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Laura Geringer, Project Director; Stephanie King, Writer and Communications Manager


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Jill Brown, Ph.D.

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July is the deadline for Advisory Board member’s applications. The Advisory Board work runs Aug-Feb.

2025 Driving K-12 Innovation Advisory Board Members

  • Sheryl Abshire, Former CTO, Formerly Calcasieu Parish Public Schools, Texas, United States
  • Zainab Adeel, Mrs, Bayaan Academy, Maryland, United States
  • Luke Allpress, Director of Innovative Solutions, Agua Fria Union High School District, Arizona, United States
  • Beatriz Arnillas, Vice President of Product Management, 1EdTech Consortium, Florida, United States
  • Pam Batchelor, Ed.D, CETL, Executive Director of Technology and Innovation, Wilson County Schools, North Carolina, United States
  • Ben Bayle, Director of Technology, DeKalb CUSD#428, Illinois, United States
  • Arjana Blazic, Ms., EduDigiCon, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
  • Laura Boone, Principal, BrainSAFE Education, Arizona, United States
  • Michael Borkoski, Chief Information Officer, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Maryland, United States
  • Emma Braaten, Director of Digital Learning, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NCSU, North Carolina, United States
  • Shashi Buddula, Chief Technology Officer, Wake County Public Schools, North Carolina, United States
  • Karla Burkholder, Deputy Director, Texas Education Technology Leaders, Texas, United States
  • Valarie Byrd, Senior School District Technology Consultant, SC Department of Education, South Carolina, United States
  • Jinghong Cai, Senior Research Analyst, National School Boards Association, Virginia, United States
  • Nicole Carr, Associate Director of Sustainability & Support, Digital Promise Global, North Carolina, United States
  • Mike Carvella, Teacher, Oak Ridge Schools, Tennessee, United States
  • Craig Chatham, Director of Technology & Assessment, Lincolnshire-Prairie View SD 103, Illinois, United States
  • Karen Cheser, Superintendent, Durango School District, Colorado, United States
  • Teshon Christie, Chief of Digital Transformation & Innovation, Highline Public Schools, Washington, United States
  • Angela Clark, Regional Technology Specialist, Alabama Technology in Motion, Alabama, United States
  • Derrick Conley, Assistant Superintendent, Pine Tree ISD, United States
  • Freddie Cox, Chief Technology Officer, Knox County Schools, Tennessee, United States
  • Ryan Cox, Director of Technology, Osseo Area Schools, Minnesota, United States
  • Ashley Cross, Senior Director of Education and Content, ATLIS, Alabama, United States
  • Gordon Dahlby, Ceo, Ed Tech Leadership and Policy Consulting, Iowa, United States
  • David Deeds, ICT Teacher, Footprints International School, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 
  • Sharo Dickerson, Director of Digital and Learning Resources, El Paso Independent School District, Texas, United States
  • Holly Doe, Director of Technology, Regional School Unit 40, Maine, United states
  • Debbie Durrence, Ed. D., Executive Director – Data Governance, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Georgia, United States
  • Dr Bek Duyckers, Deputy Principal, Coomera Anglican College, Queensland, Australia
  • Jason Edwards
  • Ana Estrada, Information Management Supervisor, Township HS District 214, Illinois, United States
  • Andy Fekete, Director for Innovation and Technology, Community Consolidated School District #93, Illinois, United States
  • Colleen Flannery, CTO, Chandler Unified School District, Arizona, United States
  • Kim Flintoff, Experience Lead, IDEAcademy, Western Australia, Australia
  • Michael Flood, Founder & CEO, Alpine Frog, LLC, North Carolina, United States
  • Christine Fox, VP Operations, CAST,  Florida, United States
  • Mario FRANCO, President, Millennium@EDU SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION, Switzerland
  • Charles Franklin, Director of Technology, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Texas, United States
  • Bill Fritz, Chief of Strategy and Operations, Learn21, Ohio, United States
  • Jennifer Fry, CETL, Chief Technology Officer, Delaware City Schools, Ohio, United States
  • Rick Gaisford, Educational Technology Specialist, Utah State Board of Education, Utah, United States
  • Iris Garner , T-Mobile, United States
  • Chris Giles, Instructional Technology Specialist, Beaverton SD, Oregon, United States
