Speakers
Thank you to our incredible line-up of speakers,
including the architects behind DCPS’ dramatic transformation
and the philanthropic partners whose investments continue to pay dividends for DCPS students.
Abby Smith
Former Deputy Mayor for Education of the District of Columbia
Anne Gunsteens
Executive Director of the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation
Antwan Wilson
Chancellor of DC Public Schools
Ben Soto
President of Premium Title & Escrow, LLC
Treasurer of DC Ed Fund Board
Benjamin Williams, Ph.D.
Principal of Ron Brown College Preparatory High School
Brian Pick
Chief of Teaching and Learning at DC Public Schools
Cate Swinburn
Executive Director of YouthForce NOLA
Darryl Wiggins
CEO of the Public Sector Solution Group
David Gesualdi
Dean of Instructional Strategies and Design Thinking at MacFarland Middle School
David M. Rubenstein
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer of The Carlyle Group
De’Shawn Wright
President/CEO of Keystone Consulting US
Debbi Jarvis
Vice President, Corporate Relations of Pepco Holdings, An Exelon Company
Member of DC Ed Fund Board
Gene Pinkard
Chief of School Development and Continuous Improvement at DC Public Schools
Heather Hairston
Principal of C.W. Harris Elementary School
Jason Kamras
Transitional Chief of Equity at DC Public Schools
Jennifer Niles
Deputy Mayor for Education of the District of Columbia
Jessica Rauch
President and Executive Director of DC Public Education Fund
Jim Wyckoff
Curry Memorial Professor of Education and Public Policy at the University of Virginia
Jon Schnur
Executive Chairman of America Achieves
Josh Edelman
Place-Based Delivery, K-12 Deputy Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Julie Mikuta
Director of Education at the Charles & Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
Katherine Bradley
Founder and Chair of CityBridge Education
Katie Aiello-Howard
Chief Operating Officer of DC Public Education Fund
Kaya Henderson
Former Chancellor of DC Public Schools
Kristin Ehrgood
President and Board Chair of Flamboyan Foundation
M. Shanita Burney
Chief of Family and Public Engagement at DC Public Schools
Mark D. Ein
Founder & CEO of Capitol Investment Corp
Chairman of DC Ed Fund Board
Michelle Rhee
Former Chancellor of DC Public Schools
Muriel Bowser
Mayor of the District of Columbia
Thomas Penny
President of Donohoe Hospitality Services
Member of DC Ed Fund Board
Yazeed Moore
Program Officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation