Margaret Spellings

President & CEO of the Bipartisan Policy Center; Former President & CEO of Texas 2036 and the George W. Bush Presidential Center; Former U.S. Secretary of Education

#19thRepresents Keynote: Margaret Spellings

Carol DAmico

On July 30, 2001, Carol D'Amico was sworn in as the Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education.

William Easterly

Professor of Economics at New York University; Co-Director, Development Research Institute

David Blanchflower

Member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee from 2006 to 2009

Daniel W. Drezner

Professor of International Politics at Tufts University; Writer at The Washington Post

Eve Ewing

Sociologist of Education & Assistant Professor at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago

Astrid S. Tuminez

President of Utah Valley University

Samir Saran

President of the Observer Research Foundation

Leemore Dafny

Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School

Meighan Stone

Humanitarian Advocate, Adjunct Senior Fellow Women & Foreign Policy at Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Ted Dintersmith

Executive Producer of "Most Likely to Succeed", Advocate for Innovation in Education, Former Venture Capitalist

Dr. Tererai Trent

Internationally Recognized Voices for Quality Education and Women’s Empowerment; Oprah Winfrey's "All-Time Favorite Guest"

Shaun R. Harper

Critical Race Theorist; Gender Studies Scholar

Michele Bachmann

Former Attorney & Congresswoman, Dean of Regent University's Robertson School of Government

Melody Barnes

Executive Director Karsh Institute of Democracy at UVA, Professor at the Miller Center & Former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council

Community Wealth Building and the Reconstruction of American Democracy: Can We Make Ame...

John Holdren

Professor of Environmental Policy & Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Lee Hamilton

Member, President's Homeland Security Advisory Council; Director, Center on Congress, Indiana University

Martin Chekel

Developer of the Neurolingusitic Language Education System, Chairman of Text N Tone, Inc. and the Talking Page Ltd., London, England and a prolific author

Sara Goldrick-Rab

Professor of Higher Education Policy and Sociology at Temple University, and Founder of the Wisconsin HOPE Lab

William Frist

Chair, The Nature Conservancy Global Board; Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Heart Transplant Surgeon; Founder of Founding Partner of Frist Cressey Ventures and Hope Through Healing Hands

Dr. William H. Frist - Acceptance Speech