2026 Featured Speakers and Guests
Justin Aglio
- Associate Vice President, Penn State Outreach; Executive Director, Readiness Institute at Penn State
Greg Blair
- Vice President, Julius Education
Gary Brito
- General, U.S. Army (retired) and founder, The Brito Group, LLC
Brett Davis
- US Chief Innovation Officer, Deloitte
Grant Dull
- Executive Director, KeystoneREN
Rita Ferrandino
- Founding Principal, Arc Capital Development
Aaron Feuer
- CEO and Co-Founder, Panorama Education
Nathan Flood
- President and CEO, KINBER
Jen Gilburg
- Deputy Secretary of Technology and Entrepreneurship, PA Department of Community and Economic Development
Tonya Johnson
- Vice President, The Michael Ann & Saquon Barkley Hope Foundation
Karen Kim
- Dean, Penn State College of Medicine
Gary Liguori
- Albert and Suzanne Lord Endowed Chancellor, Penn State Abington
Anthony Matarazzo
- Head of Physical AI & Solutions, Synopsys
Patrick Mather
- Dean, Schreyer Honors College at Penn State
Thomas Murray
- Director of Innovation, Future Ready Schools, All4Ed
John New
- CEO/Founder, WorkMerk and 98 Octane
Rachael Pritzker
- Board Member, The Michael Ann & Saquon Barkley Hope Foundation
- CEO, Pritzker Law Group
Karen Quintos
- Retired, Chief Customer and Marketing Officer, Dell Technologies
Fotis Sotiropoulos
- Executive Vice President and Provost, Penn State University
Andrea Tapia
- Dean, College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State
Michael Wade Smith
- Senior Vice President for External Affairs and Chief of Staff, Penn State University
Tony Watlington
- Superintendent, School District of Philadelphia
Shane White
- Director, Compliance, Integra LifeSciences
Esther Wojcicki
- Journalist, Educator, and "Godmother of Silicon Valley"
Alain Xiong-Calmes
- Public Policy Manager, Airbnb
Dane Zdunowski
- President, Penn State Alumni Association Philadelphia Chapter
