Our Advisory Board Members include:

• Sal Gerardo – Chairman, Value Spring Technology

  Sal is Senior Director of AI Innovation at Educate AI Magazine and also serves as Chairman of the Board at Value Spring Technology, where he has responsibility for the company’s strategic direction and communicating its distinctive value proposition to the market. Prior to founding ValueSpring, Mr. Gerardo was a senior managing director for EDS in their Business Process Outsourcing Division. He was also Technology Senior Vice President at American International Group (AIG). Earlier in his career, he built Amdahl Financial Services to a $150M business.

• Sandra Elliot – CEO, Touch Math

  Sandra is a Contributing Editor at Educate AI Magazine and also serves as Chief Academic Officer at Touch Math.

• Stephen Wakefield – EVP, Discovery Education

  Stephen is is executive vice president at Discovery Education. He is a proven, success-oriented communications and public affairs executive with more than 20 years of solid experience in the for-profit and nonprofit arenas. Mr. Wakefield is focused, innovative, and dynamic, with a keen ability to visualize success, develop solutions, and execute a plan. Esteemed by colleagues and clients as a consistent top performer, with a consultative style, and an exceptional communicator.

• Ross Romano – CEO September Strategies

  Ross is a Contributing Editor at Educate AI Magazine, and CEO at September Strategies. Mr. Romano is a consultant, advisor, performance coach, and podcast host who helps organizations and individuals define and communicate their unique vision, connecting it with strategic decisions that lead to meaningful impact. Ross is the founder and CEO of September Strategies, a consulting firm supporting businesses in the K-12 space, and co-founder of the BE Podcast Network, with 40+ shows focused on transformative change in formal and informal learning environments. Connect with him on LinkedIn, Twitter, or his website.

• Charlotte Andrist – CEO Nickel Communications

  Charlotte is the CEO Nickel Communications. As an established public relations practitioner, Charlotte brings more than 40 years of strategic marketing communications expertise to her clients. Charlotte has worked in both the agency and corporate worlds, creating successful national, regional and local public relations campaigns, promotions, special events and marketing communications programs. Specialties include: Media Relations, Social Media Outreach, Strategic Planning/Writing, Newsletter/Blog Development, Media Training, and Special Event Management.

• Denise Tayloe – CEO PRIVO

  Denise is the CEO of PRIVO. She is a recognized leader and authority in consent and identity management and a subject matter expert in minors’ online privacy, with 20+ years experience helping companies understand how to legally maintain youth customer relationships that meet their business objectives. Denise is a frequent invited speaker on children’s privacy issues at events across the globe. She co-founded Privacy Vaults Online, Inc. d/b/a PRIVO, in early 2001, inspired by the opportunities and challenges of implementing the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which became effective in 2000. Her vision for PRIVO is to help consumers manage their digital identities and to create a software driven service that would help companies effectively interact with and/or block children while in compliance with federal, state and international online privacy laws.

• Doug Cauthen – COO Learning Counsel

  Doug is the COO, Learning Counsel News Media & Research and Co-Founder, Knowstory.com. Doug is a skilled senior executive with over 21 years of experience in news media, software development and business operations. He is responsible for all human resources functions, sales and marketing oversight, financial and legal management. A masterful public speaker and motivator, Doug’s contributions go well beyond his main roles. Doug has led Learning Counsel to triple growth in readership, achieve renown with regional events for educators, and launch the Knowstory education ecosystem with ten patent claims in spatial-temporal AI.

• Christine Moses – CEO Buffalo Cloud Consulting

  Christine is the CEO at Buffalo Cloud Consulting. She is a coach, community builder, change manager, and facilitator who believes everyone should win. Christine brings people together to solve complex issues. As a facilitator and coach, she help people hear each other so they can find solutions to create thriving organizations. Christine worked with Fortune 100 corporations to help them connect with their local communities and has worked with the smallest non-profit organization to find its niche in its market.

• Angelo Biasi – CEO Solvably

  Angelo is an EdTech/WorkforceTech Leader/Founder/Coach who has committed most of his career to transforming teaching and learning on a global scale. He recently acquired the award-winning Solvably, a collaborative, creative problem-solving platform for lifelong learners. He released AI Centers of Excellence for K12, Higher Ed, and Corporate Talent to support “AI Literacy for ALL.” For more information, visit www.angelobiasi.com and www.solvably.com.

• Kevin Dougherty – Chief Strategy Officer, 806 Technologies

  Kevin is Chief Strategy Officer, 806 Technologies. He is a former public school educator (Principal & Teacher) – for17 years Texas/Massachusetts. Kevin is a visionary, strategic systems thinker. His specialties include EdTech, Software and Professional Learning Solutions, AR/VR, Sales, Networking, Management/Administration, Organizational Goal Setting/Planning, Hiring/Developing Staff, Curriculum/Instruction, Leadership training, Creative Marketing Strategies, Building Community, Leading Teams, and establishing collaborative partnerships with other organizations.

• Kiran Kodithala – CEO N2N

  Kiran is CEO at N2N. As CEO he takes an end-to-end approach to data integration for higher education. He is committed to overcoming the siloed information systems at campuses by creating a turnkey, reliable, and scalable API management platform. Kiran has spent the last two decades as a leader of higher education enterprise architecture, project management, and SaaS product development. He has built a team of higher EdTech veterans with over 200 combined years of experience addressing the unique challenges colleges and universities face.

• Ian Zhu – CEO SchoolJoy

  Ian is CEO of SchoolJoy. He is a passionate entrepreneur exploring the intersection of empathy, education, and technology.