environment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from November 2015 to December 2016, where she steered the country’s efforts on climate action, protecting the natural environment and conserving resources for sustainable development. Prior to this, she served as Special Adviser to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Post-2015 Development Planning, […]
Jim Shelton
Jim Shelton, former Deputy Secretary of Education and founding Executive Director of My Brother’s Keeper under President Barack Obama, leads the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s education work. In this role, he partners with educators, communities, researchers, and engineers to ensure that each young person is ready to thrive in and contribute to an ever changing world. […]
Maggie Mitchell Salem
Maggie is Resident Senior Director at National Democratic Institute (NDI). Previously, Maggie was Executive Director of QFI (Qatar Foundation Intl) where she and a talented team led student-centered K-12 education programs in three areas: Arabic Language, Arab Societies & Culture, and Connected Communities. Before, she was Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa […]
Jose Vilson
José Luis Vilson is a veteran educator, writer, speaker, and activist in New York City, NY. He is the author of This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education. He has spoken about education, math, and race for a number of organizations and publications, including the New York Times, The […]
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin is an Emmy-nominated journalist working for AJ+ as a Senior Correspondent. In 2010, Ahmed created, produced and co-hosted Al Jazeera English’s “The Stream,” an award-winning interactive talk show nominated for an Emmy award for Most Innovative Program in 2012. Ahmed’s passion is in giving voice to the voiceless and reporting under-covered global stories. […]
Keren Ruth Wong
Keren Ruth is based in Silicon Valley, serving as Director of Development at RoboTerra. She currently manages the joint WISE-RoboTerra authored research report (to be published in 2019), which establishes a conceptual framework and presents cases to understand the complexity of issues linking AI (artificial intelligence) and education, in order to pave the way for […]
Eric Tai Dawson
Eric Tai Dawson is the CEO of Peace First, an organization he helped launch at 18 which now works in 105 countries preparing young people to lead positive social action through compassion and courage. A globally recognized expert on youth culture and movement-building, Mr. Dawson received his degrees from Harvard University: a specialized B.A. in […]
Amber Oliver
Amber Oliver is Director of the Robin Hood Learning + Technology Fund, a collaboration between Robin Hood, Overdeck Family Foundation and Siegel Family Endowment to transform learning for low-income students with technology. Previously, Amber was the COO of GripTape, where she helped build a strategy to put 1M youth in the driver’s seat of their […]
James Da Costa
James is a Regional Director at the Hult Prize Foundation, the world’s leading platform for the creation and launch of for-good, for-profit start-ups emerging from universities (Worlds 10 most innovative Non-profits 2018, Fast Company). James is a co-founder of Mandala Group, specializing in the design, development and distribution mobile applications for low-income and rural communities […]