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

Joseph Crosswhite

Joseph Crosswhite

CEO of XRGlobal, Joseph has worked in emerging markets for the last 20 years. With the knowledge of education and training, Joseph brings real life experiences. Joseph is a known speaker for the World Bank.

CEO of XRGlobal, Joseph has worked in emerging markets for the last 20 years. With the knowledge of education and training, Joseph brings real life experiences. Joseph is a known speaker for the World Bank. Show more

Eric Endlich

Eric Endlich

Clinical psychologist and Founder of Top College Consultants, Eric Endlich, Ph.D. helps neurodivergent students worldwide apply and transition to college. An educational consultant, professional writer and neurodivergent self-advocate, Dr. Endlich serves on the LD/ND and DEI committees of the Independent Educational Consultants Association and has been honored with the Making a Difference Award by IECA. He has taught at Tufts University, Boston College, Suffolk University and UMass/Boston, and writes and presents frequently on neurodiversity and college admissions.

Clinical psychologist and Founder of Top College Consultants, Eric Endlich, Ph.D. helps neurodivergent students worldwide apply and transition to college. An educational consultant, professional writer and neurodivergent self-advocate, Dr. Endlich se... Show more

Amanda Shevette

Amanda Shevette

Amanda Shevette, is CEO and Founder of Leading Purpose, and has 20+ years of experience in HR strategy and leadership development, working with organizations from fast-moving startups to the global Fortune 500s. Amanda and her team equip and empower leaders through practical, evidence-based tools and actionable strategies that maximize personal growth, people-leader success, and positive company results.

Amanda Shevette, is CEO and Founder of Leading Purpose, and has 20+ years of experience in HR strategy and leadership development, working with organizations from fast-moving startups to the global Fortune 500s. Amanda and her team equip and empower ... Show more

Brooke Wurst

Brooke Wurst

Brooke brings 25 years bringing emerging technology solutions to the impact sector. She invented and patented several innovative platforms that have increased more secure access to health and social services to more than 60 million people around the world.

Brooke brings 25 years bringing emerging technology solutions to the impact sector. She invented and patented several innovative platforms that have increased more secure access to health and social services to more than 60 million people around the ... Show more

Nate Ebel

Nate Ebel

Nate enjoys building great software and helping others to do the same.

Nate enjoys building great software and helping others to do the same. Show more

Andrew Parris

Andrew Parris

With a BS in Manufacturing Engineering from UC Berkeley and a MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, I spent eleven years improving processes in aerospace before joining World Vision International to apply my expertise and experience in Lean and Six Sigma in the NGO context. I joined World Vision 15 years ago and Medair 5 years ago to help NGOs pursue Process Excellence by empowering their employees to improve how they work. I have seen first-hand and heard how Lean especially can transform individuals and working relationships, so that processes and organisational performance (impact) are dramatically improved by engaging everyone in continuous improvement.

With a BS in Manufacturing Engineering from UC Berkeley and a MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, I spent eleven years improving processes in aerospace before joining World Vision International to apply my expertise and experience in Lean ... Show more

Maaike Blom

Maaike Blom

As founder of The Open Data Company and Data4Development, I aim at supporting organisations to embed data in their projects by design, so they can create insight in the progress of their projects on a daily basis, collect evidence for their efforts and enable trend analysis and mutual coordination across the aid sector.

As founder of The Open Data Company and Data4Development, I aim at supporting organisations to embed data in their projects by design, so they can create insight in the progress of their projects on a daily basis, collect evidence for their efforts a... Show more

Andrew Butow

Andrew Butow

Andrew founded Earth2Mars to help people make a difference in the world. With two decades of experience, he has been practising human-centred design with his clients across the world, helping them embrace digital collaboration and solve complex change problems by leveraging the human potential right under executives' noses.

He brings together the best of business, consulting, design-thinking and behavioural science into a diverse range of projects and industries spanning from transformational, technology to organisational change (big, small or somewhere in between).

Andrew founded Earth2Mars to help people make a difference in the world. With two decades of experience, he has been practising human-centred design with his clients across the world, helping them embrace digital collaboration and solve complex chang... Show more

Jared Arms

Jared Arms

Jared Arms, partners with over 50 companies across the nation that help pursue the goal of reducing gun violence and promote STEM skills in the African American community.

After losing more than ten close friends due to gun violence, Jared motivated himself to learn to program in order to build an application which centralizes the obituaries of those who died due to gun violence. Jared used the experience to create Kylar.io, an Onchain NFT Marketing Platform.

