Government, Social Sector & Education

Valued individuals involved in shaping public policies, providing essential services, and promoting education, tirelessly looking to improve society and empower citizens

Wendy Turner

Wendy Turner

A champion for social emotional learning, Wendy Turner is an experienced, passionate, award-winning educator. Honored as the 2017 Delaware Teacher of the Year, Wendy spent 12 years at Mt. Pleasant Elementary School in Wilmington, Delaware, 11 in 2nd grade and 1 in 3rd. With SEL as her guiding light, she fostered growth in compassion, empathy, and resilience through dynamic learning experiences and creative approachs to integrating SEL with academics. Wendy contributed to positive school and district culture with her passion and knowledge of social emotional learning.

As a teacher leader, Wendy has been honored with many awards and has led change and growth around social-emotional learning for both students and adults. She enjoyed serving as a member of the Delaware SEL Core Team, the State Board of Education and now facilitates professional development via Wendy Turner Consulting. Wendy's mission is to foster curiosity, confidence, and competence in social emotional learning.

A champion for social emotional learning, Wendy Turner is an experienced, passionate, award-winning educator. Honored as the 2017 Delaware Teacher of the Year, Wendy spent 12 years at Mt. Pleasant Elementary School in Wilmington, Delaware, 11 in 2nd ... Show more

Antoine Snow

Antoine Snow

Antoine Snow is a senior solutions manager at AvePoint, leading the Public Sector business unit. He has held various positions in IT over the past several years ranging from front-end web developer to Microsoft 365 Service Owner. In his current role, Antoine focuses on governance and adoption challenges plaguing the modern workplace and helping government organizations understand the components of a governance strategy and its implementation. Antoine's views on these topics can be found in various blog posts and has been the focus of one-to-one workshops.

Antoine Snow is a senior solutions manager at AvePoint, leading the Public Sector business unit. He has held various positions in IT over the past several years ranging from front-end web developer to Microsoft 365 Service Owner. In his current role,... Show more

Catherine Zeisner

Catherine Zeisner

Dr. Catherine Zeisner is a proud Canadian scholar-practitioner who believes the best in education is right around the corner. As an assistant professor at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, Catherine teaches Master, Doctoral, and principal certification candidates. Catherine believes in the power of resiliency and positivity as demonstrated by conquering cancer in 2011 and completing 3 Chicago Marathons. Having taught and led in PK-12 education, Catherine believes all students can learn and all teachers can thrive in our diverse educational settings. As an ADHD program teacher, vice-principal, and principal, Catherine proved that relationships are the key to school success by bridging the gaps between what’s needed and what’s possible. Her message is simple, “Anything is possible if you have the right people in the right room at the right time, focusing on the right things".

Dr. Catherine Zeisner is a proud Canadian scholar-practitioner who believes the best in education is right around the corner. As an assistant professor at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, Catherine teaches Master, Doctoral, and principal c... Show more

Taylor Wilder

Taylor Wilder

Taylor Wilder is a nonprofit professional in Nashville, TN. She is passionate about capacity building for local nonprofits to maximize their impact in her community.

Taylor Wilder is a nonprofit professional in Nashville, TN. She is passionate about capacity building for local nonprofits to maximize their impact in her community. Show more

Sandra Logan-McKibben

Sandra Logan-McKibben

Sandra Logan-McKibben, PhD, NCC, NCSC, DCC, ACS is Program Director & Clinical Assistant Professor at Sacred Heart University (SHU). Prior to earning her doctorate, she worked as an elementary and middle school counselor in Southern California, was the district-level Tobacco Use, Prevention, and Education (TUPE) Coordinator, and was a site supervisor for practicum and internship students. Her specific research interests include school counseling, supervision, adult SEL competence and wellness. She has served in multiple leadership roles with various state and national counseling associations, including California Association of School Counselors, Florida Counseling Association, Florida School Counseling Association, and Chi Sigma Iota International. Recently, she co-authored her first book, The Ultimate School Counselor’s Guide to Assessment & Data Collection.

