Tom Anderson has been the Curriculum Director for the Collingswood, New Jersey public schools since 1985. Tom completed the VHS Teachers Learning Conference (TLC) and developed and taught the VHS course, Lewis and Clark Expedition. He is currently teaching AP Government.

Martha Coakley is the Northern Specialist for Macmillan College Publishing, working with sales and marketing to present and train instructors in all Math, Science, Economics and Psychology titles.  She has worked in K-12 educational materials for more than 10 years.  Previous positions include Market Development Manager for Bedford, Freeman and Worth Publishing, the Macmillan high school group.  In this position she was responsible for all research, compliance and management of work flow for the adoption states. She has also prepared and delivered presentations, including North Carolina Department of Education, Boston Public Schools, South Carolina Department of Education, New York City Department of Education. She was previously a Sales Specialist at BFW in their high school group where she established advantageous relationships with state level content and curriculum directors, securing Advanced Placement data and invitations to attend Professional Development targeted at AP teachers.

Chad Dorsey is President and CEO of the Concord Consortium. Chad's professional experience ranges across the fields of science, education, and technology. Prior to joining the Concord Consortium, Chad led teacher professional development workshops as a member of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance. There he developed technology-embedded assessments, analyzed Web-based phenomena and representations for an online library, and co-authored an NSTA Press book of science formative assessment probes. Chad has also taught science in classrooms from middle schools through college and has guided educational reform efforts at the district-wide and whole-school levels. While earning his B.A. in physics at St. Olaf College and his M.A. in physics at the University of Oregon, Chad conducted experimental fluid mechanics research, built software models of Antarctic ice streams, and dragged a radar sled by hand across South Cascade Glacier.

Michael Ehrhardt worked as a journalist in New Jersey before beginning his education career in Cyprus. He later worked at two large American international schools in Brazil and the UK, holding positions as a teacher, director of technology, assistant high school principal, middle school principal, and assistant head of school. He is currently Head of School at Marshall School in Duluth, Minnesota. Mike grew up in Minnesota and earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from St. Olaf College, a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University, a master's degree in educational administration from the University of Massachusetts--Lowell, and a doctorate of educational administration from the University of Minnesota.

Ernest Hasselbrink, Jr. is manager of the R&D Performance team at SunPower Corporation.  Prior to that he was a Vice President at an education finance company in Boston, where he led analytics teams supporting approximately $10B of financings.  Prior to that, he was a tenure-track professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), and a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories.  He has published over 20 refereed journal articles and several U.S. patents. 

Denise Goodwin Pace is Co-Founder and Chief Communications Officer of The Halo Group, an award-winning New York City brand communication firm that serves a select roster of international clients. Before founding Halo in 1994, Denise’s 35-year communications career included a variety of creative positions, including as one of the youngest managing editors in the history of the oldest NYC publishing firm – Appleton-Century-Crofts, as an investigative reporter for newspapers in Pennsylvania and Ohio, as an independent writer/producer for corporate clients and for original content, and as a writer and client service leader for several metro NY advertising agencies.

Kevin Lyons Ed.D. has served as Superintendent of Schools in Hudson, Massachusetts since July 2009. He was previously Superintendent of Schools in Newburyport, MA and Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Hopkinton, MA. He was an administrator and taught at Suffolk University (1979-1984) and Boston College (1984-1999). He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a Master’s in Reading and Language from the University of Lowell, and his Doctorate in Reading and Language from Boston University. Lyons served on the Governor’s Readiness Task Force in 2007-2008 and has a keen interest in 21st century skill development, educational technology, and K-12 instructional and assessment best-practices.

