The SXSWedu Advisory Board plays an important role in shaping the SXSWedu Conference & Festival. Similar to the SXSWedu audience, the advisory board represents leaders from all backgrounds in education including professionals in focus areas of K-12 and higher education. Board members include representatives of the community such as teachers, administrators, entrepreneurs, policy makers and students from all over the world, each offering unique and diverse perspectives.
Members of the PanelPicker, Launch and Expo committees contribute their unique insights and are crucial in the success of the March event.
Advisory Board Committees
PanelPicker | Launch | Expo
PanelPicker Committee
Members of the PanelPicker advisory board committee share their time and expertise by evaluating proposed sessions submitted via PanelPicker. The board’s participation weighs heavily in the overall programming of the event.
Adam Gismondi
Boston College
Somerville, Massachusetts
Adil Husain
Emerging Strategy
Singapore, Singapore
Alisha Fredriksson
Minerva Schools at KGI
San Francisco, California
Alli Dunn
4.0 School
Brooklyn, New York
Amanda Alampi
Amnesty International USA
New York, New York
Amanda Kruysman
Rock Hill School District
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Amanda Winkelsas
PLS 3rd Learning
Buffalo, New York
Amy Looper
OneSeventeen Media, Inc
Austin, Texas
Andrew Smith Lewis
Cerego
San Francisco, California
Anita Givens
Givens Consulting
Austin, Texas
Ann Witherspoon
Midlothian ISD
Midlothian, Texas
Annette Pedersen
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Anthony Kim
Education Elements
San Carlos, California
Benjamin Powers
Eagle Hill Southport School
Southport, Connecticut
Beth Carls
OneSeventeen Media
Austin, Texas
Beverly Ball
TinkerBelles
Lakewood, Colorado
Bhargav Srinivasan
Harvard Law School
Austin, Texas
Bill Corrigan
Dell, Inc.
Austin, Texas
Brad Ovenell-Carter
Mulgrave School
Vancouver, British Columbia
Camedra Jefferson
Houston ISD
Houston, Texas
Caroline Hammond
UTx
Austin, Texas
Caroline Vander Ark
Getting Smart
Federal Way, Washington
Carri Schneider
Getting Smart
Cincinnati, Ohio
Charles Wood
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Chris Fancher
Meridian World School
Round Rock, Texas
Christine Fox
SETDA
Glen Burnie, Maryland
Christine Ortiz
[Blank]Schools
Orlando, Florida
Claire Wescott
Metro Nashville Public Schools
Nashville, Tennessee
Corinne Weisgerber
St. Edward's University
Austin, Texas
Courtney Power-Freeman
Austin ISD
Austin, Texas
Cynthia Burrow
Strategic Education Solutions, LLC
Holliston, Massachusetts
Dan Blake
Sonoma County Office of Education
Santa Rosa, California
Dan Kulmala
Fort Hays State University
Hays, Kansas
Dan LaSota
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska
Dana Mortenson
World Savvy
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Daniel Rincón
Tutorya
Bogota, Colombia
David Anderson
HillCo Partners
Austin, Texas
David Brewer
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
David Conover
Pflugerville ISD
Austin, Texas
David Martz
BroadReach Education
Boston, Massachusetts
David Ross
Partnership for 21st Century Learning
Washington, DC
Deb Clarke
EdTech Advisor
Sydney, Australia
DJ Roberts
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Donna Bahorich
State Board of Education
Houston, Texas
Drew Davidson
Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ed Valdez
Momentus Software
Austin, Texas
Emily Kotecki
North Carolina Museum of Art
Raleigh, North Carolina
Emily Weerts
4-H CAPITAL
Austin, Texas
Eric Nentrup
Alma
Indianapolis, Indiana
Erik Woning
Lab to Learn
Etten-Leur, Netherlands
Felice Nudelma
Antioch University
Beavercreek, Ohio
Gaby DeLeon
Civitas Learning
Austin, Texas
Gail Conway
Opening Minds
Chicago, Illinois
Gasper Sekelj
Clarkson University
Potsdam, New York
George DeBakey
DeBakey International
Potomac, Maryland
George Rislov