Sandra Logan-McKibben, PhD, NCC, NCSC, DCC, ACS is Program Director & Clinical Assistant Professor at Sacred Heart University (SHU). Prior to earning her doctorate, she worked as an elementary and middle school counselor in Southern California, was t... Show more

Kendra Skeene

Kendra Skeene

Kendra is a digital strategist and product leader who specializes in leveraging digital platforms to scale best practices. Named one of State Scoop’s Top Women in Technology for 2017 and 2018, Kendra is a champion for digital best practices within both the public and private sectors.

As part of her role as Director of Product for Ad Hoc's Federal Civilian business unit, Kendra leads Ad Hoc’s platform capability maturity team, where her wealth of experience informs her work with a team of strategists to assess the technical platform maturity of federal agencies and establish roadmaps to platform adoption.

Before joining Ad Hoc, Kendra established the product practice for Digital Services Georgia, where she oversaw the state of Georgia’s enterprise web platform. Under her leadership, Georgia was the first state to scale responsive design, accessibility, web performance, and HTTPS everywhere across their web platform. She also operationalized training and support processes for the state’s nearly 500 content managers.

Kendra then spent three years leading product strategy for the first federal agency API platform, where she worked closely with a team of more than 40 technologists in an agile environment to scale API availability and security as well as developer relations and adoption. The program continues to be a model for new API platforms across the US federal landscape.

Kendra is a digital strategist and product leader who specializes in leveraging digital platforms to scale best practices. Named one of State Scoop’s Top Women in Technology for 2017 and 2018, Kendra is a champion for digital best practices within bo... Show more

Cheryl Turner

Cheryl Turner

Cheryl Smith Turner is a lifelong educator, child development practitioner, national presenter and educational consultant. Cheryl has trained extensively for various regional and national agencies, staff development organizations, universities and private schools and advocacy groups. As the founder of REACH TLS, LLC., Cheryl helps educators develop and utilize techniques that will contribute to a positive climate for learning. Her trainings focus on a variety of topics, to include child guidance, social-emotional learning and a wide variety of additional topics relevant to Pre-K, KDG and school age educators and leaders. She utilizes a high-energy, interactive training style that combines practical strategies and relevant content with a dash of humor and a heaping helping of fun!

Cheryl Smith Turner is a lifelong educator, child development practitioner, national presenter and educational consultant. Cheryl has trained extensively for various regional and national agencies, staff development organizations, universities and p... Show more

Dr. Christine Kolbe

Dr. Christine Kolbe

\\Konzepterin und Moderatorin für Themen der Nachhaltigkeit in Bildung, Kultur und Zivilgesellschaft\\

Als selbständige Diskurgestalterin für die sozial-ökologische Wende und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagerin mit Schwerpunkt Programmatik in Bildung, Kultur und Zivilgesellschaft habe ich viel erforscht, beobachtet, gelernt und verstanden. Meine breite Praxiserfahrung in der Konzeption und Kuration von Bildungs- und Veranstaltungsformaten hilft mir, drängende gesellschaftlichen Fragestellungen mit Workshops, Beratung und Konzeptionen nach nach vorne zu bringen. Ich arbeitet mit Teams an passgenauen transformativen Diskursformaten und nachhaltigem Wissensmanagement, berate und moderiere Prozesse und leite durch eventbasierten Austausch.
Angesichts multipler globaler Krisen, fokussiere ich seit einigen Jahren auf drängende sozial-ökologische Transformationsvorhaben: Postwachstumsökonomien, Umwelt- und Naturschutz, eine nachhaltige Digitalisierung, lebenswerte Städte, Mobilitätswende ... all diese Bereiche (und noch viel mehr) müssen in die öffentliche Wahrnehmung. Dabei steht die Frage im Mittelpunkt, wie Austausch und gemeinsames Lernen in und für die Transformation gestaltet sein müssen, wie soziale Kipppunkte (im positiven, transformativen) Sinne erreicht und gleichzeitig der demokratische Diskurs gestärkt werden kann: systemisch, feministisch, diskrimierungskritisch und empowernd. Neue Formate zu erproben und nicht immer alles so zu machen wie immer schon, ist mir zugleich Herausforderung und Vergnügen!

