CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Ash advises and connects organizations solving problems in education. His EdTech programs have accelerated multiple global unicorns, including at Techstars.

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CHAIRMAN

Jonathan teaches Edtech Entrepreneurship at NYU Steinhardt and sits as a director on several boards.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR, NEW YORK

Ted is President of Altamira Advisors, Global CIO Advisor for Education at Zoom Video Communications, and Strategic Advisor for GoCoach.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR

Valorie is a former educator, EdTech founder, CEO, and Board member with experience working with startups, scale-ups, and some of the largest education companies in the world. She has extensive PreK-12+ GTM education leadership experience in the US, EMEA, and LATAM.

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ENTREPRENEUR

Howard served as Vice President of National Sales at Modis Inc. a division of The Adecco Group. Howard has been in the IT staffing industry for over 30 years. He began his career in sales and achieved much success providing resources across industries ranging from telecommunications to insurance, to banking, brokerage and finance. He is currently a member of the Board of the Pace University School of Computer Science and Information Technology

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MANAGING DIRECTOR, EDUCATION CEO, FOUNDER, CONSULTANT

Mark is the President and CEO at ProLiteracy Worldwide and Founder of Mondo. He is an experienced founder that successfully built, scaled and exited Mondo a highly respected, progressive and recognizable ELA brand in K-12 education.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR, FOUNDER AT FLOCABULARY

Alex is an entrepreneur, advisor and investor focused on education and social enterprise. As co-founder and CEO of Flocabulary, Alex built a widely-adopted digital learning platform that reaches millions of students. In 2019, he led Flocabulary's successful acquisition by Nearpod.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR

Deena is Director of Product, Education. Prior to KQED, she was Co-Founder and CEO of HEARD, a school communication platform focused on strengthening school communities and increasing family engagement. She's got a strong product background and a long history working in EdTech for companies including Pearson, Leapfrog, Nearpod, and AltSchool. She also ran an edTech accelerator called co.lab. Specialties: Media Literacy, Media Making, Civic Engagement, Family Engagement, Educational Gaming, Product Expertise

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MANAGING DIRECTOR

Dr. Trisha Callella is a leader in creative technology integration for transformative learning, design and development of EdTech products, competency-based learning and certifications, and strategic alignment of vision, goals, and human-centered KPIs. Experiences and expertise converge within learning, design, and development woven across the edtech, publishing, nonprofit, research, pk-12, higher ed, adult learning (L&D), and learning-related sectors. As a futurist, she is advising and working with educational organizations on strategic shifts from web2 --> web3 and edtech companies on strategic mapping, iterative design, and product development.

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Jeremy is the CEO and founder of the New York Code + Design Academy. Jeremy focuses on making technology and programming education accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds. He was the executive vice president of the New York Film Academy before founding the academy. Accomplished entrepreneur and C-Suite executive with a proven track record launching, scaling and exiting startups; building and managing large and complex teams; guiding companies through raising capital and M&A, and a speaker, writer and contributor across high-profile industry, educational, and philanthropic events.

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