WELCOME TO BOOST CONFERENCE!

Erika Bare, M.Ed.
Superintendent, Ashland School District, Ashland, OR

Tiffany Burns
Principal, Author, Ashland School District, Ashland, OR

Joshua Faden
President & Founder, Community of Teachers, Kensington, MD

Jodee Gibson, MA, PCC
Human Behavior Expert & Master Coach, Human Behavior Architects™, Novi, MI

Emmanuel Molin
Co-Founder, ForeFathers Enterprise, San Diego, CA

Emily Morgan
Moonshot Ohio Coordinator, Ohio Afterschool Network, West Chester, OH

Michele Palmer
Children’s Book Author/Parapro/Musician, Dirt Pixie Books, La Mesa, CA

Priya Parker
Facilitator, Strategic Advisor, Author, and Life-long Curious Student, Brooklyn, NY

Crystel Patterson
Author, "Inspired to Be...", Sacramento, CA

Glenn Singleton
Founder & President, Courageous Conversation®, Washington, D.C.

Marlena Uhrik, Ed.D.
Consultant, All Ways Learning, LLC, Mather, CA

Lynette White
Communications Consultant, Lynette White Social, LLC, Corona, CA

Dwayne Wiggins, Jr.
Motivational Coach, A Human. Being!, Philadelphia, PA

Audacious Wilson
Director of Programs, Girls Inc. of the Island City, Alameda, CA

Hamish Brewer
Award-Winning Educator and Principal, Author, International Speaker

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP
Founder of Center for Youth Wellness & Former Surgeon General of California

Dominique Smith, Ed.D.
Chief of Educational Services and Teacher Support, Health Sciences High and Middle College, San Diego, CA

Arik Armstead
Athlete, Humanitarian, Entrepreneur, Armstead Academic Project, San Francisco, CA

AnnMarie Baines
Founder and Executive Director, The Practice Space, El Cerrito, CA

Sheryl Evans Davis
Executive Director, San Francisco Human Rights Commission, San Francisco, CA

Dee Hankins
Inspirational Speaker, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Claudine James
NBCT Teacher and Community Liaison, #1 Educator on TikTok

Stu Semigran
President and Co-Founder, EduCare Foundation, Van Nuys, CA

Principal Wayman
CEO, Principal Wayman Consulting, Founder of CurrentlyTrending, Speaker and Author, Philadelphia, PA

Shawn Ginwright, Ph.D.
CEO, Flourish Agenda, Inc., Oakland, CA
Keynote Speaker

Pete Hall
President, Strive Success Solutions, Post Falls, ID

Jason Lindsey
STEM Certified Educator, Science Multimedia Journalist, Host, and Freelance Meteorologist, Hooked on Science, Paducah, KY

Dr. Bettina L. Love
Associate Professor of Educational Theory & Practice, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Keynote Speaker

Nathan Maynard
CEO, Behavior Flip and Restorative Group, Indianapolis, IN

Christian Moore
Founder/Author, WhyTry Organization, Provo, UT

Robert Murphy
President, Comprehensive Discipline Solutions, Fort Washington, MD

Rosa Perez-Isiah, Ed.D.
Director of Elementary, Equity, and Access, Speaker, Author, Consultant, Los Angeles, CA

Stu Semigran
President & Co-Founder, EduCare Foundation, Van Nuys, CA

Keren Taylor
Executive Director, WriteGirl, Los Angeles, CA

KishaLynn Elliott
Director, Program Evaluation and Restorative Practices Trainer, Monarch School, San Diego, CA

Dr. Andria "Andi" Fletcher
Consultant, Sacramento, CA

Justin McGlamery
Chief Locus Focuser, Focus Your Locus Teambuilding, Training & Development, Hartford, CT

Christian Moore
Founder, WhyTry Organization, Provo, UT

Stu Semigran
President & Co-Founder, EduCare, Van Nuys, CA

Dr. Kathleen Van Antwerp and Senta Greene
Co-Executive Director, Full Circle Consulting Systems, Inc., Ventura, CA

Dr. Bertice Berry
Sociologist, Award-winning Lecturer, Savannah, GA
Keynote Speaker

Dr. Shawn Ginwright
Founder & CEO, Flourish Agenda, Oakland, CA
Keynote Speaker

Jonathan Mooney
Author, Entrepreneur, Activist, Santa Monica, CA

Phil Brown
Lead Trainer, High 5 Adventure Learning Center, Brattleboro, VT

Matthew Emerzian
CEO/Founder/Author, Every Monday Matters, Burbank, CA

Bryan Stevenson
Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative
Keynote Speaker

Jodie Knowles
Artist/Coach/Advocate, Luminous Minds Project
Keynote Speaker

Laura Abrams
Professor of Social Welfare and Department Chair, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

Monica Burns
EdTech & Curriculum Consultant, Class Tech Tips, LLC

Merryl Goldberg
Professor, California State University San Marcos

Mark Gonzales
Futurist, Author, Poet, Senior Technologist, The Department of the Future

Christian Moore
Founder, WhyTry Organization

Erika Petrelli
Senior Vice President of Leadership Development

Shawnee Thornton Hardy
Founder, Asanas for Autism and Special Needs, ABLE Yoga, Yoga by Shawnee

Barbara Boxer
Former U.S. Senator
Keynote Speaker & OSTI Award Winner

Brenda CampbellJones
CampbellJones & Associates, Ellicott City, MD

Karen Riley
SCRAP Gallery

Matthew Farber
Ed.D, Teacher & Author

Kyle Wagner
Transform Educational Consulting

Erika Petrelli
Senior Vice President of Leadership Development

Alex Kajitani
Speaker, Writer, Teacher

Father Gregory Boyle
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
G-Dog and the Homeboys: Father Greg Boyle and the Gangs of East Los Angeles

Jennifer Powers and Mark Tucker
Oh, shift!
Oh, shift! for Teens

Monica Burns
Deeper Learning with QR Codes and Augmented Reality

Shawnee Thornton-Hardy
Asanas for Autism

Suzie Boss
Bringing Innovation to School

Christian Moore
The Resilience Breakthrough

Thomas Crane
The Heart of Coaching

Carolyn Hudman
Finding Funding for Youth Programs: Fund-Raising and Friend-Raising Secrets that Are Right Under Your Nose
What Wealthy Women Know: The Unspoken Rule and Everyday Investments of the Upper Class

Justin McGlamery
Focus Your Locus

Chris Ortiz
UBUNTU Activity Guide

Jennifer Powers and Mark Tucker
Oh, shift!
Oh, shift! for Teens

Shawnee Thornton Hardy
Asanas for Autism and Special Needs

Matthew Farber
Gamify Your Classroom: A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning

Martin Grunburg
The Habit Factor

Suzie Boss
Bringing Innovation to School: Empowering Students to Thrive in a Changing World
Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age

Simon Sinek
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Justin McGlamery
Focus Your Locus

Rich Keegan
Global Games for Diversity Education

Christopher Ortiz
UBUNTU Activity Guide

Thomas G. Crane
The Heart of Coaching

Mark Tucker
Oh, shift! for Teens

John Hunter
World Peace and Other Fourth Grade Achievements

Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD
Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined

Roberto Rivera
Youth Voice Nation

Alex Kajitani
Owning It: Proven Strategies for Success in ALL of Your Roles as a Teacher Today

Paul Tough
Bestselling Author of How Children Succeed, New York, NY

Jonathan Mooney
Author, Public Speaker, Different

Justin McGlamery
Coordinator of Adventure Education, University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, CT
Focus Your Locus

Christopher Emdin
Professor of Science Education, Columbia University, New York, NY
Urban Science Education for the Hip-Hop Generation

Darrell "Coach D" Andrews
Career-Life Coach, Speaker, Author, Darrell Andrews Enterprises, Bear, DE
Believing the Hype
The Purpose-Living Teen

Sir Ken Robinson
Educator, Writer, Activist, Los Angeles, CA
Out of Our Minds
The Element

Michelle Cummings
Founder, Training Wheels, Littleton, CA
Setting the Conflict Compass
Playing with a Full Deck
A Teachable Moment

Milton Chen
Senior Fellow and Executive Director, emeritus at The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), San Rafael, CA
Education Nation

JC Pohl
Co-Creator, Teen Truth Live, Los Angeles, CA
Teen Truth-Why Youth Have Something to Hide

Jonathan Kozol
Educator, Writer, Activist
Amazing Grace
Savage Inequalities

Taylor Mali
Educator, Poet, New York, NY
What Learning Leaves
The Last Time As We Are

Justin McGlamery
The Adventure Education Coordinator and Adjunct Faculty Member at Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT
Focus Your Locus: Activities that Focus the Power of Individuals and Groups

Scott Arizala
Founder and CEO of The Camp Counselor, Ann Arbor, MI
S’more Than Camp: A Guide for Camp Counselors and the Rest of the World About Kids, Camp, and Working with Each Other

Andi Fletcher Ph.D.
Consultant, Center for Collaborative Solutions, Sacramento, CA
Changing Lives, Saving Lives
CCS Afterschool Expand & Excel
Lessons in Leadership

Tim Scheidt
Vice President of Development for Action Math Group, Ltd, San Diego, CA
Fantasy Baseball: An Integrated Math Program

Nathan Eklund
Senior Education Consultant, Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN
How Was Your Day at School?

Matthew Emerzian
Co-Author and Co-Founder, Every Monday Matters, Los Angeles, CA
Every Monday Matters

Adora Svitak
Writer, Poet, Humanitarian, Redmond, WA
Flying Fingers
Dancing Fingers

Nathan Eklund
Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN
How Was Your Day at School?: Improving Dialogue about Teacher Job Satisfaction

Andre Lewis
Abutech, Memphis, TN
I Want to Fly
Alexander and Renee versus Dr. DeCay
I Want to be Saved
We Want Computers!
The Fitness Challenge

Dianna Cleveland
Playbooks, Inc., Reader's Theatre Author, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Mini, the Super Watermelon
Soccer Stars
Behind the Waterfall

Justin McGlamery
Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT
Focus Your Locus - Activities That Focus the Power of Individuals and Groups

Dr. Cathy Vatterott
University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Rethinking Homework - Best Practices That Support Diverse Needs

Matthew Emerzian
Every Monday Matters, Los Angeles, CA
Every Monday Matters, 52 Ways to Make a Difference

Yvonne and Rich Dutra-St. John
Challenge the Day and Be the Change Movement Founders, Concord, CA
Be The Hero You've Been Waiting For

Jonathan Mooney
Author, Public Speaker, Different, Santa Monica, CA
The Short Bus

Pedro Noguera, Ph.D.
New York, NY
The Trouble With Black Boys and Other Reflections on Race, Equity and the Future of Public Education

Dr. Andi Fletcher
Consultant, Center for Collaborative Solutions, Sacramento, CA
Lessons in Leadership

Douglas E. Luffborough III
Chief Managing Consultant, Turning the Hearts Center, San Diego, CA
Rising to the Top

Nathan Eklund
Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN
How Was Your Day at School?: Improving Dialogue about Teacher Job Satisfaction

Yvonne and Rich Dutra-St. John
Challenge the Day and Be the Change Movement Founders, Concord, CA
Be The Hero You've Been Waiting For