Human Potential
2024 Speakers
Scott Pulsipher
President, Western Governors University
Tal Goldhamer
Partner + Chief Learning Officer, EY
Candace Nicolls
Director of People, Abacus + Paddle Board Ventures
Michael Horn
Co-Founder + Lecturer, Clayton Christensen Institute + Harvard
Claire Fiddian-Green
President + Chief Executive Officer, Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation
Todd Rose
Chief Executive Officer, Populace
Jennifer Henderson
Founder + Chief Executive Officer, Tilt
Ryan Stowers
Executive Director, Charles Koch Foundation
Julie Wilmes
Apprenticeship Program Manager, Pinnacol Assurance
Antong Lucky
President + Master Trainer, Urban Specialists
Sean Segal
Co-Founder + Chief Executive Officer, Escalate
Lauren Trent
Chief Executive Officer, Advance EDU
Geoffrey Roche
Director of Workforce Development, Siemens Healthineers
Benny Boas
Chief Executive Officer, Upright Education
Beth Rudden
Chief Executive Officer, Bast AI
Maria Flynn
President + Chief Executive Officer, Jobs for the Future
Jandel Allen-Davis, MD
President + Chief Executive Officer, Craig Hospital
Steve Lee
Chief Executive Officer, SkillUp
Jonny Coreson
Founder + Chief Executive Officer, Worthi
Matt Sigelman
President, The Burning Glass Institute
Taylor McLemore
Chief Executive Officer + GP, Human Potential Capital
Parminder K. Jassal
Chief Executive Officer, Unmudl
Amanda Willard
Global Workforce Development Strategist, Amazon
Janel Highfill
AVP Workforce Development & Strategic Partnerships, Front Range Community College
Lou Pugliese
Education Entrepreneur, Board of Director, Advisor, and Investor
Doug Lepisto
Co-Director + Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Center for Principled Leadership and Business Strategy + Sleeping Giant Capital
Derrick McIver
Co-Director + Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Center for Principled Leadership and Business Strategy + Sleeping Giant Capital
Gary A. Officer
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, CWI Labs
George Vinton
Chief Executive Officer, Common Group
Ramona Schindelheim
Editor-in-Chief, WorkingNation
Christopher Parrish
Co-Founder + President of Partnerships, Podium Education
Matt Strauss
Founder + President, RiseKit
Keely Cat-Wells
Founder + Chief Executive Officer, Making Space
Liam Pisano
Managing Partner, EduLab Capital Partners
Mitchell Stevens
Professor of Education and Sociology, Stanford University
Niki DaSilva
Senior Director, Programs and Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Liz Eversoll
Chief Executive Officer, Career Highways
Kristen D. Fox
Chief Executive Officer, Business-Higher Education Forum
Doug Donovan
Chief Executive Officer, Interplay Learning
Ryan Craig
Managing Director, Achieve Partners
Tara Gilboa
Executive Director, Tech Talent Partnerships
Ross Wehner
Founder, World Leadership School
Haley Glover
Senior Director, The Aspen Institute
Colin Reynolds
Senior Education Designer, Education Design Lab
Damien Howard
Founder + Chief Executive Officer, Grant Wagner
Kyle Gunnels
Founder + CEO, SINA
Bjorn Billhardt
Chief Executive Officer, Abilitie
Chris Curran
Managing Partner + Founder, Tyton Partners
Josh Wright
Executive Vice President of Growth, Education & Government, Lightcast
Dr. Naomi Boyer
Senior Vice President Digital Transformation, Education Design Lab
Meaghan Sullivan
Executive Director, SyncUp Colorado
Patrick Rossol-Allison
AVP, Learning Enterprise, Arizona State University
Paul Fain
Journalist, Work Shift
Roy Spence
Founder, Make It Movement
Dr. Angela Jackson
Director, Future Forward Institute
Sienna Daniel
Co-Founder + President, Escalate
Dr. Shayna Cooke
Vice President of Human Capital, Dominion Payroll
David Becker
Chief Executive Officer, First Internet Bank
Byron Auguste