Kylar.io has helped hundreds of students within St. Louis, MO to learn how to build websites and mobile apps while also pursuing its core mission to decrease gun violence by increasing STEM awareness.

Jared Arms, partners with over 50 companies across the nation that help pursue the goal of reducing gun violence and promote STEM skills in the African American community. After losing more than ten close friends due to gun violence, Jared motivat... Show more

Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith is an Author, Certified Life Coach, Empowerment Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Career Business woman who has been in the corporate world for over 20 years. She has a strong background in Leadership, Management, Training, and Detailed Projects. Her current role as a Senior Project Manager for an International Information Technology company has expanded her horizons to not just fulfill her detailed role individually but as a team member of a Top 10 Global Services Company.

Sophia Smith is an Author, Certified Life Coach, Empowerment Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Career Business woman who has been in the corporate world for over 20 years. She has a strong background in Leadership, Management, Training, and Detailed Project... Show more

Matthew Hanly

Matthew Hanly

As a passionate sustainability advocate and qualified Science and Geography teacher, I believe that it is not only important but urgent for society to learn more about sustainability. It is imperative that we adapt as a species to shift towards a balance between environmental preservation, social equity and economic stability. A stable triple bottom line that considers all facets of life on earth is essential to become a sustainable species.

As a passionate sustainability advocate and qualified Science and Geography teacher, I believe that it is not only important but urgent for society to learn more about sustainability. It is imperative that we adapt as a species to shift towards a bal... Show more

Ricardo Miron

Ricardo Miron

Ricardo is an avid civic hacker and passionate professional who works to have a positive impact on society through technology and LBGT+ rights advocate. He is part of Codeando México, a non-profit that works with the community of activists, developers, designers and more on civic tech, open data, and public policy. He has collaborated with NGOs, governments and private companies in order to implement policy and build strategic capacities in data and tech.

Over the last 4+ years, Ricard has focused on building community, has participated as a speaker in over 25 tech events, is a regular mentor / organizer of hackathons and has been awarded with the MLH Top 50 recognition for being one of the most inspiring Hackers of 2021.

Ricardo is an avid civic hacker and passionate professional who works to have a positive impact on society through technology and LBGT+ rights advocate. He is part of Codeando México, a non-profit that works with the community of activists, developer... Show more

Sam Isaacson

Sam Isaacson

Sam is a coach, author, and Global Director of Consulting at CoachHub, one of the biggest global digital coaching providers. His book, How to Thrive as a Coach in a Digital World, has led him into roles with the two biggest coaching professional bodies and made him the first person in the world to deliver coaching in virtual reality. He Chairs the UK Government's Coaching Professional apprenticeship trailblazer group, is an Amazon #1 bestseller, and has spent the best part of 20 years advising organisations on coaching, technology risk, and digital culture change.

Sam is a coach, author, and Global Director of Consulting at CoachHub, one of the biggest global digital coaching providers. His book, How to Thrive as a Coach in a Digital World, has led him into roles with the two biggest coaching professional bodi... Show more

Natalie Bissonnette

Natalie Bissonnette

Madame Natalie Bissonnette détient une maîtrise en sciences de l’information de l’Université de Montréal (1998) et un baccalauréat en enseignement des langues secondes de l’Université du Québec à Montréal.

Depuis les dernières années, Mme Bissonnette a orienté ses efforts à la mise en œuvre de la gestion documentaire dans les environnements collaboratifs SharePoint et Microsoft Teams.

Cumulant plusieurs années d’expérience depuis 1990 en formation et en sciences de l'information, Mme Bissonnette a acquis différentes expériences de travail, sa formation en sciences de l’information et en enseignement lui permettant d’effectuer des mandats complexes et diversifiés dans les secteurs privé et public. Ceux-ci ont été réalisés auprès de clients d’envergure, notamment au sein de la fonction publique québécoise.

Depuis 2019, madame Bissonnette travaille pour Cofomo à titre d'analyste d'affaires, spécialisée SharePoint Online.

Madame Natalie Bissonnette détient une maîtrise en sciences de l’information de l’Université de Montréal (1998) et un baccalauréat en enseignement des langues secondes de l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Depuis les dernières années, Mme Bissonne... Show more

Poonam Yadav

Poonam Yadav

Dr Poonam Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of York, UK, and a visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge’s Computer Lab, UK. Her research interests include Internet of Things (IoT), computer networking, crowdsourcing in citizen science, and machine learning for sensor systems. She is Chair and founding member of the ACM Women UK Chapter.

