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Global Skills Week 2026
March 25, 2026

Global Skills Week 2026 Speakers

Leading voices from industry and higher education, powering the global skills economy.

Julie Peller
Founder and CEO, Peller Strategies
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Fotis Sotiropoulos
Executive Vice President and Provost, Penn State University
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Dr Christine Looser
Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, Minerva Project
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Dr Constance St. Germain
President, Capella University
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Adam Goldfarb
Executive Director and co-founder, Opportunity AI
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Tekla Moquin
Skills to Jobs, Americas and Asia-Pacific, Amazon Web Services
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Dr Paul W Thurman
Professor of Management and Analytics, Columbia University
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John Colborn
Executive Director, Apprenticeships for America
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Dr Donnell Butler
Founder and President, Prelude
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John Garcia
Executive Director of the Pathways Impact Fund, StriveTogether
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Rachel Lipson
Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
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Rosemary Lahasky
Head of US Government Relations, Pearson
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Lyman Missimer
Investor & Strategic M&A, Owl Ventures
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Michael D. Smith
President and CEO, Eckerd Connects
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Sergey Kouk
Co-Founder and CEO, Admit Master
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Joanna Regulska
Vice Provost and Dean, Global Affairs, University of California, Davis
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Dr P. Srirama Rao
Vice President for Research and Innovation, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Priscila Rodriguez
Senior Vice President, College Readiness Assessments, The College Board
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Stacy Caldwell
CEO, CredLens
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Clayton Lord
Senior Program Director, SHRM Foundation
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Dr Pamir Alpay
Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Connecticut
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Sulin Ba
Dean, Driehaus College of Business and Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, DePaul University
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Dr Kate Newell
Executive Dean of Academic Services, Savannah College of Art and Design
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Joel Pingel
Head of Central Midwest for State, Local, and Education, Google Public Sector
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Dr William Douglas Figg
Senior Investigator, Branch Chief and Associate Director, National Cancer Institute
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Valarie Kite
Executive Director of Assessment and Curriculum, Savannah College of Art and Design
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Samir Saber
Dean, Digital & Information Technology CoE and Executive Director, Workforce Technology, Houston City College
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Dr Kelvin Bentley
Director, Community of Practice on Microcredentials, National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH)
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Melissa Johnston
CEO, Lemnis
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Anshul Sonak
Head and Global Director, Intel Digital Readiness Programs
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H.E. Prof Ebrahim Al Hajri
President, Khalifa University
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Jason Peller
Program Development & Operations Director, National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
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Jourdan Hathaway
Chief Business Officer, General Assembly
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Dr István Imre
Executive Dean and Vice President, International Business University
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Lara Bach
Director, Work-Based Learning, Strada Education Foundation
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Pete Janzow
Global Enterprise Client & Partner Solutions, Pearson
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Dan Bartlett
Dean, School of Animation & Motion, Savannah College of Art and Design
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Clare Overmann
Chief Executive Officer, Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA)
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Steve Lee
CEO, SkillUp Coalition
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Megan Healy
Chief of Talent and Workforce Strategy, Virginia Economic Development Partnership
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Ashok Sarathy
Vice President, Product Management, Graduate Management Admission Council
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Stacy Palmer
Chief Executive, Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Dr Ngozi Taffe
Associate Vice President for Global Affairs, University of Connecticut (UConn)
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Sarah Mercado
Senior Manager of Workforce Development, American Welding Society
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Grace Williamson
Senior Director, Industry and Employer Relations, Knauss School of Business
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Kalpen Trivedi
Senior Vice Provost for Global Affairs, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Dr Dean Chang
Chief Innovation Officer, University of Maryland
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Dr Toby McChesney
Vice Provost for Graduate Programs, Santa Clara University
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Ken Eisner
Managing Director, Global Higher Education to Workforce and K-16 Skills, ETS
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Phillip Miller
CEO, Skillwell
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Katie Belous
Workforce Sector Strategies Administrator, Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity
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Paul A. Pavlou
Dean, University of Miami, Miami Herbert Business School
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Marc Gibson
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development, University of Tennessee
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Austin Bates
Gemini for Higher Education in North America, Google for Education
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Derek Eberhart
Associate Vice President for Research and Executive Director of Innovation Gateway, University of Georgia
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Beth Hollenberg
Chief Executive Officer, Everspring
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Corey Mohn
President and Executive Director, CAPS Network
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David Marchick
Dean, Kogod School of Business, American University
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Alvaro J. Muñiz
Director in the Office for International, Community, and Economic Engagement, APLU
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Larissa Bezo
President and Chief Executive Officer, CBIE
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Jeremy York
Founding Architect, Coursera Career Graph
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Jim Mourey
Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, DePaul University
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Chloe O’Sullivan
Principal, BCG
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Steve Taylor
Policy Director and Senior Fellow, Economic Mobility, Stand Together Trust
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Marco Serrato
Vice President, Arizona State University's Learning Enterprise
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Tim Taylor
Cofounder and President, America Succeeds
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Holly Curtis
Assistant Provost for Corporate Relations, Fordham University
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Juan Zavala
Partner, New Market Venture Partners
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Elissa Sangster
CEO, Forté Foundation
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Alejandro Caballero
Principal Education Specialist, IFC The World Bank Group
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Maura Pally
Executive Director, Blackstone Charitable Foundation
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Noah Sudow
Senior Vice President, Whiteboard Advisors
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Hilary Greenberg
Grantmaking Manager, Siegel Family Endowment
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Josh Richardson
President, Indiana Economic Development Corporation
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Prof Dr C. Raj Kumar
Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University
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Christine Murray
Managing Director, Associate Dean, McDonough Career Services
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Clare Bertrand
Executive Director of Career Strategy and Partnerships, The College Board
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Haley Glover
Senior Director, UpSkill America, Economic Opportunities Program
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Josh Connolly
Senior Manager U.S. Policy and Economic Graph, LinkedIn
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Meena Naik
Senior Director, JFF
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Jesus Gomez
Industry Lead - Public Sector, Google
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Dr Michelle Sisto
Associate Dean, EDHEC AI Center & Professor of AI and Decision Sciences, EDHEC Business School
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Kaustubh Dhavse
Strategic Advisor to Chief Minister - Investment and Infrastructure, CIDCO Maharashtra
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Randall Stamper
Associate Vice Chancellor for Career Education and Workforce Programs, Virginia Community College System
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Carolina González Tabares
EDTECH New Business Manager, ETB
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Gregg Levin
Founding CEO and Board Member, EnGen
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Amy Shackelford
Head of Education, CodeSignal
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Dr James Moore
Assistant Director, U.S. National Science Foundation
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Judy Goldstein
SVP & Managing Director, The Career Navigation Impact Hub, Britebound
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Dr Ala Saleh Alluhaidan
Dean of Development and Quality, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University
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Gary Hecht
Associate Dean of Professional Education Pathways, Gies College of Business
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Taylor Maag
Director of Workforce Policy, JFF
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Charu Malhotra
MD & Co-Founder, Primus Partners
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Dr Lisa Larson
CEO, Education Design Lab
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Dr Fanta Aw
Executive Director and CEO, NAFSA: Association of International Educators
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Benjamin Hescott
Senior Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Student Experience, Northeastern’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences
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Dr Jill Buban
Workforce Education and Online Learning Leader
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Jeff Young
Education Journalist
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Dr Asima Vezina
President and Vice-Chancellor, International Business University
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Kim Acker Lipp
President & CEO, Jobs for Maine's Graduates
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