2019 Featured Speakers

The 2019 featured speakers discussed key topics such as SEL and the Global Movement; Civil Society, Citizenship, and SEL; Building a Culture of Equity through SEL; The Future of Work; and Reimagining Boys in the 21st Century.

Dr. Marc Brackett
Director
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Ashanti Branch
Founder and Executive Director
Ever Forward Club
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David Brooks
Writer
New York Times
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Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond
President and CEO
Learning Policy Institute
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Dr. Anantha Duraiappah
Director
UNESCO-MGIEP
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Dr. Matt Englar-Carlson
Professor
California State University, Fullerton
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Dr. Nancy Guerra
Dean, School of Social Ecology and Professor, Psychology and Social Behavior
University of California, Irvine
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Dr. Rick Hess
Resident Scholar and Director of Education Policy Studies
American Enterprise Institute
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Lily Howard Scott
Author and Third Grade Teacher
Beauvoir Elementary School
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Taryn Ishida
Executive Director
Californians for Justice
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Dr. Janice Jackson
Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Public Schools
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Dr. Merrilea Mayo
Founder
Mayo Enterprises, LLC
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Koji Miyamoto
Senior Economist
Education Global Practice
World Bank
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Louka Parry
CEO and Founder
The Learning Future and Executive Committee
Karanga
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Roberto Rivera
Chief Liberation Officer
Pain to Propane Project
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Tim Ryan
Congressman
13th District of Ohio
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Dr. Tim Shriver
Chairman
Special Olympics and Board Chair
CASEL
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Dr. Dena Simmons
Assistant Director
Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence

Meena Srinivasan
Executive Director
Transformative Educational Leadership
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Jaime Uzeta
CEO
Public Allies
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Dr. Niobe Way
Professor of Developmental Psychology at NYU and Founder of the Project for the Advancement of Our Common Humanity (pach.org)
New York University
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