Conference Speakers & Participants

• Darrin Alridge

  Youth Empowerment Project

• Atila Abdulkadiroglu

  Duke University

• Renee Akbar

  Xavier University

• Paula Arce-Trigatti

  Education Research Alliance for New Orleans

• David Arsen

  Michigan State University

• Susan Aud

  National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

• Nathan Barrett

  Education Research Alliance for New Orleans

• Brian Beabout

  The University of New Orleans

• Connie Bellone

  The Childhood Family and Learning Foundation

• Lauren Bierbaum

  CREDO

• Ronald Briggs

  The Good Shepherd School

• Sametta Brown

  New Beginnings Schools Foundation

• Madeline Brown

  Achievement Network

• Christian Buerger

  Education Research Alliance for New Orleans

• Erica Buher

  VAYLA New Orleans

• Katrina Bulkley

  Montclair State University

• Deirdre Burel

  Orleans Public Education Network

• Maxine Cager

  Bethune Elementary

• Matthew Candler

  4.0 Schools

• Deven Carlson

  University of Oklahoma

• Sarah Carr

• Meria Carstarphen

  Atlanta Public Schools

• Michael Casserly

  Council of the Great City Schools

• Jonas Chartock

  Leading Educators

• August Collins

  Youth Empowerment Project

• Ulyses Collins

  McDonogh 35 High School

• Sean Corcoran

  New York University

• Scott Cowen

• Joshua Cowen

  Education Policy Center at Michigan State University

• Morgan Craven

  Texas Appleseed

• Nash Crews

• Michael Cunningham

  Tulane University

• Rhonda Dale

  Sci Academy, New Orleans

• Flozell Daniels

  Foundation for Louisiana

• Josh Densen

  Bricolage Academy of New Orleans

• Patrick Dobard

  Louisiana Recovery School District

• Keisha Dubuclet

  Center for Development and Learning

• Ken Ducote

  Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools

• Kirsten Feil

  FirstLine Schools

• Gabriela Fighetti

  Innovation in Public School Choice (IIPSC)

• Juan Fortanel

  VAYLA

• Howard Fuller

  Marquette University

• Lisa Giarratano

  ReNEW Schools

• Joshua Glazer

  George Washington University

• Chaseray Griffin

  Southern Poverty Law Center, Louisiana Office

• Betheny Gross

  Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)

• Jane Hannaway

  Georgetown University/AIR

• Douglas N. Harris

  Education Research Alliance for New Orleans

• Eden Heilman

  Southern Poverty Law Center

• Gary Henry

  Peabody College at Vanderbilt University

• Rick Hess

  American Enterprise Institute

• Paul Hill

  Center on Reinventing Public Education

• Bing Howell

  New Schools for Baton Rouge

• Huriya Jabbar

  Education Research Alliance for New Orleans

• Bill Jackson

  GreatSchools

• Jerome Jupiter

  Youth Empowerment Project

• Rhonda Kalifey-Aluise

  KIPP New Orleans

• Neerav Kingsland

• Ben Kleban

  New Orleans College Prep (NOCP)

• Julia Koppich

  J. Koppich & Associates

• Andy Kopplin

  City of New Orleans

• Helen Ladd

  Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

• Robin Lake

  Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)

• Mary Landrieu

  United States Senate

• Matt Larsen

  Education Research Alliance for New Orleans

• Julie Lause

  Crescent City Schools

• Kayla LeBlanc

  The NET Charter School

• Eric Lerum

  SmarterEd Policy Partners

• Henry Levin

  Teachers College, Columbia University

• Tanya Lewis

  Ops360

• Henderson Lewis

  Orleans Parish School Board

• Rene Lewis-Carter

  Martin Behrman Charter School

• Jane Lincove

  University of Maryland - Baltimore County

• Derek Little

  Louisiana Department of Education

• Vivian Louie

  William T. Grant Foundation

• Christopher Lubienski

  Forum on the Future of Public Education at the University of Illinois

• DJ Markey

  Pyramid Community Parent Resource Center

• Spiro Maroulis

  Arizona State University

• Sara Massey

  Communities in Schools

• Michael Masterson

  Benjamin Franklin High School

• Erika McConduit-Diggs

  Urban League of Greater New Orleans

• Arielle McConduit-Longmire

  Urban League of Greater New Orleans

• Andrew McEachin

  RAND Corporation

• Adrien McElroy

• Jon Mills

  Education Research Alliance for New Orleans

• Justine Modica

  Collegiate Academies

• Lourdes Moran

  Altus Global Trade Solutions

• Adrian Morgan

  Algiers Charter School Association (ACSA)

• Pedro Noguera

  New York University

• Kira Orange Jones

  Teach For America - Louisiana

• Elizabeth Ostberg

  The NET Charter High School

• Kathleen Padian

  Orleans Parish School Board

• Charles M. Payne

  University of Chicago

• Taisha Payne

  O. Perry Walker

• Patricia Perkins

  Morris Jeff Community School, New Orleans

• Andre Perry

  A.M. Perry Consulting

• Dana Peterson

  Recovery School District

• Rose Peterson

  Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools

• Aesha Rasheed

  New Orleans Parents' Guide

• Macke Raymond

  CREDO, Stanford University

• Joan Reilly

  Homer A. Plessy Community School

• Greg Richmond

  National Association of Charter School Organizers

• Vincent Rossmeier

  Cowen Institute

• Naomi Rubin DeVeaux

  District of Columbia Public Charter School Board (PCSB)

• Whitney Ruble

  Education Research Alliance for New Orleans

• Russell Rumberger

  University of California, Santa Barbara

• Robert Santillano

  Education Research Alliance for New Orleans

• Melissa Sawyer

  Youth Empowerment Project

• Barbara Schneider

  College of Education and Department of Sociology, Michigan State University

• James Shelton

  2U

• Warren Simmons

  Annenberg Institute for School Reform (AISR)

• Patrick Sims

  Cowen Institute

• Michael Stone

  New Schools for New Orleans (NSNO)

• Katharine Strunk

  University of Southern California

• Dirk Tillotson

  Great School Choices

• Thomas Toch

  Georgetown University

• Vera Triplett

• Jon Valant

  Education Research Alliance for New Orleans

• Paul Vallas

• Randi Weingarten

  American Federation of Teachers

• Lindsay Weixler

  Education Research Alliance for New Orleans

• Carol Whelan

  Tulane University

• John White

  Louisiana Department of Education

• Debra Williams

  James M. Singleton Charter, New Orleans

• Patrick Wolf

  University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions

• Ron Zimmer

  Peabody College at Vanderbilt University

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