  • Will Goodman, Chief Technology Officer, Boise School District, Idaho, United States
  • Lucy Gray, Consultant, Lucy Gray Consulting, Illinois, United States
  • Claus Gregersen, Head of Studies, Herning Gymnasium, Denmark, Denmark
  • Norton Gusky, Educational Technology Broker, NLG Consulting, LLC, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Lisa Gustinelli, Director Instructional Technology/, St. Vincent Ferrer School, Florida, United States
  • Kris Hagel, Chief Information Officer, Peninsula School District, Washington, United States
  • Henry Hall, Assistant Superintendent of Technology / CTO, Richardson Independent School District, Texas, United States
  • Michael Ham, Associate Partner, The Learning Accelerator, North Carolina, United States
  • Katie Harmon, Director of Educational Technology, Westhill CSD, New York, United States
  • Patrick Hausammann, Supervisor of Instructional Technology, Clarke County Public Schools, Virginia, United States
  • Beth Havinga, Ms., European Edtech Alliance, Berlin, Germany
  • Stacy Hawthorne, Chief Academic Officer, Learn21, Ohio, United States
  • Phil Hintz, Chief Technology Officer, Niles Township School District 219, Illinois, United States
  • Lindy Hockenbary, CEO and Founder, InTECHgrated PD, Montana, United States
  • Beth Holland, Managing Director of Research, Measurement, & Policy, The Learning Accelerator, Rhode Island, United States
  • Frankie Jackson, Independent CTO, Trusted Technology Thought Partner, Cybersecurity Coalition for Education Project Lead, Texas, United States
  • David Jarboe, Director Inst Tech?/STEAM/CTE, D2 Harrison Schools, Colorado, United States
  • Dipal Kapadia, Director of Information & Educational Technology, Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Beverly Knox-Pipes, EdD, Retired CTO, MI; CEO,BKP Solutions; Professor, Nova Southeastern University, FL United States
  • Jody Kokladas, Director of Professional Development & Innovation Shady Side Academy, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Keith Krueger, CEO, CoSN – the Consortium for School Networking, Washington, D.C., United States
  • Michael Lambert, Head of School, True North International School, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Mary Lang, Chief Education Justice Officer, Center of Leadership, Equity, and Research (CLEAR), California, United States
  • Mark Leslie, Director of Technology Services, Richland County School District One, South Carolina, United States
  • Guoyun LI, CEO, XINYUN (BEIJING) EDU-TECH LTD., BEIJING, China
  • Chantell Manahan, Director of Technology, MSD of Steuben County, Indiana, United States
  • Brandon Manrow, Coordinator of Business Information Systems, Corpus Christi ISD, Texas, United States
  • Sarah Margeson, Coordinator of Connected Learning, Tippecanoe School Corporation, Indiana, United States
  • Kelly May-Vollmar, Superintendent of Schools, Desert Sands Unified School District, California, United States
  • Joe McBreen, Assistant Superintendent of Innovation, Innovation Center, St. Vrain Valley Schools, Colorado, United States
  • Edward McKaveney, Technology Director, Hampton Township School District, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Caitlin McLemore, Senior Research Associate, ISTE+ASCD, Florida, United States
  • Janice Mertes, , CDW, , 
  • Punya Mishra, Director of Innovative Learning Futures at the Learning Engineering Institute (LEI) and Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (MLFTC) at Arizona State University, Arizona, United States
  • Lawrence Molinaro, Senior Advisor, NCEE, Washington, D.C., United States
  • Laura Motta, M.A., Social Innovation and Educational Consultant; Godparents’ project Coordinator, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Jason Neiffer, Executive Director, Montana Digital Academy, Montana, United States
  • Ximena Nunez del Prado, Director of Technology and Learning Innovation, Colegio Franklin D. Roosevelt, The American School of Lima, Lima, Peru
  • Lauren Owens, Executive Director of Technology, Agua Fria HSD, Arizona, United States
  • Jennifer  Parker, Faculty Development Coodinator, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
  • Sandra Paul, Director of IT, Twp of Union Public Schools, New Jersey, United States
  • Adam Phyall III, Ed.D., Director of Professional Learning and Leadership, All4Ed/Future Ready Schools, Washington, D.C., United States
  • Todd Pickthorn, CETL, District Technology Coordinator, Marshall Public Schools, Minnesota, United States