Dr Poonam Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of York, UK, and a visiting Researcher at University of Cambridge’s Computer Lab, UK. Her research interests include Internet of Things (IoT), computer net... Show more

Richard Lewington FRSA

Richard Lewington FRSA

An award-winning digital communications consultant with extensive knowledge in the areas of education, politics, and digital transformation.

A strong advocate for the development, implementation, and promotion of educational technology in the classroom, with a specific interest in the use of augmented and mixed realities. Other specialisms include blockchain and fintech.

Head of Digital Communications for the British Conservative Party's international wing Conservatives Abroad and Madrid branch Chairman.

An award-winning digital communications consultant with extensive knowledge in the areas of education, politics, and digital transformation. A strong advocate for the development, implementation, and promotion of educational technology in the clas... Show more

Hallie Goertz

Hallie Goertz

Hallie Goertz is the Director of Communications and Advocacy for the Programs and Innovation Division at PATH. Her work focuses on strengthening internal and external engagement through communications and advocacy activities. She has almost twenty years of experience providing strategic and programmatic leadership to domestic and international public-sector programs. Prior to joining PATH, she worked as a regional capacity-building manager for TechnoServe in East Africa and India and a senior production manager for Intrepid Learning Solutions. Ms. Goertz holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Washington University and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington. She joined PATH in 2014.

Hallie Goertz is the Director of Communications and Advocacy for the Programs and Innovation Division at PATH. Her work focuses on strengthening internal and external engagement through communications and advocacy activities. She has almost twenty ye... Show more

Marc Sinnewe

Marc Sinnewe

seit 2016 Organisationsentwickler, Berater für Digitalisierung in Non-Profits und Bildungsorganisationen
seit 2020 Impulsgeber Digitale Lehre in der Hochschule (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) & Projektleiter Studieneingang-App Moin CAU ( https://moin.uni-kiel.de )
seit 2021 Projektleiter Digital Learning Campus Schleswig-Holstein

seit 2016 Organisationsentwickler, Berater für Digitalisierung in Non-Profits und Bildungsorganisationen seit 2020 Impulsgeber Digitale Lehre in der Hochschule (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) & Projektleiter Studieneingang-App Moin CAU ( h... Show more

Angel Eduardo Gil Perez

Angel Eduardo Gil Perez

Ingeniero en informática, con un Diploma de Estudios Avanzados en Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática con un Doctorado en Ciencias Aplicadas en el área de Robótica e IA. Apasionado del agilismo, ocupando roles de Product Owner y Scrum Master. Proteccionista Animal.

Ingeniero en informática, con un Diploma de Estudios Avanzados en Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática con un Doctorado en Ciencias Aplicadas en el área de Robótica e IA. Apasionado del agilismo, ocupando roles de Product Owner y Scrum Master. Protecc... Show more

Natalie Robinson Bruner

Natalie Robinson Bruner

Natalie Robinson Bruner is passionate about serving and educating the community through poverty alleviation and youth development. As the Division Director of Racial and Gender Equity Advancement at YWCA South Florida, Natalie oversees all functional operations and program management of the organization’s community and women’s programming focused on economic development, global education and social justice leading to racial and gender equity.

Through her work, she directly impacts about 350 kids and 1,500 economic empowerment participants throughout Miami to ensure their interactions with YWCA South Florida positively shapes their future. She has led the family wellness programs where she supported the breast and cervical cancer education and screening for over 1,400 women.

The passion of her heart came when Natalie founded GladED Solutions where she trains and coaches leaders to better engage their workforce leading to a greater impact and more revenue

Natalie Robinson Bruner is passionate about serving and educating the community through poverty alleviation and youth development. As the Division Director of Racial and Gender Equity Advancement at YWCA South Florida, Natalie oversees all functional... Show more

Fred Eijkenboom

Fred Eijkenboom

Fred is 57 years old and did have a lot of challenge in his life. He survided them with his mindset and is now activly working on it to let other benefit by his experiences, his story and help them to find the power within to thrive. He learned a lot of public speaking and mindset, before coming a Toastmaster in April 2019 in Rotterdam. He became the first President of 010 TMC in Rotterdam, and started to develop himself within the European Trainers Network and as mentor in the "Odyssey Project" for which he became Ambassador in january 2021 for District 59.
His intention is to start within the Accredited Speaker Program of Toastmasters and become an international Mindset speaker, trainer, mentor and coach.

