THE Live US 2021

SPEAKERS

Tom Adams

Co-founder and executive chairman

Quantic School of Business and Technology

Philip Altbach

Founding director of the Center for International Higher Education

Boston College

Paul Basken

Editor (North America)

THE

Phil Baty

Chief knowledge officer

THE

Irma Becerra

President

Marymount University

Beth Benedix

Professor of world literature, religious studies and community engagement

DePauw University

Seeta Bhardwa

Student content editor

THE

Bridget Burns

Executive director

University Innovation Alliance

Brandon Busteed

President

Kaplan University Partners

Ángel Cabrera

President

Georgia Institute of Technology

Emily Carter

Provost and executive vice-chancellor

University of California, Los Angeles

Sue Cunningham

President and CEO

Council for Advancement and Support of Education

Rob Curtin

Director of higher education (Americas)

Microsoft

Sara Custer

Associate editor (curation)

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Katherine Deegan

Student

Vanderbilt University

Jay Deshmukh

Associate senior architect

IBI Group

Foteini Dimirouli

Outreach fellow

University of Oxford

Taulby Edmondson

Professor of history, religion and culture

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Michael Ellison

Founder and CEO

CodePath

Miriam Feldblum

Co-founder and executive director

Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration

Myron Frans

Senior vice-president of finance and operations

University of Minnesota

Sean Gallagher

Executive director of the Centre for the Future of Higher Education & Talent Strategy

Northeastern University

Mike Garvin

Vice-president of sales

The Access Platform

Cara Giacomini

Chief research and data officer

Council for Advancement and Support of Education

John Gill

Editor

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Alison Griffin

Senior vice-president

Whiteboard Advisors

Nik Higgins

Co-founder and chief growth officer

The Access Platform

Jeffrey Holm

Vice-provost of online education and strategic planning

University of North Dakota

Michael Horn

Co-founder

Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation

Freeman Hrabowski

President

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Mary Karam McKey

Head of corporate and foundation programmes

Institute of International Education

Harrison Keller

Commissioner of higher education

State of Texas

Jeff King

Executive director of the Centre for Excellence in Transformative Teaching & Learning

University of Central Oklahoma

William Kirby

Professor of China studies

Harvard University

James Koch

Former president

Old Dominion University

Ishan Kolhatkar

General manager (UK)

Inspera Assessment

Anthony Koliha

Director of the Office of Global Educational Programs

US Department of State

Sunil Kumar

Provost

Johns Hopkins University

Donald Lancaster

Director of studies for the executive MBA

University of Bath

Mike Mansheim

Executive director of marketing and communications

Colorado Mesa University

Mary Marcy

President

Dominican University of California

Anna McKie

Reporter

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Steven McLaughlin

Provost and executive vice-president of academic affairs

Georgia Institute of Technology

Robert McMaster

Vice-provost and dean of undergraduate education

University of Minnesota

Ted Mitchell

President

American Council on Education

Ben Nelson

Founder and CEO

Minerva Project

Nicky Old

Director of communications and external relations

Universities UK

Lynn Pasquerella

President

Association of American Colleges and Universities

Catalina Powell

Student operations director

THE

Nido Qubein

President

High Point University

Jamie Ramacciotti

Head of content for student events

THE

Jay Schalin

Director of policy analysis

The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

Rajiv Sharma

Head of education (North America)

Western Union Business Solutions

Martin Shell

Vice-president and chief external relations officer

Stanford University

Louise Simpson

Founder and director

World 100 Reputation Network

Gangaram Singh

Provost and executive vice-president

National University

David Staley

Director of the Humanities Institute

The Ohio State University

Jeff Stoecker

Vice-president and chief communications officer

Syracuse University

Pamela Toney

President

Colorado State University Global

Alden Williams

Assistant director of marketing and recruitment

The University of Alabama at Birmingham