TLS Speaker

OD Harris is a successful entrepreneur and a proud Army veteran who continues to serve his community as a Councilman-at-Large in the city of Chandler; the fourth largest city in the state with over 279,000 residents, an asset portfolio of 1.5 Billion dollars, and one of the less than 30 cities in the nation maintaining […]

Dr. Kristina Henry Collins serves as program faculty for Talent Development and Associate Director for the Lyndon B. Johnson Institute for STEM Education and Research at Texas State University. She is the co-PI for NASA STEM Engagement and Educator Professional Development Collaborative (EPDC). She holds STEM degrees, certifications and formal training in quantitative research methods

Dr. Bishop graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Richmond and received her Bachelor of Arts, in English, from the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her teaching credential from the University of San Francisco where she was Student of the Year. She earned her Administrative Credential and Master of Science in Organizational Leadership

The Foundation of Change: Why I choose this Journey People see me today, and they probably wonder to themselves, “Ah, there’s the picture of black success, the exception to the rule. There is someone not defined by his circumstance; someone who hasn’t made excuses.”  As much as all of those statements might be true, I

DIRECTOR OF THE NYSTRAND CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATIONCLINICAL PROFESSOR, EDUCATION LEADERSHIP, EVALUATION AND ORGANIZATION (ELEOD) DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE Dr. Geneva A. Stark, servant leader, visionary, educator, achiever, collaborator, and a problem-solver. She is a native of New Orleans, La. that resides in Metro Louisville. She received her BS Degree from Xavier University

Superintendent Kathy Hoffman has spent her entire career working in public education, first as  a pre-school teacher and then as a speech therapist in Arizona’s public schools. As State  Superintendent, she oversees all of Arizona’s public schools and manages a department of  approximately 600 education professionals that work across the state.   Superintendent Hoffman’s vision for

Donna Y. Ford, PhD,  is a Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and Human Ecology the Ohio State University.  She is also a Faculty Affiliate with the Kirwan Institute and the Center for Latin American Studies. Professor Ford is in the Department of Educational Studies, the Special Education Program.​​ She was at Vanderbilt University

Shawn Hurt is an educational consultant and School Turnaround Principal. He has been a Turnaround Specialist since 2011, and have impacted the education of over 5,200 students during his career.  Shawn currently serves as principal of Inkster Preparatory Academy, which was selected as a Model School for 2017 by the International Center for Leadership in