Dr. Mark McQuillan has spent his entire career in education; Dr. McQuillan holds advanced degrees from Harvard University and has served in a number of administrative capacities: Secondary Curriculum Coordinator, Assistant Superintendent, Superintendent, and Deputy Commissioner of Education and Chief Operating Officer of the Massachusetts Department of Education. Dr. McQuillan began his career as a teacher in the Newton Public Schools where he taught English at the F.A. Day Middle School. Dr. McQuillan also served as Executive Director/President of EDCO, the Education Collaborative for Greater Boston. In 2007, Dr. McQuillan was appointed as Commissioner of Education by the Connecticut State Board of Education until his resignation in 2011. The author of several publications, Dr. McQuillan has written extensively about curriculum and staff development, leadership training, and strategic planning. He is co-editor of Thought and Language/ Language and Reading, published by the Harvard Educational Review. He is also the editor and producer of No Child Left Behind, A Toolkit for Massachusetts. Dr. McQuillan's research interests are centered on secondary school reform, English language learning, and federal policy. He has just completed a comparative study of education reform in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Chuck Olson brings over 30 years of executive experience in product vision, development, and business development strategy in educational technology. He co-founded and is a partner at LTGO, growing development companies, building award-winning products, and establishing partnerships for Scholastic, HMH, Discovery education, PBS, Reader’s Digest, Follett, NetTrekker and others. Chuck founded and was Chief Operating Officer of the venture backed social networking company Quickdot Corporation, which grew to over 6 million users in 18 months. As CEO of LearningWays, he grew the company and sold it to Davidson & Associates, later helping to sell a group of their assets to form the new Simon & Schuster subsidiary, Learning Technology Group, where he served as CEO for three years. Prior achievements include successes running a business unit at Lotus Development Corporation, and leading the development team of the Bank Street Writer for Broderbund and Scholastic. Chuck graduated cum laude with a B.A. in mathematics from Messiah College in Grantham, PA.

Liz Pape is a renowned author and speaker who has more than 15 years of experience helping K-12 schools to develop a 21st century learning model. She is President and CEO of Virtual High School (VHS), pioneers of online learning for high school students and online course design for teachers. Under her management, VHS has grown from 28 member schools and 30 classes offered to over 650 member schools and 396 teachers in 33 states and 32 countries. She has served on the Board of Directors of the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL), Blackboard Idea Exchange Steering Committee, and DOME (Diversity and Outreach in Mathematics and Engineering) Foundation. She has served on the U.S. Department of Education National Online Education Policy Forum and the NCREL Blue Ribbon Panel for Online Education. Email or call 978-450-0411.

Suellen Reed is Vice President for Business Development for Ross, Sinclaire and Associates, a regional, full-service securities brokerage and investment banking firm dedicated to innovative strategies and superior client service. Suellen was Indiana’s longest-serving and first female chief state school officer. As the state’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, Suellen served as the CEO of the Indiana Department of Education, Chairperson of the State Board of Education and Co-Chair of Indiana’s Education Roundtable among other responsibilities. Suellen shaped major educational reform initiatives during her tenure as state superintendent, including Indiana’s well-regarded academic standards, student assessments and school accountability system. She has also traveled widely, visiting schools throughout the world in an effort to expand international connections and educational opportunities. Prior to becoming state superintendent, Suellen served as a teacher at the elementary, middle and high school levels, assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent and local superintendent

Barbara Stein spent most of her career working on public policy at the 3.2 million member National Education Association. She managed technology partnerships and policies, as well as K-12 online learning issues and 21st Century learning initiatives and policies. She also served on the boards of both NCTET and COSN. Barbara continues to work as a consultant in Washington D.C. on education policy, particularly in areas around 21st century learning. She received the NCTET Lifetime Achievement Award at its inaugural ball in 2009.

Robert Tinker has, for thirty-five years, pioneered innovative approaches to education that exploit the power of technology. In 1995, he started the nonprofit Concord Consortium to focus on educational technologies. His group originated the idea of using sensors in student learning investigations, pioneered online collaborative student projects, and co-founded VHS. His current work involves supporting guided inquiry with open-ended tools. Bob earned his PhD in experimental low temperature physics from MIT and has taught college physics for ten years.