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Dr. John Wilson has over 35 years of experience in academia, from serving as Senior Advisor and Strategist to the President of Harvard University to serving as President of his alma mater Morehouse college. His impressive strides in higher education also include serving as Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities under former President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013 and being the former senior administrator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He's currently writing a book on the future of higher education with particular reference to HBCUs. Dr. Wilson holds an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School, a Master of Education and Doctor of Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Dr. Arthur Levine is a distinguished scholar with New York University's Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy. He served as President of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, and before that, he served as President and Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Levine received his bachelor's degree from Brandeis University and his Ph.D. from State University of New York at Buffalo. He was previously the Chair of the Higher Education program and Chair of the Institute for Educational Management at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has served as consultant to more than 250 colleges and universities across the United States.

Dr. Eduardo Padrón has been serving as President of Miami Dade College since 1995. Though he leads one of the largest degree-granting institutions of higher education in America, Dr. Padrón is an economist by training, having earned his Ph.D. from the University of Florida. Since arriving in the United States as a refugee at the age of 15, he has grown to become a widely recognized educational leader in the world. He has been selected to serve on posts by five U.S. presidents and, in 2016, former President Barack Obama awarded him the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his years of work in maximizing access and inclusivity in higher education.

Dr. Gail O. Mellow served as President of LaGuardia Community College in Queens, an institution with degree, certificate, and continuing education programs that educate more than 50,000 New York residents every year. With almost 20 years of service, she oversaw the powerful partnership between LaGuardia and Goldman Sachs in which the 10,000 Small Businesses in New York program was launched, helping local entrepreneurs grow. Dr. Mellow graduated from community college herself and earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from George Washington University. She is an acclaimed expert on the history, development, and future of the American community college and co-authored Minding the Dream: The Process and Practice of the American Community College and Taking College Teaching Seriously: Pedagogy Matters!

Dr. Joe May served eight years as Chancellor of Dallas College (formerly known as Dallas County Community College). Under his leadership, Dallas College restructured and unified seven different community colleges into a single institution to better serve the 150,000 students across Dallas and North Texas. He earned a Master of Education from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Doctorate in Education from Texas A&M University-Commerce. He previously served as President of the Louisiana Community and Technical College system, President of the Colorado Community College System, and President of Pueblo Community College. In April 2022 he joined Educate Texas as Chancellor in Residence and is currently the founding president of Rebuilding America's Middle Class. Committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Dr. May's work includes encouraging the U.S. Congress to reinstate year-round Pell Grants and second-chance Pell Grants for those who are currently incarcerated.

Jason Citron is the Founder of Discord, one of the largest social networking platforms with over 150 million active users. Jason pivoted from game development in 2015 and launched Discord with the goal of bringing players together around the games they love. Before Discord, Jason was the founder and CEO of OpenFeint, the biggest social mobile gaming platform.

Karin Klein is a founding partner at Bloomberg Beta, Bloomberg's venture firm that invests in early-stage tech companies that make business work better. She is recognized as a top venture capitalist - TechWeek's 100, Silicon Alley's 100, New York Business Journal's leading "Women of Influence". Since its launch, Bloomberg Beta has announced over 200 investments under Karin's leadership on the East Coast.

Ken Chenault is Chairman and a Managing Director of venture capital firm General Catalyst. Prior to joining General Catalyst in 2018, Ken was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Express, a position he held from 2001 to 2018. Ken serves on the boards of Airbnb, Berkshire Hathaway, Guild, the Harvard Corporation and numerous nonprofit organizations, including the Smithsonian Institution's Advisory Council for the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Matt Greenfield is the Founder and a Managing Partner of Rethink Education, a venture capital firm that invests in education-related businesses with high-impact ideas. He currently sits on the board of Allovue, BrightBytes, Care Academy, GetSetUp, Ignite! Reading, Mainstay, Major League Hacking, NoRedInk, and Stellic. Notably, Matt chaired the board of Engrade through its acquisition by McGraw Hill Education. Matt received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in English from Yale University, where he won five academic prizes and fellowships from the Mellon and Whiting Foundations and served on the editorial board of the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities.