| 2015 ILC Speakers |
Susan Assouline
Director, Belin-Blank Center Professor, Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
University of Iowa, College of Education
Bob Bain
Associate Professor, School of Education; Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
University of Michigan
Jeremy Bailenson
Associate Professor and Director, Virtual Human Interaction Lab
Stanford University
Phil Ballinger
Associate Vice Provost for Enrollment and Undergraduate Admissions
University of Washington
Steve Barrett
Director of Outreach, Wildwood School
Stephen Beal
President, California College of the Arts
Warren Berger
Author, "A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas"
Matt Berman
4th Grade Teacher/Website Director
The Nueva School
Anna Blinstein
Middle School & Upper School Math Teacher/10th Grade Dean
The Nueva School
Jo Boaler
Professor, Stanford University, Graduate School of Education
Martin Boroson
Founder, One Moment Meditation
Pete Bowers
Founder, WordWorks Literacy Center; Author of "Teaching How the Written Word Works"
Thyra Briggs
Vice President Admission and Financial Aid
Harvey Mudd College
Pamela Briskman
Director of Curriculum, Galileo Learning
John Seely Brown
Independent Co-Chairman
USC - Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation
Erik Burmeister
Principal, Hillview Middle School
Camille Caron
Senior Business Development and Product Manager, Project Ignite, Autodesk
Nicole Cerra
Director of Curriculum & Instruction, Founder; Founding Teacher — English
Design Tech High School
Katie Chapman
3rd Grade Teacher
The Nueva School
Stacey Childress
Chief Executive Officer
NewSchools Venture Fund
Sin-Tung Chiu
Music Specialist
The Nueva School
Becki Cohn-Vargas
Director, Not In Our Schools
Cory Combs
Director of Outreach, Music, & Enrichment
The Nueva School
Ann Cooper
Author, Chef, Educator, and Public Speaker
Chef Ann Foundation
Megan Cowan
Co-Founder and Program Director
Mindful Schools
William Damon
Professor and Director of Stanford Center on Adolescence
Stanford University
Amanda Day-Alonzo
Assistant Head of Upper School/Upper School Science Teacher
The Nueva School
Michael De Sousa
Principal, Leadership Public Schools, Hayward Campus
Keith Devlin
Co-founder & Executive Director, H-STAR institute; co-founder, Stanford Media X research network
Stanford University
Stephanie Englehaupt
Lower School Math Specialist
The Nueva School
Fred Estes
Lower School Science Coordinator & Teacher
The Nueva School
Megan Foley Nicpon
Associate Professor, University of Iowa, College of Education
Saraleah Fordyce
Professor, California College of the Arts
Erica Fortescue
Associate Director, Center for Childhood Creativity
Ben Foss
Author, Activist, and Entrepreneur
Allen Frost
Upper School English
The Nueva School
Carolee Fucigna
PreK Teacher CADP Coordinator
The Nueva School
Alyssa Gallagher
Assistant Superintendant
Los Altos School District
Vida Mia Garcia
Ethnographer / Moderator, Red Cover Studios
Christopher Gardner
Professor (Research) of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center
Adam Gazzaley
Professor, University of California, San Francisco
Philippe Goldin
Assistant Professor, UC Davis, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Thomas Gonzalez
Teacher, Oakland Unified School District
Michelle Grau
Technology, Innovation Design & Engineering Coach
The Nueva School
Brian Greenberg
Chief Executive Officer, Silicon Schools Fund
Ned Hallowell
Child and Adult Psychiatrist, Learning Differences Expert
Founder of The Hallowell Centers
Georgia Heard
Writer, poet, and founding member of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project
Lisa Hinshelwood
Lower School SEL Teacher
The Nueva School
Fumiko Hoeft
Associate Professor, Director of BrainLENS (Laboratory of Educational NeuroScience)
UCSF School of Medicine
Lee Holtzman
Upper School Teacher/Futures Coach
The Nueva School
Abigail Joseph
K-12 Computer Science Teacher
The Nueva School
Sandra Kaplan
Professor of Clinical Education
USC, Rossier School of Education
Scott Barry Kaufman
Scientific Director, Imagination Institute
University of Pennsylvania
David Kelley
Founder
IDEO
George Kembel
Global Director, Co-Founder
Stanford University, d.school
Barbara Kerr
Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Counseling, Psychology
University of Kansas
Sally Keyes
Professional Development Director
Silicon Valley Math Initiative
Marilyn Kimura
Librarian/Admissions Tours/5th Grade Advisor/Academies
The Nueva School
Peter Koehler
Lower & Middle School Math Teacher
The Nueva School
Emily Kolatch
Lower School Division Head
The Nueva School
Smita Kolhatkar
Educational Technology Teacher
Palo Alto Unified School District
David Levy
Professor, University of Washington, Information School
Jeanne Liedtka
United Technologies Corporation Professor of Business Administration
University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business
Susanna Loeb
Barnett Family Professor of Education, Faculty Director of Center for Education Policy Analysis, Co-director of Policy Analysis for California Education