Co-founder + Chief Executive Officer, Opportunity@Work
Aneesh Raman
Chief Economic Opportunity Officer, LinkedIn
Ellie Bertani
President + Chief Executive Officer, GitLab Foundation
Amy Volz
Director of Workforce Innovation, Trane Technologies
Cyndi Court
Chief Executive Officer, TGR Foundation
Dani Johnson
Cofounder & Principal Analyst, RedThread Research
Alison Griffin
Forbes Contributor and Editor of Boundless Potential
Gemma Lenowitz
Program Director of Social Enterprise, Samvid Ventures
Dewaine Beard
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Dept of Veterans Affairs
Helen Young Hayes
Founder + Chief Executive Officer, ActivateWork
Hamoon Ekhtiari
Chief Executive Officer, FutureFit AI
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Managing Director, The Emes Project
Dr. Becky Takeda-Tinker
President, CSU Global
Janet Pope
Vice President Corporate Responsibility & Engagement, CapGemini
Eric Glustrom
Chief Executive Officer + Founder, Watson Institute
Beth Jacobs
President + Co-CEO, vChief
Deb Sinta
Senior Vice President Talent, Culture, and People, Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation
Michelle Armstrong
President, Ares Charitable Foundation
Kylie Parks
Director of Talent Pipeline Development, Arvada Chamber of Commerce
Chike Aguh
Executive Advisor at Accenture, Senior Advisor at the Project on Workforce at Harvard
Silas Dulan
Board of Directors, Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Center for Energy Workforce Development
Maura Pally
Executive Director, Blackstone Charitable Foundation
Kenzi Staab
Senior Analyst, Charles Koch Foundation
Martin Ritter
Chief Executive Officer, Stadler US
Wes Parham
Vice President of Public Affairs, Pinnacol Assurance
Jeffrey Nathanson
Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Catalysts
Andrea GrandPre
Director of Learning and Talent Development, Envision Healthcare
Michael Reynolds
Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition, Howard Brown Health
Virginie Raphael
Founder + Managing Partner, FullCircle
Chris Motley
Founder + Chief Executive Officer, Mentor Spaces
Jessi Johanson
VP of Sales, Tilt
Debbie Brown
President, Colorado Business Roundtable
Brett Waikart
Chief Executive Officer + Co-founder, Skillful.ly
Joe Thurman
Chief Executive Officer + Co-Founder, TalentBloom Healthcare
La Sheena Thompson
Owner, Embrace Consulting
Cristy Yeutter
Philanthropist and Volunteer
Donna Bungard
Sr. Accessibility Program Manager, Indeed
Dawn Karber
Director, SkillsFWD
Dr. Laura Demarse
Vice President for Future of Work, Charles Koch Foundation
Joe Wilkins
Senior Advisor, THEO Transformation Advisory
Corey Glover
People Operations Analyst, Varo Bank
Dr. Megan Workmon Larsen
Director Learning Experiences Design, Arizona State University
Jeff Bulanda
Vice President ASA Center for Career Navigation, Jobs For The Future
Amie Staudenmaier
Vice President People and Culture + CHRO, Craig Hospital
Stela Lupushor
Founder, Reframework
Adam Fein
Chief Digital Officer, University of North Texas
Lisa Schumacher
Director Education Strategies & Workforce Policy, McDonald’s Corporation
Renise Walker
Assistant Director of Systems Innovation, CWDC
Jessica Olsen
Vice President of Talent Acquisition, Global Medical Response
Dustin Zvonek
Mayor Pro Tem, Aurora City Council
Dr. Sandra Loughlin
Chief Learning Scientist, EPAM Systems
Kelly Anguiano
Program Director, Common Group
Kimberley Gregorie
Talent Transformation and Workforce Development Executive, Former JP Morgan Chase
Ali Slater
Head of Go-to-Market (US), FutureFit AI
Jenn Stredler
Managing Director, Common Group
Brian Aquart
Vice President Workforce & Community Education, Northwell Health
Rob Gifford
President, National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
Dave Wengel
Founder and CEO, SmartResume