Ich lebe seit vielen Jahren in Berlin, bin berührt und inspiriert von der Klimabewegung, Openeverything und einer Kultur des Teilens. Vor meiner Tätigkeit als selbständige Diskursgestaltung war ich fünf Jahre als Innovatorin und Projektleiterin der politischen Medienbildung bei mediale pfade tätig. Ich bin Teil der Bits & Bäume Bewegung und Co-Kuratorin der re:publica.

\\Konzepterin und Moderatorin für Themen der Nachhaltigkeit in Bildung, Kultur und Zivilgesellschaft\\ Als selbständige Diskurgestalterin für die sozial-ökologische Wende und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagerin mit Schwerpunkt Programmatik in Bildung, Kult... Show more

Annie Wood

Annie Wood

Annie is an educator and a community builder - so working in student life on a college campus is really the perfect combination of these two roles. She believes in lifelong learning and is passionate about providing opportunities for meaningful connections both on campus and in the community.

As the Associate Director for Student Life, Annie supervisors professional staff, graduate students, and an undergraduate marketing team. She also serves as the Advisor to the Student Senate at Minnesota State University Moorhead. She cares deeply about having great working relationships with staff and students. She enjoys supporting teammates while helping them grow or achieve goals they've set for themselves.

Annie is an educator and a community builder - so working in student life on a college campus is really the perfect combination of these two roles. She believes in lifelong learning and is passionate about providing opportunities for meaningful conne... Show more

Philomena Compton

Philomena Compton


Philomena Compton is a Business Development Leader at Mission Multiplier. Philomena was a Technologist Media Specialist, serving as an educator for 30 years with a technical background including IT networking and troubleshooting, technology instruction, and technology workshop facilitation. She is a grant writing consultant and National Board Certified Teacher. Her BSED is in Education from Athens State University, MLIS from University of Southern Mississippi, an EdS in Educational Technology from Boise State, and Master’s in Cybersecurity Management from Murray State. She is currently earning her doctorate in Cybersecurity Management at St. Thomas University focusing on Space Systems and best practices for Cybersecurity Resilience, IR, Cyber Ethics, and TableTop Exercises.

Philomena Compton is a Business Development Leader at Mission Multiplier. Philomena was a Technologist Media Specialist, serving as an educator for 30 years with a technical background including IT networking and troubleshooting, technology instruc... Show more

Tovah Denaro

Tovah Denaro

Tovah Denaro (she/her) is the founder and lead consultant of IBC. She began this work in 2011, through her own experience in the classroom as a Special Education teacher for youth impacted with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities. Through her years in the classroom, she began to strategically focus her work on supporting youth who are historically marginalized. Specifically, BIPOC youth, youth in Special Education, youth who are or have been incarcerated, and youth that identify within the LGTBQIA+ community. Tovah founded IBC, is to ensure that any adult who is working with youth within a historically marginalized group, has the skill and the understanding of what it means to build sustaining relationships with youth and to recognize the power that an adult/student relationship has on keeping youth engaged and in school.

Innovative Behavioral Consulting collaborates with school districts and communities to focus on the mental health and wellbeing of youth, families, and staff. IBC works with communities to understand brain development, unpack the data of school districts to determine areas of need, and learn about historically marginalized youth within the school system. We work alongside gender expansive youth and families to help navigate the multiple systems they are involved in to ensure rights and responsibilities are understood and being followed. This is all through a Trauma-Sensitive lens to ensure the best outcome, safety, and sense of belonging for youth and families.

IBC understands that supporting and working with youth cannot be done without adults understanding the historical trauma, present day trauma, and our youth’s personal experiences within the framework of the school. IBC also acknowledges the need for adults within a school building to understand their own mental health need and recognize the importance of wellness inside and outside of the school building.

