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Chairs or Co-Chairs
Laura Geringer, Project Director; Stephanie King, Writer and Communications Manager
Committee Members
Staff Liason
Jill Brown, Ph.D.
July is the deadline for Advisory Board member’s applications. The Advisory Board work runs Aug-Feb.
Application can be found here https://www.cosn.org/edtech-topics/driving-k-12-innovation/
This committee is not member exclusive for Ed Tech Leaders. Corporate partnership participation is limited to this initiative’s sponsors.
Advisory Board Members
Driving K-12 Innovation 2026
- Sheryl R Abshire, Former CTO, Formerly Calcasieu Parish School District, Texas, United States
- Zainab Adeel, Mrs, Bayaan Academy, Maryland, United States
- Chanel Alford, Technology Integration Specialist, Alexandria City Public Schools/Virginia Society for Technology in Education, Virgina, United States
- Luke Allpress, CETL, Director of Innovative Solutions, Agua Fria Union High School District, Arizona, United States
- Thomas Anderson, VP of Shared Technical Services, IDEA Public Schools, Texas, United States
- Beatriz Arnillas, Executive Director, 1EdTech Foundation, Massachusetts, United States
- Krestin Bahr, Superintendent, Peninsula, Washington, United States
- Pam Batchelor, Ed.D.,CETL, Executive Director of Technology and Innovation, Wilson County Schools, North Carolina, United States
- Ben Bayle, CETL, CTO, DeKalb CUSD 428, Illinois, United States
- Arjana Blazic, EduDigiCon, Zagreb, Croatia
- Nicole Bond, Supervisor of Educational Technology Services, Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12, Pennsylvania, United States
- Laura Boone, CETL, Coach | Consultant | Speaker, Structured Shifts, Arizona, United States
- Michael Borkoski, Chief Information Officer, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Maryland, United States
- Valarie Byrd, Senior School District Technology Consultant/SCAET Board Chair, SC Department of Education (SCDE)/SC Association for Educational Technology (SCAET), South Carolina, United States
- Nicole Carr, Project Director: District/School IT Experiences, Digital Promise, North Carolina/Southeastern United States, United States
- Michael Carvella, Classroom Teacher, Oak Ridge Schools, Tennessee, United States
- Craig Chatham, Director of Technology & Assessment, Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103, Illinois, United States of America
- Karen Cheser, Superintendent, Durango School District, Colorado, United States
- Teshon Christie, Chief of Digital Transformation & Innovation, Highline Public Schools, Washington, United States
- Audrey Cisneros, Sr. Director of Instructional Technology, IDEA Public Schools, Texas, United States
- Freddie Cox, CETL, CTO, Knox County School District, Tennessee, United States
- Ryan Cox, CETL, Director of Technology, Osseo Area School District ISD279, Minnesota, United States
- Ashley Cross, Ed.D., CAE, Senior Director of Education and Content, ATLIS, Alabama, United States
- James “Seamus” Cummins, Director of Technology, The School District of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States
- Ryan Daniel, NAESP Board Member/Principal, Fort Foote Elementary School, Maryland, United States
- David Deeds, ICT Teacher, Footprints International School, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Maria “Sharo” Dickerson, Director of Digital and Learning Resources, El Paso ISD, Texas, United States
- Holly Doe, District Instruction Coach, MSAD 11, Maine, United States
- Dr Bek Duyckers, Deputy Principal, Coomera Anglican College, Queensland, Australia
- Jason Edwards, Assistant Director, Educational Issues, AFT, Washington, DC, United States
- Tonya Ellis, Director of Technology Services, Columbia Public Schools, Missouri, United States of America
- Kim Flintoff, University Associate, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
- Cat Flippen, Assistant Director of Learning Technologies, University of Georgia, Georgia, United States
- Elizabeth Foster, Senior Vice President, Research and Strategy, Learning Forward, Virginia, United States
- Christine Fox, Chief Growth and Innovations Officer, CAST, Massachusetts, United States
- Mario FRANCO, President, Millennium@EDU SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION, Geneva, Switzerland
- Charles Franklin, CETL, CTO, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Texas, United States
- Elizabeth Freeman, Superintendent, Cedar Grove-Belgium School District, Wisconsin, United States
- Matthew Friedman, Superintendent of Schools, Quakertown Community School District, Pennsylvania, United States
- Krysia Gabenski, NAESP
- Rick Gaisford, CETL, Educational Technology Specialist, Utah State Board of Education, Utah, United States
- Katie Gallagher, Technology Integration Specialist, Gunnison Watershed School District, Colorado, United States
- Laura Geringer, Graphic Facilitator, PumpkinBerry Consulting, Colorado, United States
- Steve Gonzalez, CETL, Chief Technology Officer, Del Valle ISD, Texas, United States
- Will Goodman, Chief Technology Officer, Boise School District, Idaho, United States
- Claus Gregersen, Head of studies, Herning Gymnasium, Region Midt, Denmark
- Norton Gusky, Educational Technology Broker, NLG Consulting, LLC, Pennsylvania, United States
- Lisa Gustinelli, Director Instructional Technology/IT Administrator, St. Vincent Ferrer School, Florida, United States
- Laurie Guyon, Lead Coordinator for Instructional Technology Programs, WSWHE BOCES, New York, United States
- Kris Hagel, CETL, Chief Information Officer, Peninsula School District, Washington, United States
- Katie Harmon, Director of Educational Technology, Westhill Central Schools, New York State, United States
- Jennifer Harriton-Wilson, Assistant Director of Educational Technology, PNWBOCES, New York, United States
- Patrick Hausammann, CETL, Supervisor of Instructional Technology, Clarke County Public Schools, Virginia, United States
- Beth Havinga, Managing Director, European Edtech Alliance, Berlin, Germany
- Stacy Hawthorne, CETL, Executive Director, EdTech Leaders Alliance, Ohio, United States
- John Heffernan, Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board
- Christy Hilton, Associate Executive Director, Central Indiana Educational Service Center, Indiana, United States.
- Phil Hintz, Chief Technology Officer, Niles Township School District 219, Illinois, United States
- Lindy Hockenbary, K-12 EdTech Advisor, LindyHoc, Montana, United States
- Kate Horstmann, Technical Integration Specialist, MOREnet, Missouri, United States
- Jason Hoyle, CETL, Instructional Technology Specialist, Hickory City Schools, North Carolina, United States
- Frankie Jackson, CETL, Project Director for the Cybersecurity Coalition for Education, and Trusted Technology Thought Partner at the State and National Levels, Texas, United States
- David Jarboe, CETL, Director of InstTech/STEAM/CTE, D2 Harrison Schools, Colorado, United States
- Katie King, KnowledgeWorks
- Beverly Knox-Pipes,Retired CTO; CE/Consultant, BKP Solutions , Michigan, United States
- Jody Kokladas, Director of Professional Development & Instructional Design, Shady Side Academy, Pennsylvania, United States
- Keith Krueger, CEO, CoSN – The Consortium for School Networking, Washington, DC, United States
- Brigit Kyle, Director of Technology, Oconto Falls Public Schools, Wisconsin, United States
- Mary Lang, Chief Education Justice Officer, Center for Leadership Equity and Research (CLEAR), California, United States
- Mark Leslie, Director of Technology Operations, Richland County School District One, South Carolina, United States
- Guoyun Li, CEO, XINYUN (BEIJING) EDU-TECH LTD., Beijing, China
- Chris Lindroth, Director of Technology, Decatur County Community Schools, Indiana, United States
- Ngoc Khoi Mai, Dr, True North International School, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Khoi Mai Ngoc, Dr, True North International School, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Chantell Manahan, CETL, Director of Technology, MSD of Steuben County, Indiana, United States
- Brandon Manrow, Coordinator of Business Information System, Corpus Christi Independent School District, Texas, United States
- Sarah Margeson, Coordinator of Connected Learning, Tippecanoe School Corporation, Indiana, United States
- Kimberly Martin, Program Manager, Center for Family Engagement, National PTA, Virginia, United States
- Holly Martin, Staff Development Specialist, Mountain Brook Schools, Alabama, United States
- Ashley May, CETL, Director, Digital Resources & Media Center Support, Spring Branch Independent School District, Texas, United States
- Kelly May-Vollmar, Superintendent, Desert Sands Unified School District, California, United States
- Ashley McBride, CETL, Digital Learning Initiative Section Chief, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, North Carolina, United States
- Edward McKaveney, Ed.D., CETL, Director of Technology, Hampton Township School District, Pennsylvania, United States
- Janice Mertes, CDW, K12 State Level Ambassador
- Justin Merwin, CETL, Director of Technology, Deer Lakes School District, Pennsylvania, United States
- Punya Mishra, AACTE
- Stuart Mitchell, Acting, Chief Executive Officer, Organisation, Victoria, Australia
- Laura Motta, Uruguay without Limits Foundation, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Ximena Nunez del Prado, Director of Technology and Learning Innovation, Colegio Franklin D. Roosevelt, The American School of Lima, Lima, Peru
