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Nadia Abu-Zahra

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Anant Agarwal

Founder, edX

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Taghreed Alsaraj

CEO and co-founder

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Joseph Aoun

President

Northeastern University

Derek Apanovitch

Chief operating officer

Osmosis

Lawrence Bacow

President

Harvard University

Katerina Bagiati

Research scientist

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sheryl Barnes

Director of digital learning in residential education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Paul Basken

Editor (North America)

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Carrie Bauer

Instructional designer for Education for Humanity

Arizona State University

Judy Beckman

Professor and MSA programme coordinator

University of Rhode Island

Robyn Belair

Learning designer

Sandrine Belloc

Co-founder and managing partner

Emerging

Gary Bertoline

Senior vice-president of online and learning innovation

Purdue University

Katey Birtcher

Publisher

STEM education

Jason Blackstock

Founder and CEO

How to Change the World

Cindy Bonfini-Hotlosz

CEO

Centreity Learning Solutions

Cynthia Breazeal

Dean of digital learning

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Patrick Brothers

Co-founder and co-CEO

HolonIQ

Bridget Burns

CEO

University Innovation Alliance

Sharon Butler

Executive vice-president of global education

Flywire

Chris Campbell

Chief information officer

DeVry University

Tom Cavanagh

Vice-provost of digital learning

University of Central Florida

Charlotte Coles

Head of content for digital events

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Lana Cook

Assistant director of strategic initiatives

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mackenzie Cushman

Director of international and admissions recruitment

Fisher College

Sara Custer

THE Campus editor

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Laurent Dupasquier

Co-founder and managing partner

Emerging

Renata Engel

Vice-provost of online education

The Pennsylvania State University

Melissa Ezarik

Contributing editor

Inside Higher Ed

Howard Fooksman

Institutional partnership lead

Gradescope by Turnitin

Jennifer Frederick

Executive director - Provo Center

Yale University

Melissa Fulkerson

Vice-president of research reference

Elsevier

Jane Gatewood

Vice-provost of global engagement

University of Rochester

Lev Gonick

Chief information officer

Arizona State University

Rebecca Granato

Associate vice-president for global initiatives

Bard College

Seth Grossman

Vive-president of people and external affairs and counsellor to the president

American University

Darcy Hardy

Associate vice-president of academic affairs (North America)

Anthology

Douglas Harrison

VP & dean-cybersecurity/IT

University of Maryland Global Campus

Jodi Harrison

Vice-president of education sales

The Wall Street Journal

Ericka Hollis

Assistant provost

Regis College

Paul Huckett

Assistant dean of learning design and innovation

Johns Hopkins University

Gül İnanç

Co-director of the Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies

The University of Auckland

Aisha Jackson

Assistant vice-president

University of Colorado Boulder

Sheila Jagannathan

Head of Open Learning Campus

The World Bank

Klara Jelinkova

Vice-president and chief information officer

Harvard University

John Jibilian

Executive vice-president of digital transformation

Southern New Hampshire University

Dale Johnson

Director of digital innovation for the University Design Institute

Arizona State University

Megan Kennedy

Director of the Resilience Lab

University of Washington

Vijay Kumar

Executive director

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alistair Lawrence

Special projects editor

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Doug Lederman

Editor and co-founder

Inside Higher Ed

Caroline Levander

Vice-president of global and digital strategy

Rice University

Theresa Ligouri Hernandez

Assistant vice-chancellor of IT Campus Partnerships

University of Denver

John Liu

Digital learning scientist

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kasia Lundy

Principal of education practice

EY-Parthenon

Admir Masic

Associate professor of civil and environmental engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Brittney McFadden

University partnerships manager

Unibuddy

Stone Meredith

Founder of Clever Chicas Project

Colorado State University Global

Melita Pope Mitchell

Interim dean of Professional Studies

Johnson C. Smith University

Lynn Pasquerella

President

Association of American Colleges and Universities

Meghan Perdue

Digital learning scientist

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sarah Peyre

Interim provost

University of Rochester

Jennifer Porter

Managing director of OnRamps

The University of Texas at Austin

Rebecca Quintana

Associate director of learning experience design

University of Michigan

Matthew Rascoff

Vice-provost of digital education

Stanford University

Ravi Ravishanker

Chief information officer and associate provost

Wellesley College

Brian Ray

Director of the Poe Business Ethics Center

University of Florida

Robert Reddy

Dean of student financial services

Northeastern University

Maribell Reyes

Director of digital education

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Shannon Riggs

Executive director

Oregon State University

Joseph Riquelme

Vice-provost and chief online officer

American University

Camilla Roberts

Director of the honours and integrity system

Kansas State University

Jessica Rowland Williams

Director

Every Learner Everywhere

Chris Rush

Senior advisor for innovation and improvement

US Department of Education

Jackie Sabbagh

Narrative designer

Shadow Health

Tamar Sadeh

Vice-president of teaching and learning solutions

Ex Libris

Sajan Saini

Education director

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jessica Sandland

Digital learning scientist

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

José Santos

Vice-president and team lead for programme strategy

Sanjay Sarma

Vice-president of open learning

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Anjali Sastry

Senior strategist

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Christopher Sedore

Vice-president and chief information officer

Tufts University

Sumbul Siddiqui

Mayor of Cambridge

US Government

Edward Smith-Lewis

Vice-president

United Negro College Fund

Venkat Srinivasan

Founder and chair

GyanAI

Ruth Steyn

Vice-president of programme strategy

Jane Swift

President and executive director

LearnLaunch

Pamela Toney

President

Colorado State University Global

Lewis Tuthill

Regional subscriptions director (Europe and the Americas)

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Mindy West

Clinical associate professor

Arizona State University

George Westerman

Principal research scientist

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mary Ellen Wiltrout

Director of online

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nathan Young

Head of strategy

Deloitte Digital

Alexa Yow

University partnerships manager

Unibuddy

David Zamojski

Assistant dean of students

Boston University

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