At IBC, we call our guiding values our core values, because they truly make up the core of who we are. Our values are to build authentic relationships with youth, families, communities, and schools, challenge injustice, and to acknowledge the unique strengths and challenges of our youth. These values lead the work and the mission of IBC forward. These values help IBC support school districts and their communities to develop purposeful partnerships in support of improved outcomes for youth through a Culturally Responsive and Trauma Sensitive lens. The values drive this through a comprehensive Trauma Informed Multi-Tiered System of Support, based on the individual needs of each school and district. The future of IBC is about spreading Trauma Sensitive and Culturally Responsive Mental Health practices to school districts across the state of Washington, emphasizing social emotional learning and wellness systems for all.

www.innovativebehaviors.org

Tovah Denaro (she/her) is the founder and lead consultant of IBC. She began this work in 2011, through her own experience in the classroom as a Special Education teacher for youth impacted with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities. Through her years... Show more

Adriana Marques

Adriana Marques

Procuradora da Fazenda Nacional desde 2007 e mestre em Administração Pública pela EBAPE/FGV. Coordenou o projeto de transformação digital da Procuradoria-Geral da Fazenda Nacional (PGFN) de 2017 a 2020. Foi P.O. (product owner) do portal digital de serviços da PGFN, o REGULARIZE, e P.O. do chatbot do REGULARIZE, a IZE. Facilita oficinas de inovação, design thinking, design de serviços e transformação digital em organizações públicas e privadas.

Procuradora da Fazenda Nacional desde 2007 e mestre em Administração Pública pela EBAPE/FGV. Coordenou o projeto de transformação digital da Procuradoria-Geral da Fazenda Nacional (PGFN) de 2017 a 2020. Foi P.O. (product owner) do portal digital de s... Show more

Jason Jones

Jason Jones

Jason Jones is a full-time disruptor, activist, educator, and software engineer. Jason leads TLM’s conversations with existing and potential partners for TLM’s future with a focus on creating mutually beneficial partnerships that impact TLM’s learners on a high scale. On September 25, 2018, Jason was released after 13 ½ years incarcerated, during which time he graduated from The Last Mile’s inaugural coding class. Three weeks before his release, Jason became the first person from his cohort to sign a work agreement with a tech company as a software engineer. Jason was also the first justice-involved person to be accepted into the Lightspeed fellowship with a team from Stanford. Jason has gone on to graduate from the Koch Associate Program. Jason currently sits on the board of Rosecrans Ventures an organization that focuses on mentoring opportunity youth from marginalized communities. He is passionate about creating more opportunities for representation in tech and mentoring youth, which inspired him to continue to tutor and teach opportunity youth computer coding. Outside of his work with TLM he runs his own tech consulting company called Disrupt 2 innov8 LLC (D2i) where he consults companies on integrating MBM and technology to amplify their impact. #createChange #Disrupt2innov8

Jason Jones is a full-time disruptor, activist, educator, and software engineer. Jason leads TLM’s conversations with existing and potential partners for TLM’s future with a focus on creating mutually beneficial partnerships that impact TLM’s learner... Show more

Mike Altieri

Mike Altieri

Mike Altieri hat Mathematik studiert und in der Mathematikdidaktik/Pädagogik promoviert. Während seiner Professur für Angewandte Mathematik und Didaktik der Naturwissenschaften/Mathematik an der Hochschule Ruhr West hat er sich auf Digitalisierung in der Lehre in Theorie und Praxis spezialisiert. Heute ist er Professor für Mediendidaktik an der OTH Amberg-Weiden, leitet dort den Studiengang Educational Technology sowie das Kompetenzzenzentrum Digitale Lehre und bekleidet das Amt des Vizepräsidenten für Lehre, Didaktik und Digitalisierung. Er hat in verschiedenen Bildungsunternehmen gearbeitet und ist Prokurist einer Sprachschule.

