2017 Speakers
Damon Allswang
2nd Grade Teacher, The Nueva School
Greg Amrofell
Co-Founder and Partner, Intentional Futures
Tony Anscombe
Global Security Evangelist, Consultant, ESET
Mark Applebaum
Professor of Music, Stanford University
Susan Assouline
Director, Belin-Blank Center; Myron and Jacqueline Blank, University of Iowa, College of Education
Jeremy Bailenson
Associate Professor and Director, Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Stanford University
Alegria Barclay
PreK-12 Equity & Social Justice Director, The Nueva School
Joel Baum
Senior Director of Professional Development, Gender Spectrum
Carolyn Becker
Professor Dept. Of Psychology, Trinity University
Warren Berger
Author
Matt Berman
Fourth Grade Teacher / Website Director, The Nueva School
Jo Boaler
Professor, Stanford University, Graduate School of Education
Martin Boroson
Founder, The One Moment Company
Pete Bowers
Founder, WordWorks Literacy Center
Peter C. Brown
Author
Zach Brown
Executive Director, Inian Islands Institute
Nadine Burke Harris
Founder, Center for Youth Wellness
Erik Burmeister
Superintendent, Menlo Park City School District
Mary Cantwell
Design Thinking Educator, Co-founder of #dtk12chat
Victor Carrión
John A. Turner, M.D. Professor, Director, Stanford Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program Stanford University, School of Medicine
Mary Cantwell
Founder, Lime Design; Lecturer, d.school, Stanford University
Sin-Tung Chiu
Menuhin Violin Instructor, Director of Nueva String Ensemble, The Nueva School
Nicholas Colangelo
Dean Emeritus, Belin-Blank Center, College of Education, University of Iowa
Rich Crandall
Education Director, Intentional Futures
Charlotte Danielson
Author; Founder, The Danielson Group
William Damon
Professor and Director, Center on Adolescence, Stanford University
Al Davies
LS, MS & US I-Lab Engineer, The Nueva School
Ellen Deutscher
Educator, Co-founder of #dtk12chat
Keith Devlin
Executive Director, H-STAR institute; co-founder, Stanford mediaX research network, Stanford University
K. Anders Ericsson
Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology, Florida State University
Fred Estes
Lower School Science Coordinator & Teacher, The Nueva School
David Flink
Chief Empowerment Officer, Eye to Eye National
Saraleah Fordyce
Faculty in Critical Studies and MFA Design, California College of the Arts
Hillary Freedman
Director, Internship Programs/Ninth Grade Dean, The Nueva School
Carolee Fucigna
PreK Teacher and CADP Coordinator, The Nueva School
Allen Frost
Middle & Upper School English Teacher, The Nueva School
Ericka Fur
Upper School Learning Support Specialist, The Nueva School
Derrick Gay
Education Consultant
Philippe Goldin
Assistant Professor, UC Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
David Gould
Administrator at the Belin-Blank International Center and the Provost’s Office of Outreach and Engagement; Honors Faculty, University of Iowa
Michelle Grau
Technology, Innovation Design & Engineering Coach, The Nueva School
Brian Greenberg
Chief Executive Officer, Silicon Schools Fund
Edward (Ned) Hallowell
Child and Adult Psychiatrist, Learning Differences Expert, Founder of The Hallowell Centers
Lisa Hinshelwood
Lower School SEL Teacher, The Nueva School
Fumiko Hoeft
Associate Professor, Director of BrainLENS (Laboratory of Educational NeuroScience), UCSF School of Medicine
Courtney Johnson
Upper School Art Teacher, The Nueva School
Niko Janik
Makerspace/Engineering Coordinator, Ravenswood City School District
Lauri Jones
Art and Design Thinking Teacher, The Westminster Schools
Sandra Kaplan
Professor of Clinical Education, USC — Rossier School of Education
Heidi Kasevich
Director of Education, Quiet Revolution
Katie Kelly
3rd Grade Teacher, The Nueva School
Dacher Keltner
Professor; Founder, Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley
Barbara Kerr
Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Counseling, Psychology, University of Kansas
Neeru Khosla
Co-founder and Chair, CK12 Foundation
Maria Klawe
President, Harvey Mudd College
Peter Koehler
Lower & Middle School Math Teacher, The Nueva School
Cynthia Kosut
Middle School Humanities Teacher/8th Grade Dean, The Nueva School
Veena Krishnan
Upper School Math and Science Teacher, The Nueva School
Mark Kushner
Head of School, Impact School
Jennifer Harvey Ladinsky
Reading Specialist, Mindfulness Instructor, Palo Alto Unified School District
Robert Landeau
Strategist, Two Roads Education LLC
David Levy
Professor, University of Washington, Information School
Catherine Lewis
Distinguished Research Scholar, Mills College
Charles Limb
Professor, UC San Francisco
Connie Liu
Professor, UC San Francisco
Dalton Lobos Dias
6th Grade Science Teacher, The Nueva School
Scott Looney
Head of School, Hawken School
Rebecca Loveless
LS Structured Word Inquiry Coach, The Nueva School
Julie Lythcott-Haims
Educational Speaker, Educator, Author
Simone Marean
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Girls Leadership Institute
Kevin Mattingly
Professor; Director of Co-Curriculum, Columbia Teachers College; Riverdale School
Tom McFadden
Middle School Science Teacher, The Nueva School
Danielle McReynolds-Dell
Upper School Math Teacher, The Nueva School
Erin Metcalf
3rd Grade Teacher, The Nueva School
Lisa Miller
Professor, Psychology and Education; Director, Clinical Psychology Program; Founder Spirituality Mind Body Institute, Columbia University, Teachers College
Emily Mitchell
1st Grade Teacher, The Nueva School
Zubin Mobedshahi
Lower School PE Teacher, The Nueva School
Sam Modest
2nd Grade Teacher, The Nueva School
Micia Mosely
Director, Black Teacher Project
Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet
Co-Founder and Vice-President of Program Development and Training, My Digital TAT2
Mandy Mudde
Upper School Math Teacher, The Nueva School
Lori Mustille
4th Grade Lead STEM Teacher, The Nueva School
Julia Myrick
Art and Design Thinking Teacher, The Westminster Schools
Claire Mysko
CEO, National Eating Disorder Association
Mike Peller
Assistant Head of Upper School for Student Life/Director of Global Initiatives, The Nueva School
Jennifer Perry
Upper and Middle School Writing and Humanities Teacher, The Nueva School
Erin Raab
Co-founder and Executive Director, RE-ENVISIONED
Sally Reis
Letitia Neag Chair of Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut
Jenny Rinn
Lower School Director, Brandeis School
Elizabeth Rood
VP, Education Strategy; Director, Center for Childhood Creativity, Bay Area Discovery Museum
Larry Rosenstock
CEO, Founding Principal, HighTech High
Bernie Roth
Co-Founder, Academic Director, Stanford d.School
Lora Saarnio
LS Math/Technology Specialist, The Nueva School
Rush Sabiston Frank