John Katzman is a leading education entrepreneur, having founded and run The Princeton Review and 2U. Through his for-profit, non-profit, and policy work, he is helping to sculpt an education landscape that's agile, efficient, compelling, and constantly improving.

Ruben Harris is the CEO of Career Karma, an app-based platform that helps prospective bootcamp students prepare to attend job training programs and helps those programs find qualified applicants. Ruben is also the Co-Host of Breaking into Startups, a podcast dedicated to helping people up-level their careers by finding and excelling in roles in technology startups.

Liz Eggleston is the Co-Founder and Chief Editor of Course Report, the most complete, most-visited resource for students researching coding bootcamps. No one knows the bootcamp industry in its entirety better than Liz.

Will Nelligan is an independent consultant and one of the leading proponents of ISAs. He was previously a managing director at JFI, chief of staff at the Robin Hood Foundation, and a venture investor at Anthemis. He began his career in the United States Senate, working for Senator Tom Harkin.

Rick O’Donnell is the CEO of Skills Fund, a financing platform that helps students fund their education exclusively at schools that provide a positive return on education. Rick is a tireless entrepreneur and civil servant who has founded multiple social and for-profit ventures rooted in making American lives better.

Yuanxia Ding is the Chief Impact Officer at Skills Fund, leading quality assurance efforts for the company and living out her mission to provide students with access to high-quality learning programs and ensure students get their money's worth out of their educational experiences.

Sheree Speakman is the CEO of the Council for Integrity in Results Reporting, a non-profit dedicated to creating a standardized system for measuring and reporting student outcomes.

Ken Ruggiero is the Chairman and CEO of Goal Structured Solutions, a values driven asset management company offering a comprehensive array of products and services to the education loan industry.

Julie Margetta Morgan is the Co-founder and Executive Director of the Great Democracy Initiative. She is also a Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. She previously served as a senior counsel to Senator Elizabeth Warren, a senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and in multiple roles at the Center for American Progress.

Joe Burgess is an Entrepreneur in Residence and former VP of Education at Flatiron School, and has dedicated his career to enabling lifelong learners and those that teach lifelong learners.

RC is the Director of Engineering for the Indeed Incubator, an internal venture capital-like program innovating new products for Indeed. Currently the Incubator is growing 12+ products across Austin, Tokyo and Seattle. RC has been managing software engineering teams for 10+ years and has his finger on the pulse of what employers are looking for in engineering talent.

Mike Buttry is the current Entrepreneur in Residence at Whiteboard Advisors. He is also the former Vice President of Publics Affairs and Strategy at Capella Education Company, and helped lead the merger of Capella University and Strayer Education.

Greg Ferenbach is an attorney at Hogan Lovells, responsible for advising clients on all things education law at the federal and state levels. He is particularly focused on the online learning and state licensing matters, and is well-versed on the regulatory challenges facing the Edtech industry.

Rich Flynn is a Managing Director at Tyton Partners, a leading investment banking and strategy consulting firm dedicated to the education space. Rich has over 25 years of strategic, financial, operational, and investment experience with established and emerging education business models.

Emily Wattman-Turner is the Co-Founder and COO of Kenzie Academy, an online and on-campus school training Software Engineers and User Experience Engineers for rewarding careers. Prior to Kenzie, Emily held leadership positions at Galvanize and Building a Better Colorado.

Jeff Casimir is the Founder and Executive Director for the Turing School of Software & Design based in Denver, CO. The mission behind Turing is to grow great people into great developers.

Ben Nelson is the Co-Founder of Lambda School, which provides a first-rate development education that is free to students until they get a job. Ben and the Lambda team have pioneered the use of ISAs to align monetary incentives between schools and students.

Darrell Silver is the Co-Founder and CEO of Thinkful, a coding bootcamp whose goal is to build the world’s next workforce. Engineer, CEO and co-founder of Thinkful. Prior to Thinkful, Darrell founded Perpetually, which was acquired by Smarsh (Dell).

Will Sentance is co-founder and CEO at Codesmith – a software engineering and machine learning residency based in Los Angeles, New York, and Oxford. He is the creator of Icecomm, the most famous developer platform for P2P video and data communication. Before Codesmith, Will was CEO at Ownly and a Software Engineer at Gem. Will graduated from Oxford University and Harvard University.

David Yang is the cofounder and CEO of Y Combinator-backed Fullstack Academy, a top-rated coding and cybersecurity bootcamp with partnerships across the country. Fullstack has graduated thousands of students making an impact across the tech world.

Anthony Hughes is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tech Elevator, an Ohio-based intensive in-person education provider helping individuals and companies acquire in-demand technology skills for the modern workforce.

Jessica Mitsch is the co-founder and CEO of Momentum Learning, whose mission is to be the launchpad for the career journeys of their students. Jessica and her team are committed to providing relevant skills training focused on the needs of the technology industry and the modern workplace.

Lelia King is the Executive Director of Build Carolina and Carolina Code School and she is committed to helping her local community of technology students realize their potential and advance their careers.

Yannis Peyret is the Chief Financial Officer for Holberton School, a project-based alternative to college for the next generation of software developers. Yannis is an expert on Income Share Agreements and alternative education financing models.

Lauren Ellisberg is the Compliance and Government Relations Officer at Coding Dojo, a bootcamp based out of Seattle, Washington. Lauren has focused her career on the crossroads of law and technology, finding her niche navigating the nuanced regulatory arena while bridging fast paced techies and compliance.

Brooke Valle is the Strategy Officer for the San Diego Workforce Partnership and has been actively engaged in the development of the Workforce ISA fund. Brooke leads the organization’s strategic planning, business process transformation and policymaker education efforts. Prior to SDWP, Brooke consulted for federal agencies to help implement innovative solutions to tough issues such as consular affairs, international law enforcement, narcotics, and the intelligence community.

John Ware has been the Executive Director of the Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools since 1997 and is responsible for the oversight and regulation of Ohio's 250 career colleges and schools. John is also active on many state and national education organizations and initiatives. Prior to joining the Board of Career Colleges and Schools, John served as an Ohio Assistant Attorney General for education, representing numerous state education entities including the Ohio Board of Regents and the Ohio Department of Education.