- Alice Pak, Dr, Los Angeles County Office of Education, California, United States
- Sandra Paul, Retired Director of Technology, Twp of Union Public Schools, New Jersey, United States
- Adam Phyall, Director of Professional Learning & Leadership, Future Ready Schools, Washington, DC, United States
- Todd Pickthorn, CETL, District Technology Coordinator, Marshall Public Schools, Minnesota, United States
- Alex Podchaski, Chief Technology Officer, Trinity Preparatory School of Florida, Florida, United States
- Laura Pollak, Supervisor, NASTECH, DPSS and SMS, Nassau RIC; Data Protection Officer, Nassau BOCES New York (Downstate), United States
- Steven Priest, Education Program Consultant, SETDA/Wyoming Department of Education, Wyoming, United States
- Ruben Puentedura, Founder and President, Hippasus, Massachusetts, United States
- Carla Puppo, Learning Innovation Coach, Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Lima, Peru
- Brad Rellinger, CETL, Chief Technology Officer, Northern Buckeye Education Council, Ohio, United States
- Janelle Reyes, CETL, Director, Technology Services, Corpus Christi Independent School District, Texas, United States
- Gaby Richard-Harrington, Technology and Digital Arts Teacher, Greater Commonwealth Virtual School, Massachusetts, United States
- Glenn Robbins, Brigantine Community School
- Lorne Rodriguez, Manager of Enterprise GenAI, Chicago Public Schools, Illinois, United States
- Jacqueline Rodriguez, NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities), National (USA), United States
- Donna Roper, Director of Research, Assessment and Generative AI Integration, St.Cloud Area Schools, Minnesota/Midwest, United States
- Tom Ryan, Co-Founder, K12 Strategic Technology Advisory Group, New Mexico, United States
- Kelly Sain, Chief Technology Officer, Thompson School District, Colorado, United States
- Trent Schalk, CETL, Technology Coordinator, Lisle CUSD 202, Illinois, United States
- Tony Schlorff, CETL, AASA
- Jason Schmidt, CETL, Director of Technology, Oshkosh Area School District, Wisconsin, United States
- John Sebalos, Director of Technology, Pelham Union Free School District, New York, United States of America
- Duane Shaffer, CETL, Director, Technology Services, Learning Technology Center, Illinois, United States
- Dr. Noor Shammas, Instructional Technology Coordinator, Naperville 203, Illinois, United States
- Deepak Sharma, Instructional Resource Consultant, NCDPI, North Carolina, United States
- Madeline Shellgren, Director of Outreach and Development, Online Learning Consortium, Michigan, United States
- Morten Søby, Consultant Innovation in Education, Log on network Norway, Oslo, Norway
- Lisa Spencer, Manager, Technology Training & Multimedia Development Team, Prince George’s Community College (PGCC), Maryland, United States
- Kathleen Stephany, CETL, Director of Information & Technology, School District of Holmen, Wisconsin, United States
- Karen Swift, Head of Department, James Nash High School, Queensland, Australia
- Justin Thompson, Senior Policy Analyst, National Education Association, Washington DC, United States
- Matt Treese, Role #1: Faculty of Practice/Program Coordinator; Role #2: Consultant, Role #1: Wilkes University; Role #2: Pennsylvania Department of Education- Bureau of School Support, Pennsylvania, United States
- Chris Turner, Chief Information Officer, Washoe County School District, Nevada, United States
- Jackson Vega, IT Manager, Colegio Franklin D. Roosevelt, The American School of Lima, Lima, Peru
- David Vidal, EIM Consultores, Spain, Spain
- Mary Jane Warden, CETL, Chief Technology Officer, Palatine Community School District 15, Illinois, United States
- Mary Wegner, Associate Professor and Coordinator for the Superintendent Program, University of Alaska Southeast, Alaska, United States
- Andy White, Director of Technology, New Lenox School District 122, Illinois, United States
- Jenna Whitney, Director of Innovation & Digital Learning, South Allegheny School District, Pennsylvania, United States
- Stephanie Williams, Director of Instructional Technology, Greenville County Schools, South Carolina, United States
- Jennifer Williams, Director of Instructional Technology & Media Services, Newton County Schools, Georgia, United States
- Donna Williamson, Project Director, CoSN K-12 CTO Academy, Alabama, United States
- Morgen Wilson Merritt, Digital Technology Coordinator, Eanes Independent School District, Texas, United States
- Jeremy Womack, Director of Technology and Innovation, Boyd-Buchanan School, Tennessee, United States
- Jason Zagami, Dr, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
- Amy Zock, Executive Director of Instructional and Innovative Technology, Decatur County Schools, Georgia, United States