Stanford University
Susan Lyon
Founder, The Innovative Teacher Project
Mills College
Julie Lythcott-Haims
Author, How to Raise an Adult; Motivational Speaker; Educator
Riley Maddox
Mathematics Teacher, The Urban School
Tom Maiorana
Founder and Designer, Red Cover Studios
Simone Marean
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Girls Leadership Institute
Bruce McCandliss
Professor, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
Raymond McCauley
Chair of the Biotech Track at Singularity University; Founder of Playtpus Project; Principal at Exponential Biosciences
Tom McFadden
Middle School Science Teacher/Advisor/Academies
The Nueva School
Angela McKee
Project Manager - Future Dining Experience
San Francisco Unified School District
Molly McMahon
Program Lead, The Teachers Guild
IDEO
Lisa Miller
Professor, Psychology and Education; Director, Clinical Psychology Program; Founder, Spirituality Mind Body Institute
Columbia University, Teachers College
Zubin Mobedshahi
Lower School PE Teacher
The Nueva School
Sam Modest
2nd Grade Teacher
The Nueva School
Vicki Moore
Education Director, Living Classroom
Jim Morrison
PreK-11 Project Specialist
The Nueva School
Jim Munzenrider
Middle School Music Teacher/Tech/Advisor/Academies
The Nueva School
Lori Mustille
4th Grade Teacher
The Nueva School
Beth Noonan
Learning Specialist
The Nueva School
Sara Norris
Associate Director of STEM Education & Partnerships
Center for Childhood Creativity
Orla O’Keeffe
Executive Director of Policy and Operations
San Francisco Unified School District
Ali Partovi
Co-founder, Code.org and "Hour of Code"
Mike Peller
Assistant Head of Upper School/US Teacher/Assistant Director of Admissions
The Nueva School
Avery Pickford
Middle School Math Teacher/Advisor/Academies/6th Grade Dean
The Nueva School
Denise Pope
Senior Lecturer and Co-Founder, Challenge Success
Stanford University
Robert Poynton
Author, facilitator, consultant, coach, and founder of On Your Feet
Robert Pronovost
STEM Lead Coordinator
Ravenswood City School District, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Carla Pugliese
Middle School Humanities Teacher/Advisor/7th Grade Dean
The Nueva School
Arun Ramanathan
CEO, Pivot Learning Partners
Dominic Randolph
Head of School
Riverdale Country School
Laraine Ray
Kindergarten Teacher
The Nueva School
Liza Raynal
Middle School Division Head
The Nueva School
Zetta Reicker
Director of Student Nutrition Services
San Francisco Unified School District
Sally Reis
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
University of Connecticut
Jenny Rinn
3rd Grade Teacher
The Nueva School
Dan Roam
Author, Digital Roam Inc.
Art Rodriguez
Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, Vassar College
Elizabeth Rood
Vice President Education Strategy, Bay Area Discovery Museum
Director, Center for Childhood Creativity
Geoff Ruth
Academic Dean, The Urban School
Lora Saarnio
LS Math/Technology Specialist
The Nueva School
Rush Sabiston Frank
Institute for SEL
Mark Salkind
Head of School, The Urban School
Robert Sapolsky
Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Author, "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers"
Kim Saxe
Director, K-12 Innovation Labs
The Nueva School
Michael Schurr
Riverdale Country School
Emma Scripps
Program Designer, The Teachers Guild
IDEO
Jen Selby
Middle & Upper School Computer Science Teacher/MS Advisor/Academy Leader
The Nueva School
Kyle Shaffer
Principal, KIPP Excelencia Community Prep
Tiffany Shlain
Emmy-nominated filmmaker and Webby Awards Founder
Stephanie Snyder
Upper School English Teacher/Co-Advisor
The Nueva School
Olatunde Sobomehin
Director of Vision & Innovation and Co-Founder
Esface, Inc.
Dorothy M. Steele
Executive Director (Retired)
Stanford University, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Laurence Steinberg
Distinguished University Professor, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology
Temple University
Catherine Steiner-Adair
Clinical psychologist, school consultant, speaker and author
Megan Terra
Director of the Innovative Teacher Development Program
The Nueva School
Karen Tiegel
Middle School Writing/Advisor/Assistant Director of Admissions
The Nueva School
Janice Toben
Co-founder, Institute for SEL
Glen Tripp
Founder & CEO, Galileo Learning
Kelsey Vrooman
Director of Educational Technology, The Urban School
Aron Walker
Upper School Chemistry Teacher/Advisor
The Nueva School
Stacey Wang
Director of Personalized Learning, Oakland Unified School District
Steve Westwood
Technology, Innovation Design & Engineering Coach
The Nueva School
Jennifer White
Upper School English & Literature Teacher
The Nueva School
Nancy Cushen White
Clinical Professor, Teacher, and Learning Disabilities Specialist
University of California San Francisco, Department of Pediatrics
Susie Wise
K12 Lab Network Director, Stanford University d.school
Frank Worrell
Professor, UC Berkeley, Graduate School of Education
Lelia Youn
Associate Science Teacher
The Nueva School
Ric Zappa
Head of Schools and Character Development
KIPP Bay Area Schools
