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
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
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
Scott Pulsipher
Aneesh Raman
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
Allison Scott
CEO, Kapor Foundation
Nirvi Shah
Executive Editor, The Hechinger Report
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