Featured Speakers

Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Employers. Philanthropists. Activists. Entrepreneurs.

At Horizons, presented by JFF, we amplify voices from the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, bipartisan leaders, entrepreneurial innovators, established partners, and the learners and workers of today.

Featured Speakers

Michelle Armstrong

Managing Director, Ares Management Corporation & President, Ares Charitable Foundation

Byron Auguste

Cofounder and CEO, Opportunity@Work

Donnel Baird

Founder and CEO, BlocPower

 

Omari Booker

Omari Booker Artwork and Alumnus, Tennessee Higher Education Initiative

Camille Busette

Interim Vice President and Director of Governance Studies, Brookings Institution

Miguel Cardona

U.S. Secretary Of Education

Keely Cat-Wells

CEO, Making Space

Raj Chetty

Director, Opportunity Insights & William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics, Harvard University 

 

Kate Clifford

Chief Human Resources Officer, Accenture – North America

Ta-Nehisi Coates 

Award-Winning Author & Journalist

(Photo by Gabriella Demczuk)

Antonio Delgado

VP of Innovation and Technology Partnerships, Miami Dade College 

Arne Duncan

Managing Partner, Emerson Collective

Damien Dwin

Founder and CEO, Lafayette Square

Jean Eddy

President and CEO, American Student Assistance (ASA)

Maria Flynn

President and CEO, Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Wawa Gatheru 

Founder and Executive Director, Black Girl Environmentalist

Ruben Harris

Cofounder and CEO, Career Karma, Inc

José M. Hernández

University of California Regent & CEO and President, Tierra Luna Engineering, LLC

Meghan Hughes

Head of Workforce Development, Arts & Heritage, Bank of America

Cristina Jones

CEO, Black Girls Code

Edward Jones

Alumnus, Tennessee Prison College Coalition

Anne Kim

Contributing Editor, Washington Monthly & Author, Poverty for Profit

Ezra Klein

Columnist, New York Times & Podcast Host, The Ezra Klein Show & Author, "Why We're Polarized"

Julie Lammers

SVP of Advocacy & Corporate Social Responsibility, American Student Assistance (ASA)

Randall Lane

Editor and Chief Content Officer, Forbes

Earl Lewis

Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor, University of Michigan

Lydia Logan

VP of Global Education and Workforce Development, IBM

Tyra Mariani

Founder and Principal, UP Advisors LLC

Tressie McMillan Cottom

Professor, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill & Fellow, MacArthur Foundation & Opinion Columnist, New York Times

 

Vivienne Ming

Founder and CEO, The Human Trust & Chief Scientist, Dionysus Health & Chair, UC Berkeley Neurotech Collider Hub

Ted Mitchell

President, American Council on Education (ACE)

Wes Moore

Governor of Maryland

Muhsinah Morris

Director of Metaversity & Senior Assistant Professor of Education, Morehouse College

Sara Nelson

International President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO

Doug Parker

Retired Chairman and CEO, American Airlines & Founder and CEO, Breaking Down Barriers

Scott Pulsipher

President, Western Governors University

Shyla Raghav

Chief Climate Officer, TIME

 

Gina Raimondo

U.S. Secretary of Commerce 
 

Aneesh Raman

Chief Economic Opportunity Officer, LinkedIn 

Ayesha Rascoe

Host, Weekend Edition Sunday & Host, Up First

Richard Reeves

President, American Institute for Boys and Men

Rylin Rodgers

Disability Policy Advisor, Microsoft Accessibility

Gabriela Rosu

Dean of Instruction, Chandler-Gilbert Community College

Ahva Sadeghi

Cofounder and CEO, Symba

 

Allison Scott

CEO, Kapor Foundation

Nirvi Shah

Executive Editor, The Hechinger Report

Jim Shelton

President, Blue Meridian Partners

 

Rob Sherman

VP & Deputy Chief Privacy Officer, Policy at Meta

Michael Smith

CEO, AmeriCorps

Margaret Spellings

President and CEO, Bipartisan Policy Center

Maria Spies

Co-CEO, HolonIQ

David Steward

Founder and Chairman, World Wide Technology

Carrie Varoquiers

Chief Philanthropy Officer, Workday

Cat Ward

Vice President, Employer Mobilization, Jobs for the Future (JFF)

David Wilson

President, Morgan State University

Justin Worland

Senior Correspondent, TIME

Adam Wray

Founder and CEO, AstrumU

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Past Speakers

Erik Brynjolfsson

Erik Brynjolfsson

Abigail Disney

Abigail Disney

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Larry Hogan

Larry Hogan

Karin Kimbrough

Karin Kimbrough

Heather McGhee

Heather McGhee

Ellen McGirt

Ellen McGirt

Larry Miller

Larry Miller

Saket Soni

Saket Soni

Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher

Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson

Ali Velshi

Ali Velshi

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