Fred is 57 years old and did have a lot of challenge in his life. He survided them with his mindset and is now activly working on it to let other benefit by his experiences, his story and help them to find the power within to thrive. He learned a lot... Show more

Ryan Howells

Ryan Howells

Ryan Howells is a Principal at Leavitt Partners based out of the Washington, D.C. office. Ryan has worked with the White House, Congress, HHS, and VHA on health care policy and interoperability issues. He currently helps lead the CARIN Alliance, a multi-sector, public-private alliance focused on giving consumers digital access to their health information. Ryan is a member of the CMS Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) Governance Board, Carequality Steering Committee, ONC’s FAST Identity Tiger Team, Technology Association of Georgia’s Digital Health Board, and the COVID-19 Health Care Coalition. He also serves as board observer for multiple health care companies. Before joining Leavitt Partners, Ryan was the General Manager for the government business unit of a private-exchange software vendor where he oversaw the implementation of software in three different state-based marketplaces, managed a multi-million-dollar P&L, and was involved in the company’s IPO in late 2014. Earlier in his career, Ryan led the government operations division for iHealth Technologies (now Verscend Technologies) and served as an Account Executive for numerous regional and national health plans.

Ryan received his master’s in health administration from the University of Southern California, where he was a Dean’s Merit Scholar. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Brigham Young University and is a Project Management Professional (PMP). He and his wife Alison live with their five children in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ryan Howells is a Principal at Leavitt Partners based out of the Washington, D.C. office. Ryan has worked with the White House, Congress, HHS, and VHA on health care policy and interoperability issues. He currently helps lead the CARIN Alliance, a mu... Show more

Jaqueline Santos de Souza

Jaqueline Santos de Souza

She is Benjamin's Mom, Brazilian of Salvador city, Artist and Teacher. Graduated in Languages at UCSAL, Master in Language and Culture and PhD Student in Applied Linguistics at UFBA. She has taught in a public school for 15 years and develops research in teaching and learning languages from a decolonial perspective. She currently records English classes for TV and publishes technical and literary texts. Member of Kunhã Asé - Network Women in Science and Network of the Black Researchers in Language Studies (REPENSE).

She is Benjamin's Mom, Brazilian of Salvador city, Artist and Teacher. Graduated in Languages at UCSAL, Master in Language and Culture and PhD Student in Applied Linguistics at UFBA. She has taught in a public school for 15 years and develops researc... Show more

Meghan Gardner

Meghan Gardner

Meghan Gardner owns Guardian Adventures story-based education and is a Lead Curriculum Designer and Trainer for Royal Caribbean Cruises. She is a guest lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and a speaker on the topics of Emotional Engagement in Education and Informal Learning for all ages. She has been interviewed by NPR, the Joseph Campbell Foundation, The New Yorker, Wired Magazine, and major news outlets regarding her company’s innovative approach to using entertaining and immersive stories to inspire informal learning. In her free time, Meghan volunteers for hospice and works with terminally ill patients of all ages as well as their families.

Meghan Gardner owns Guardian Adventures story-based education and is a Lead Curriculum Designer and Trainer for Royal Caribbean Cruises. She is a guest lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education and a speaker on the topics of Emotional Engageme... Show more

Joscha Wirtz

Joscha Wirtz

Joscha Wirtz is project lead of the RRI Hub at the Technical University in Aachen (RWTH). The hub initiates and supports projects in the fields of "social innovation", "impact architectures" and "social responsibility of universities". His research focuses on complex systems engineering and the traceability of digital and non-digital resource flows to accelerate the circular transition on a European level.

Joscha Wirtz is project lead of the RRI Hub at the Technical University in Aachen (RWTH). The hub initiates and supports projects in the fields of "social innovation", "impact architectures" and "social responsibility of universities". His research ... Show more

Rebecca Stodelle

Rebecca Stodelle

Rebecca Stodelle is a Senior Programmer Analyst - SharePoint at Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization and the 3rd largest charity in the U.S. Partnering with a network of 200 food banks across the nation, Feeding America strives to connect food insecure children, families, seniors, veterans, etc., to the food and resources they need. Over the past 10 years and prior to Feeding America, Rebecca has seen the power of SharePoint grow across multiple industries – consulting, retail and distribution (CDW), global public relations (Edelman) and medical non-profit (American Medical Association). Rebecca has worked to maintain custom solutions within SharePoint, develop intricate workflows to optimize business processes, create InfoPath/PowerApps/Flow solutions of various levels of complexity, as well as learn the administration and communications side of the SharePoint/O365 world. Rebecca is currently the technical lead for Feeding America’s migration from SharePoint 2013 to Share Point Online in Office 365 and loves every minute of the adventure. Working closely with the communications team, she understands JUST how critical effective communication is to a successful migration, roll-out and maintained user adoption.

