Big Picture Panel

Germaine Brown »
Teacher
Stewart Street Elementary School
Florida

Barry Stark »
Principal
Norris Middle School
Nebraska

Jack Jennings »
President
Center on Education Policy

Linda Darling-Hammond »
Professor of Education
Stanford University

John Podesta »
President and Chief Executive Officer
Center for American Progress

Andrea Messina »
Commissioner
Aspen Institute Commission on
No Child Left Behind

Kevin Carey »
Research and Policy Manager
Education Sector

High School Reform & College
and Career-Readiness Panel

Billy Cannaday »
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Commonwealth of Virginia

Bob Wise »
President
Alliance for Excellent Education

Adria Steinberg »
Associate Vice President of Youth Transition
Jobs for the Future

James McPartland »
Principal Research Scientist
Center for Social Organization of Schools
Johns Hopkins University

Brian Gong »
Executive Director
Center for Assessment

Mike Cohen »
President
Achieve, Inc.

Janet Bray »
Director
Association for Career and Technical Education

Civil Rights Panel

Nancy Zirkin »
Vice President and Director of Public Policy
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

Peter Zamora »
Regional Counsel
Mexican American Legal Defense Fund

Stephanie Jones »
Executive Director
The National Urban League

Dan Losen »
Senior Education Law and Policy Associate
The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles

Dianne Piche »
Executive Director
Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights

Delia Pompa »
Vice President of Education Programs
National Council of La Raza

Katy Neas »
Director of Congressional Relations
Easter Seals
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities

Myrna Mandlawitz »
Policy Director
Learning Disabilities Association of America

Business, Foundation and Innovation Panel

Jon Schnur »
CEO
New Leaders for New Schools

Charles Harris »
Co-Founder and Executive Partner
SeaChange Capital Partners

Nelson Smith »
President
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

Josh Wyner »
Executive Vice President
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Sonia Hernandez Rodriguez »
Executive Vice President
National Farm Workers Service Center

John Castellani »
President
Business Roundtable

Jim Kohlmoos »
President and CEO
Knowledge Alliance

Mike Petrilli »
Vice President for National Programs & Policy
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

Teaching and School Leadership Panel

MaryKate Hughes »
Math Teacher
DC Preparatory Academy
Washington, DC

Kathleen Rooker »
Principal
Neil Armstrong Elementary School
Florida

Reg Weaver »
President
National Education Association

Kati Haycock »
President
Education Trust

Antonia Cortese »
Executive Vice-President
American Federation of Teachers

Frances Bryant Bradburn »
Director of Instructional Technologies
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Mary Kay Sommers »
Principal
Shepardson Elementary
Colorado

Kristan Van Hook »
Senior Vice President
Public Policy and Development
National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

State and Local Administrators Panel

David Brewer »
Superintendent of Schools
Los Angeles Unified School District

Joan Wodiska »
Director
Education, Early Childhood
and Workforce Committee
National Governors’ Association

Michael Casserly »
Executive Director
Council of the Great City Schools

Paul Houston »
Executive Director
American Association of School Administrators

LaRuth Gray »
Deputy Director
Metropolitan Center for Urban Education

Michael Resnick »
Associate Executive Director
National School Boards Association

Larry Lorber »
Partner
Proskauer Rose
Washington, D.C