Mike Altieri hat Mathematik studiert und in der Mathematikdidaktik/Pädagogik promoviert. Während seiner Professur für Angewandte Mathematik und Didaktik der Naturwissenschaften/Mathematik an der Hochschule Ruhr West hat er sich auf Digitalisierung in... Show more

Lily Scheuerpflug

Lily Scheuerpflug

Lily Scheuerpflug has an education background in International Relations, Globalization and Development Studies. She has been working as a project and partnerships manager in the field of access to entrepreneurship and education for the last five years and has been with Kiron since 2017. Kiron is a non-profit organization providing access to quality education opportunities specifically to refugees via its online learning platform Kiron Campus. Lily is responsible for building partnerships within Kiron's 'Collective Impact Campus' initiative that offers partners the opportunity to digitalize their learning programs to continue reaching their learners and scaling their impact in times of COVID-19 and beyond.

Lily Scheuerpflug has an education background in International Relations, Globalization and Development Studies. She has been working as a project and partnerships manager in the field of access to entrepreneurship and education for the last five yea... Show more

Veronica Olazabal

Veronica Olazabal

Ms. Olazabal, Managing Director at The Rockefeller Foundation, is an award-winning data and evaluation expert with a professional portfolio ranging more than 15 years, four continents and numerous global agencies including philanthropy the MasterCard Foundation, social venture Nuru International, and non-profit The Food Bank For New York City. In addition to serving on a number of funding and advisory committees, Ms. Olazabal serves on the Board of the World Benchmarking Alliance and was recently elected as President-elect of the American Evaluation Association (AEA).

She is also privileged to be the recipient of several industry awards and fellowships including the Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Evaluation Practice Award presented by AEA for exemplifying outstanding practice and contributing substantially to the field of evaluation in 2014. Ms. Olazabal is an alumni of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey where she completed a bachelor's degree in Communications and masters in Urban Policy and Planning. She also completed a masters in Socio-cultural Anthropology at Columbia University where she has recently become an Adjunct Professor for their School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).

Ms. Olazabal, Managing Director at The Rockefeller Foundation, is an award-winning data and evaluation expert with a professional portfolio ranging more than 15 years, four continents and numerous global agencies including philanthropy the MasterCard... Show more

Christina Hupy

Christina Hupy

Christina Hupy is a Senior Education Program Manager at GitLab where her focus is to facilitate the adoption of GitLab and DevOps at educational institutions around the world. Christina is passionate about innovation in teaching and learning and bridging the gap between industry and higher education. Christina spent a decade as a professor teaching geospatial technology in Wisconsin (Ph.D. in Geography) before joining the tech industry as a training and education leader.

Christina Hupy is a Senior Education Program Manager at GitLab where her focus is to facilitate the adoption of GitLab and DevOps at educational institutions around the world. Christina is passionate about innovation in teaching and learning and brid... Show more

Lisa Marie Blaschke

Lisa Marie Blaschke

Dr. Lisa Marie Blaschke is program director of the Management of Technology Enhanced Learning (MTEL) master program at the Center for Lifelong Learning at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Oldenburg Germany, as well as a senior researcher at the Duale-Hochschule Baden-Wuerttemberg (DHBW) in Heilbronn. She is a former executive committee member of the European Distance Education and E-Learning Network (EDEN) and is a Senior EDEN Fellow and Chair of the Board of the EDEN Fellows Council. She is also a former adjunct associate professor at the University of Maryland University College, where she received the Stanley J. Drazek Award for Teaching Excellence in 2016. Lisa has a BS in Technical Communication, and two master’s degrees (MDE, MBA), and a PhD. Prior to academia, Lisa worked for SAP for over a decade in Walldorf, Germany, leading and implementing enterprise-wide knowledge management and training processes and solutions. Lisa’s research interests are in the areas of self-determined learning (heutagogy), online collaborative learning, pedagogical application of web 2.0 technology and social media, and user interface design.

Dr. Lisa Marie Blaschke is program director of the Management of Technology Enhanced Learning (MTEL) master program at the Center for Lifelong Learning at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Oldenburg Germany, as well as a senior resear... Show more

Professor Paulo Taveira

Professor Paulo Taveira

Agile Coach e mestrando em educação, sou professor há quase 12 anos para cursos técnicos, de graduação e pós graduação. Sou especializado em produtividade e metodologias ativas de ensino, e cofundador da Escola InspiraSer, de desenvolvimento humano através de soft skills...