Rebecca Stodelle is a Senior Programmer Analyst - SharePoint at Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization and the 3rd largest charity in the U.S. Partnering with a network of 200 food banks across the nation, Feeding America st... Show more

Stephanie Vaughn

Stephanie Vaughn

After being adopted by Chicago for 14 years, Stephanie hit 'RESET' and returned to her hometown of Detroit in 2015 to reboot her writing ambitions into a tech career. This bold move has since yielded a foray into Computer Science education and work with nationally lauded groups like Black Girls Code. With over a decade of experience in media-focused Communications, the Grand Circus (Javascript, '16) and Integrate Detroit (Software Development, ‘18) alumna is always looking to share her passion for the T in “STEM” with developers & non-developers alike.

After being adopted by Chicago for 14 years, Stephanie hit 'RESET' and returned to her hometown of Detroit in 2015 to reboot her writing ambitions into a tech career. This bold move has since yielded a foray into Computer Science education and work w... Show more

Fernando Loyola

Fernando Loyola

Integro psicología, pensamiento estratégico y creatividad sistemática para generar propuestas y soluciones en el mundo empresarial y educativo.
Psicólogo, consultor, docente, facilitador, coach, pero sobre todo, ser humano.
Magister en Administración de Negocios MBA (UPC, Perú). Máster Europeo en Gestión Estratégica del Factor Humanto (EOI, España). Licenciado en Psicología Social (PUCP, Perú). Coach y team coach certificado (ICC, Inglaterra). Masteries Practitioner y Coaching Masteries Authorized Licensee (IAC). Coach y arquitecto de innovación (SIT, Israel). Estudios especializados en Prevención de riesgos psicosociales laborales (U. de Sevilla, España).
Autor del libro "Diseña tu carrera: Una guía para aprovechar las oportunidades del mercado laboral" (Editorial UPC, 2017; ECOE Ediciones, 2019).

Integro psicología, pensamiento estratégico y creatividad sistemática para generar propuestas y soluciones en el mundo empresarial y educativo. Psicólogo, consultor, docente, facilitador, coach, pero sobre todo, ser humano. Magister en Administrac... Show more

Lorena Maceratesi

Lorena Maceratesi

Soy consultora UX, co-fundadora de Holistic Interaction un laboratorio de innovación. Me dedico a investigar cómo piensan y actúan las personas. Busco mejorar procesos y metodologías que se implementan en empresas y organizaciones.
Me gusta descubrir y diseñar procesos para mejorar la vida de las personas.
Docente y apasionada por la enseñanza.
Diseñadora de imagen y sonido de formación, desde hace más de 10 años trabajo para productos digitales; desempeñándome en diferentes roles. Todo ese background me permite comprender los productos y procesos de manera holística, llevando adelante los proyectos.

Soy consultora UX, co-fundadora de Holistic Interaction un laboratorio de innovación. Me dedico a investigar cómo piensan y actúan las personas. Busco mejorar procesos y metodologías que se implementan en empresas y organizaciones. Me gusta descubri... Show more

Hasan Yasar

Hasan Yasar

Hasan Yasar is the Technical Director of Continuous Deployment of Capability group in Software Engineering Institute, CMU. Hasan leads an engineering group to enable, accelerate and assure Transformation at the speed of relevance by leveraging, DevSecOps, Agile, Lean AI/ML and other emerging technologies to create a Smart Software Platform/Pipeline. Hasan has more than 25 years’ experience as senior security engineer, software engineer, software architect and manager in all phases of secure software development and information modeling processes. He is also Adjunct Faculty member in CMU Heinz Collage and Institute of Software Research where he currently teaches “Software and Security” and “DevOps: Engineering for Deployment and Operations ”.

Hasan Yasar is the Technical Director of Continuous Deployment of Capability group in Software Engineering Institute, CMU. Hasan leads an engineering group to enable, accelerate and assure Transformation at the speed of relevance by leveraging, DevSe... Show more

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