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Georgi Dimitrov
European Commission
Brussels, Belgium
Gina LaMotte
EcoRise Youth Innovations
Austin, Texas
Ginger Gossman
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Austin, Texas
Gustavo Rojas
Teach for Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Hannah Bricker
The Rise School of Austin
Austin, Texas
Honoria Starbuck
Art Institute of Austin
Austin, Texas
Hugh Norwood
Trinity Education Group
Clarksville, Maryland
Ian Hutchinson
Samsung
Atlanta, Georgia
Jac de Haan
Google
Seattle, Washington
Jaime Casap
Google
Phoenix, Arizona
James Basham
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
James Miles
Urban Arts Partnership
Brooklyn, New York
Jeff Grabill
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Jeff Wayman
Wayman Services, LLC
Austin, Texas
Jennifer Groff
MIT Media Lab
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jennifer Rees
Civitas Learning
Austin, Texas
Jessica Millstone
BrainPOP
New York, New York
Jim Knight
TES Global
London, United Kingdom
Joan Hughes
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Jodi Lis
Jhpiego
Washington, DC
Joel Thierstein
Mount St. Joseph University
Cincinnati, Ohio
John Fitzpatrick
Educate Texas
Austin, Texas
Jonathan Johnson
Rooted School
New Orleans, Louisiana
Jonathan Oglesby
imaginED
Germantown, Maryland
Julie Newton
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Austin, Texas
Julie Willcott
Kennebec Valley Community College
Exeter, Maine
Kai Dupe
Amazon
Seattle, Washington
Karen Landolt
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Kathy Burdick
Page by Page, LLC
Tucson, Arizona
Kathy Hurley
Kathy Hurley Consulting
Arlington, Virginia
Kelvin Bentley
Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth, Texas
Kent Charugundla
Incubation fund
New York, New York
Kevin Bauman
Penn Foster Education Group
Boston, Massachusetts
Kevin Hager
Understood
New York, New York
Kevin Mei
The Boston Consulting Group
Dallas, Texas
Kierstan Schwab
Texas PBS
Austin, Texas
Kim Sivick
Edcamp Foundation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kristine Clerkin
College for America at Southern New Hampshire University
Newton, Massachusetts
Kwee Lan Teo
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Austin, Texas
Lakita Edwards
National Endowment for the Arts
Washington, DC
Langston Clark
The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
Laura Gilchrist
Turner USD 202
Kansas City, Missouri
Leigh VandenAkker
East High School
Salt Lake City, Utah
Leslie Trahan
Association of Texas Professional Educators
Austin, Texas
Linda Medina-Lopez
MassMutual Southwest
Austin, Texas
Lindsay Knight
Noble Charter School Network
Chicago, Illinois
Lindsey Own
The Evergreen School
Seattle, Washington
Linsey Hugo
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
Lisa Samuels
Pflugerville ISD
Austin, Texas
Liz Gossens
One World Education
Washington, DC
Lori Gracey
TCEA
Austin, Texas
Maggie Susong
Association of Texas Professional Educators
Austin, Texas
Marie White
Summit Public Schools
Seattle, Washington
Marisa Kaplan
EdSurge
New York, New York
Mark Andrus
Texas School Safety Center
San Marcos, Texas
Mark Bounds
TIR Music & Business Development
Godalming, Surrey
Mark Coppin
Anne Carlsen Center
Jamestown, North Dakota
Mark Rogers
Meridian School
Austin, Texas
Martin Ihrig
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Martin Moran
Francis W. Parker School
Chicago, Illinois
Mary Kiang
St. Andrew's Schools
Honolulu, Hawaii
Matt Wallaert
Independent
New York, New York
Melissa Parenti
St. John's University
Boston, Massachusetts
Mi'Jan Celie Tho-Biaz
Community Artist Year
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Michael Bettersworth
Texas State Technical College
Austin, Texas
Michael Crawford
Independent
Royal Oak, Michigan
Michael DeGraff
UTeach Institute
Austin, Texas
Michael DiMaggio
CCSSO
Washington, DC
Michael Kleba