Agile Coach e mestrando em educação, sou professor há quase 12 anos para cursos técnicos, de graduação e pós graduação. Sou especializado em produtividade e metodologias ativas de ensino, e cofundador da Escola InspiraSer, de desenvolvimento humano a... Show more

Hejer Krichene

Hejer Krichene

Hejer is an Azure MVP and Cloud Solution Expert - Manager at Insomea Computer Solutions focusing on Cloud Computing, Office 365 and Azure DevOps. She helps companies and startups get the best experience possible when building their apps and moving them to the cloud. Other than consulting and writing code for a living, Hejer advocates for bringing more women and minorities into tech, thus her involvement with Women Who Code and different tech communities. Hejer participated in serval international competitions and programs where she had the chance to mentor people on how they can transform their ideas to real solutions and how they can start an IT Project. Hejer trained diverse communities from different age groups and using different languages in IT and Soft Skills

Hejer is an Azure MVP and Cloud Solution Expert - Manager at Insomea Computer Solutions focusing on Cloud Computing, Office 365 and Azure DevOps. She helps companies and startups get the best experience possible when building their apps and moving th... Show more

Kenneth Sherin

Kenneth Sherin

Kenny Sherin, a North Carolina native, grew up on a family farm in Union County. He earned degrees in natural resources and forestry from NC State University, followed by a Master of Divinity from Campbell University. Kenny later earned a Ph.D. in Rural Sociology and Community Development from the University of Missouri.

He served as a state program leader for Community Vitality at South Dakota State University Extension before returning to North Carolina in 2019 as the Randolph County Extension Director. In 2021, he also took on the role of Broadband Access and Education Coordinator.

In 2024, Kenny became the Community and Economic Development Program Manager for NC State Extension, leading broadband and community development initiatives.

Kenny Sherin, a North Carolina native, grew up on a family farm in Union County. He earned degrees in natural resources and forestry from NC State University, followed by a Master of Divinity from Campbell University. Kenny later earned a Ph.D. in Ru... Show more

Federico Gacharna

Federico Gacharna

ngeniero de Sistemas, Magister en Seguridad Informática Univ. Oberta de Catalunya, CSec+, CEH, CIDF, CPTE, CDFE, CODSP, LA ISMS ISO 27001, LA BCMS ISO 22301, LA QMS 9001, LA AMS 14001, LA WHSMS 45001, Lead Cybersecurity Manager ISO 27032, Lead Risk Manager ISO 31000, Lead Incident Handling Manager ISO 27035, IA ISO 37000-1, IA ISO 20000-1, Perito Ciberjudicial Univ Boston, Auditor Riesgos de Ciberseguridad Empresarial Univ Boston, Scrum Pro, ITIL V4, Teaching Excellence Certified – U Cambridge, Metasploit Pro Specialist

Consultor Senior en Hacking Ético, Informática Forense, Seguridad de la Información y Continuidad del Negocio, para organizaciones públicas y privadas y entidades de seguridad e inteligencia del Estado en Colombia, Guatemala, México, Panamá, Perú, y Salvador. Instructor Internacional en Hacking Ético, Computación Forense y Seguridad en redes de datos. Docente de pregrado y posgrado por más de 20 años.

Organizador del Congreso Nacional de Hacking Ético y Computación Forense, 2008-2015. Fundador de Elite Hackers y Bushido Hackers (https://shinobi.lat/)

Diplomado Educación en la Era de la Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Diplomado en Docencia Universitaria Univ. Minuto de Dios, Diplomado en Investigación Univ. Cooperativa de Colombia, Diplomado en Gestión de la Investigación, Univ. Minuto de Dios, Diplomado en Formación por Competencias Univ. Cooperativa de Colombia, Diplomado en escritura de artículos científicos, Univ. Minuto de Dios.

ngeniero de Sistemas, Magister en Seguridad Informática Univ. Oberta de Catalunya, CSec+, CEH, CIDF, CPTE, CDFE, CODSP, LA ISMS ISO 27001, LA BCMS ISO 22301, LA QMS 9001, LA AMS 14001, LA WHSMS 45001, Lead Cybersecurity Manager ISO 27032, Lead Risk M... Show more

Abubakar Yahaya Madawaki

Abubakar Yahaya Madawaki

Abubakar Yahaya is a pioneer 200-level Geology and Gemology undergraduate student at the University of Abuja, Nigeria. He is passionate about the intersection of geoscience, sustainability, and youth empowerment. As a student leader in the NAPE (Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists) Student Chapter, Abubakar actively promotes geoscience education, student-industry collaboration, and field-based learning opportunities for young geoscientists.