  • Richard Platts, CETL, CTO, Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Laura Pollak, Supervisor, NASTECH and Data Privacy & Security Service, Nassau BOCES/ RIC, New York, United States
  • Steven Priest, Education Program Consultant, Wyoming Department of Education, Wyoming, United States
  • Ruben Puentedura, Founder and President, Hippasus, Maine, United States
  • Carla Puppo Perfumo, Learning Innovation Coach ., Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The American School of Lima, Lima, Peru
  • Sarah Radcliffe, Director of Future Ready Learning, School District of Altoona, Wisconsin, United States
  • Allison Reid, Senior Director, Digital Learning & Libraries, Wake County Public School System, North Carolina, United States
  • Glenn Robbins, Superintendent, Brigantine Public School District, New Jersey, United States
  • Jacqueline Rodriguez, CEO, NCLD, Massachusetts, United States
  • Lorne Rodriguez, Manager of Enterprise GenAI, Chicago Public Schools, Illinois, United States
  • Adam Rogers, Director of Technology Services, Oklahoma State School Boards Association, Oklahoma, United States
  • Raymond Rose, Public Policy Chair, Texas Digital Learning Association (TxDLA), Texas, United States
  • Pati Ruiz, Digital Promise, , California, United States
  • Anna Russo, Director, Community Futures, KnowledgeWorks, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Tom Ryan, Co-Founder, K12 Strategic Technology Advisory Group, New Mexico, United States
  • Jason Schmidt, Director of Technology, Oshkosh Area School District, Wisconsin, United States
  • Lisa Schwartz, Regional EdTech Coordinator, Learning Technology Center, Illinois, United States
  • John Sebalos, Director of Technology, Pelham Union Free School District, New York, United States
  • Duane Shaffer, CETL, Director of Technology Services, Learning Technology Center, Illinois, United States
  • Deepak Sharma, CETL, Education Program Consultant, NCDPI, North Carolina, United States
  • Andrew Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Education Services Australia, Victoria, Australia
  • Chris Smith, Instructional Designer, North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS), North Carolina, United States
  • Morten Søby, Consultant, Innovation in Education, Oslo, Norway
  • Kathleen Stephany, CETL, Director of Information & Technology, School District of Holmen, Wisconsin, United States
  • Justin Stone, Associate Director, AFT, Washington, D.C., United States
  • Robin Stout, Chief Technology Officer, Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, Texas, United States
  • Karen Swift, Head of Department: Business and Digital Technologies, James Nash High School, Queensland, Australia
  • Justin Talmadge, Director of Technology, Snoqualmie Valley School Sistrict, Washington, United States
  • Wanda Terral, Director of Technology, Lakeland School System, Tennessee, United States
  • Justin Thompson, Senior Policy Analyst/Program Specialist, National Education Association, Washington, DC, 
  • Jackson Vega, IT Manager, Colegio Franklin D. Roosevelt, The American School of Lima, Lima, Peru
  • David Vidal, Chief of Innovation, EIM Consultores, , Spain
  • Michelle Watt, DBA, CETL, Chief Systems Officer, Scottsdale Unified School District, Arizona, United States
  • Mary Wegner, EdD, Assistant Professor and Superintendent and Educational Leadership Program Coordinator, University of Alaska Southeast, Alaska, United States
  • Helen Westmoreland, Director, Center for Family Engagement, National PTA, Virginia, United States
  • Andy White, CETL, Director of Technology, New Lenox School District 122, Illinois, United States
  • Donna Williamson, Former CTO and CoSN Academy Project Director, Formerly with Mountain Brook Schools, Alabama, United States
  • Denis Wisner, Instructional Technology Specialist, Corpus Christi ISD, Texas, United States
  • Jeremy Womack, Director of Technology and Innovation, Boyd-Buchanan School, Tennessee, United States
  • Jiseon YOO, , , , 
  • Mary Young, , T-Mobile, , United States
  • Rachel Yurk, Chief Information & Technology Officer, Pewaukee School District, Wisconsin, United States
  • Jason Zagami, Dr, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
  • Ken Zimmerman, Associate Program Director of Educational Technology & Innovation, Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Amy Zock, Executive Director of Instructional Technology and STEM, Decatur County Schools, Georgia, United States

 

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