North Shore High School
Brooklyn, New York
Michael Mayrath
Knod - Global Learning Network
Austin, Texas
Michael Mills
University of Central Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Michele Rosen
Charlotte Country Day School
Charlotte North, Carolina
Mike Lawrence
CUE
Placentia, California
Murray Woodward
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Kansas City, Missouri
Nan Caldwell
Kimihia Early Learning Centre
Christchurch, New Zealand
Natalie Glover
Business Design
Austin, Texas
Nick Bowman
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
Nick Hahn
Austin Spark League
Austin, Texas
Peter Hutton
Beaver Country Day School
Brookline, Massachusetts
Peter Nilsson
Deerfield Academy
Deerfield, Massachusetts
Rainesford Stauffer
The New School
Owensboro, Kentucky
Raymond Rose
Rose & Smith Associates
Port Aransas, Texas
Sarojani Mohammed
The Learning Accelerator
Austin, Texas
Stephan Turnipseed
Destination Imagination
Pike Road, Alabama
Stephanie Sandifer
Houston Independent School District
Houston, Texas
Stephanie Villegas
Edcamp Austin
Austin, Texas
Steve Amos
HealthCode
Austin, Texas
Steve Kupfer
Red House Education
Brooklyn, New York
Steven Freidmutter
SF Ventures
Ithaca, New York
Steven Hodas
Digital Promise
New York, New York
Susan Nozick
Elgin ISD
Austin, Texas
Tanya Joosten
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Therese Laux
AIM Institute
Omaha, Nebraska
Thurman Nassoiy
Region 4 Education Service Center
Houston, Texas
Todd Groves
West Contra Costa USD
Richmond, California
Tom Burnett
ramBleT LLC
Livingston, Texas
Tony Brown
Public Consulting Group
Davidson, North Carolina
Torrie Dunlap
Kids Included Together
San Diego, California
Tricia Berry
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Wietse van Bruggen
Kennisnet Foundation
Zoetermeer, Netherlands
Yancy Unger
Five-Star Technologies
Bedford, Indiana
Z. Mike Wang
Minerva
San Francisco, California
Zac Ziebarth
SmartRoots Global
Austin, Texas
Zak Malamed
Student Voice
Great Neck, New York
Launch Committee
Members of the Launch advisory board committee share their time and expertise by evaluating startup applications for the Launch competition and providing instrumental insight as it relates to the education marketplace.
Amelia Friedman
Co-Founder and COO
Hatch
Courtney Klein
Co-Founder & CEO
SEED SPOT
Dan Carroll
Chief Product Officer
Clever
Dhiraj Malkani
Investor
Independent
Don Fraser, Jr
Higher Ed ReDesigner
Education Design Lab
Graham Forman
Founder and Managing Director
Edovate Capital, LLC
Jeff Livingston
CEO
EdSolutions, Inc.
Jenna Talbot
Vice President
Whiteboard Advisors
Khalil Fuller
CEO
Learn Fresh
Kofi Kankam
CEO
Admit.me
Margaret Roth
CRO and Co-Founder
Yet Analytics
Melissa Kargiannakis
Founder & Managing Director
Heuristext Inc.
Michael Horn
Principal Consultant
Entangled Solutions
Michael Robbins
Founder
Span Learning
Scott Lipton
CEO
EdTech Action
Scott Sage
Partner & Co-Founder
Crane
Sehreen Noor Ali
VP, Business and Corporate Development
Kaplan Test Prep
Shauntel Poulson
General Partner
Reach Capital
Susan Badger
Principal
Badger Consulting Group LLC
Tyler Bosmeny
CEO
Clever
Vanessa Beary
Founder / CEO
Uppercase Creatives
Expo Student Committee
Members of the Expo student advisory board committee share their insights and feedback to support the Expo at SXSWedu. The participation and input from these individuals plays an instrumental role in the success of the event.
Amelia Baumhart
St. Gabriel's Catholic School
Anthonie Monroe
William B. Travis High School
Collette Phillips
St. Gabriel's Catholic School
David Perez Vargas
William B. Travis High School
Dalila ReyesLanier High School
Esmeralda Reyna
Eastside Memorial High School
Ian Nye
Akins High School
Isabel Martinez
William B. Travis High School
Joseph Sanchez
Eastside Memorial High School
Lessly Meza
William B. Travis High School
Stephanie Renteria
Eastside Memorial High School