Beyond academics, he is an emerging entrepreneur and founder of The Luxe Bazar, an online marketplace focused on modest Islamic fashion, lifestyle, and children’s educational products. Through his business, he champions creativity, digital innovation, and economic inclusion.

Abubakar is known for his leadership, proactive engagement in student-driven initiatives, and a strong commitment to community growth and professional development. He aspires to contribute meaningfully to Nigeria’s energy sector and the broader business landscape by combining technical expertise, youth advocacy, and entrepreneurial vision.

Abubakar Yahaya is a pioneer 200-level Geology and Gemology undergraduate student at the University of Abuja, Nigeria. He is passionate about the intersection of geoscience, sustainability, and youth empowerment. As a student leader in the NAPE (Nige... Show more

Emefa A. Kpegba

Emefa A. Kpegba

Emefa A. Kpegba est Ingénieure Génie Logiciel et Experte en Transformation Numérique. Elle est une professionnelle polyvalente et passionnée par les technologies numériques en général, l'Intelligence Artificielle, les IoT et la Robotique en particulier.
Actuellement, elle occupe le poste de Conseillère Technique en Compétences Numériques à la GIZ sur le projet ProDigiT, où elle met son expertise au service de l’accompagnement des partenaires sur le développement des compétences digitales pour une transformation digitale compétitive.
Emefa A. Kpegba est également engagée dans l'éducation et la formation, en tant que Digital Skills Tutor, où elle partage ses connaissances et accompagne les apprenants dans l'acquisition de compétences numériques essentielles pour le monde actuel.
Elle est en outre membre fondateur de GDG Lome (Google Developers Groups Lome) pour rassembler une communauté Tech active au Togo. Emefa est également une Ambassadrice des Women Techmakers (WTM), une initiative de Google visant à promouvoir l'inclusion des femmes dans le domaine de la technologie. À ce titre, elle participe à des événements, des ateliers et des programmes associatifs, pour encourager et soutenir les femmes et les jeunes dans les carrières Tech.
Engagée dans l'innovation et l'inclusion, Emefa allie expertise technique et vision d'un avenir autonomisé par le numérique.

Emefa A. Kpegba est Ingénieure Génie Logiciel et Experte en Transformation Numérique. Elle est une professionnelle polyvalente et passionnée par les technologies numériques en général, l'Intelligence Artificielle, les IoT et la Robotique en particuli... Show more

Scott Firkins

Scott Firkins

Scott Firkins is Director of Assessment Content in the Assessment Design and Development team at WestEd. He works closely with state departments of education, commercial vendors, and other clients to design and develop customized assessment solutions. He directs all assessment development—including summative, interim, formative, and diagnostic assessments—for large-scale deployment.

Scott Firkins is Director of Assessment Content in the Assessment Design and Development team at WestEd. He works closely with state departments of education, commercial vendors, and other clients to design and develop customized assessment solutions... Show more

Ricardo Nenê

Ricardo Nenê

Gerente de Produtos na Dataprev, Palestrante e Especialista em Gerenciamento de Projetos pela FGV. Gerente de projetos de TI com experiência no desenvolvimento, homologação e implantação de software de grande porte e complexidade para o Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS) desde 2009 atuando com equipes distribuídas entre Santa Catarina, Ceará e Rio de Janeiro.
Um dos líderes da Transformação Digital do INSS trabalhando diretamente no simulador de aposentadorias disponível no App MeuINSS e nos projetos de concessão automática de benefícios.
Experiência em gerenciamento de projeto ágeis e projetos com metodologias tradicionais (PMBOK), análise de negócio, mapeamento de processos e requisitos de sistema.

Gerente de Produtos na Dataprev, Palestrante e Especialista em Gerenciamento de Projetos pela FGV. Gerente de projetos de TI com experiência no desenvolvimento, homologação e implantação de software de grande porte e complexidade para o Instituto... Show more

Amy Shropshire

Amy Shropshire

A creative, enthusiastic, Marketing Executive highly regarded for planning and leading comprehensive marketing strategies in support of business goals and objectives. Innovative leader with expertise in developing and executing national marketing programs resulting in proven gains in both revenue and brand recognition. Demonstrated success driving growth of target markets by analyzing market data and business trends and developing strategic plans to ensure corporate objectives are achieved. Leader with excellent communication skills proven by the ability to successfully manage large campaigns while managing individuals with very diverse backgrounds.

A creative, enthusiastic, Marketing Executive highly regarded for planning and leading comprehensive marketing strategies in support of business goals and objectives. Innovative leader with expertise in developing and executing national marketing pro... Show more

Jennifer Fisher

Jennifer Fisher

Jen Fisher currently serves as the Assistant Vice President, Project Implementation and Support. In this role, Jen delivers leadership and implementation support for key organizational and strategic initiatives such as the College’s Strategic Plan. Jen’s experience includes creative problem-solving, facilitation, skills-based training, and strategic planning. Prior to her current role, Jen served as the Assistant Vice President of Employee Benefits at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana beginning in 2013.
Prior to joining Ivy Tech, Jen worked in the Human Resources field in the transportation industry with Republic Airways and Vanguard Services, Inc. Jen has a Bachelors of Arts from Purdue University and a Masters of Business Administration from Butler University. She is a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist, a SHRM Certified Professional, a certified CliftonStrengths Coach, and Change Management Practitioner.

Jen Fisher currently serves as the Assistant Vice President, Project Implementation and Support. In this role, Jen delivers leadership and implementation support for key organizational and strategic initiatives such as the College’s Strategic Plan. ... Show more

Jared Quinn

Jared Quinn

Mr. Quinn, an active member in the Space Systems and Security Working Group at the FBI, is a senior cybersecurity strategist and operations lead for the Bureau’s Cyber Division - where he oversees threat intelligence, incident response, and modernization efforts across federal infrastructure. As the Enterprise Cybersecurity Incident Response Commander for the FBI, he led all major incident response activities - while managing a $30M portfolio and over 100 staff. As the Senior FBI Cybersecurity Representative to the U.S. Intelligence Community, he served on the Cyber Response Group within the National Security Council - supporting executive level cross-agency cyber coordination activities. Currently, Mr. Quinn serves as a mentor for the U.S. Cyber Games - and in addition to having been recognized with the ISC2 Cybersecurity Leadership Award - he has earned a master’s degree in cybersecurity, his CISSP certification, and graduate certificates in AI and Incident Response.

Mr. Quinn, an active member in the Space Systems and Security Working Group at the FBI, is a senior cybersecurity strategist and operations lead for the Bureau’s Cyber Division - where he oversees threat intelligence, incident response, and moderniza... Show more

Owolabi Temitope

Owolabi Temitope

Temitope Owolabi was a Nigerian Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member that served at Nigerian Meteorological Agency, FCT-Abuja. As part of the Data Management Team that carries out data analysis, cleaning and validation for climate and weather data coming in from all stations in the country. He has also worked as a data scientist for an upstart company wherein he derived KPIs for business owners and the likes.
Temitope’s tech interests are Al / Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Data Science and python programming.
Temitope has been a tech enthusiast from a tender age, he has always been curious about how and what data can do
He is also Team Member of a developers community where he participated in building web and mobile applications.
His love for technology and science led him to study Computer Science at the Federal University Lokoja.
He intends give technology his all by providing solutions to help better the society through data and technology.

Temitope Owolabi was a Nigerian Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member that served at Nigerian Meteorological Agency, FCT-Abuja. As part of the Data Management Team that carries out data analysis, cleaning and validation for climate and weather data comin... Show more

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