Aditi Goel brings over 20 years of nonprofit and education expertise to the work of solving critical problems around equity and opportunity. The unique multi-sector experience Aditi has from her leadership at Google where she designed + launched CodeNext, leading the education policy and program portfolio at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, WestEd, and as … Continue reading Aditi Goel

John Branam is the executive director of Get Schooled, a national nonprofit whose mission is to help young people – especially Black, Brown, first-gen and immigrants – get to college, find first jobs, and succeed in both through a unique blend of compelling digital content and personalized support. Founded in 2010, Get Schooled reached 12M+ … Continue reading John Branam

Melissa Connelly is the CEO of OneGoal, a national postsecondary access and success organization. Prior to becoming CEO, Melissa served as the organization’s first Chief Program Officer. In this role, she was responsible for executing the programmatic vision to ensure all students have an equitable opportunity to earn a postsecondary degree or credential. As a … Continue reading Melissa Connelly

Since its founding in 2004, Michele Siqueiros has been the driving force behind the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California based nonprofit policy advocacy and research organization committed to ensuring more students can go to college and succeed. The daughter of a seamstress who then became the first in her family to go to college, … Continue reading Michele Siqueiros

Throughout her career, Niamani has developed a reputation for her skill in connecting people and ideas. She joined AGAG in 2001 and has guided its evolution from an idea to a vibrant network, working in partnership with the Steering Committee, members, and other colleagues working at the intersection of philanthropy and Africa. Before joining AGAG … Continue reading Niamani Mutima

Noël Harmon is President and Executive Director of Asian Pacific Islander American Scholars, formerly, the Asian Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund. She joined the organization in June 2018. Harmon comes to APIA Scholars from Say Yes to Education, where she was Senior Vice President for Strategic Partnerships. Harmon has also held positions at the Brookings … Continue reading Noel Harmon

Founder of CoverPoint Partners, focused on providing support from capital to operations expertise in education-fintech. Experience includes 18 years as the Founder & CEO of Ceannate Corp and several companies in education loan servicing and collections, mental health, and other SaaS platforms including government improper payment error reduction. Portfolio companies include www.Meta.app, IonTuition.com and CoverCloud.com.

Sameer has been a leader in college access and success for over a decade. Most recently, Sameer was a Senior Program Officer at the Joyce Foundation, where he led the philanthropy’s efforts on higher education. His portfolio focused on addressing racial and economic disparities in college access, including improving the longstanding racial disparities in access … Continue reading Sameer Gadkaree

Sarita E. Brown is Co-founder & President of Excelencia in Education, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to accelerating Latino success in higher education by linking research, policy, and practice to serve Latino students. A recognized leader and advocate for equity in higher education, she began her career at the University of Texas at Austin, where … Continue reading Sarita Brown

Shareea is the director of the Texas College Access Network (TxCAN). TxCAN convenes Local College Access Networks to facilitate the rapid adoption of promising practices. It also serves as a data hub for college access programs by providing interactive FAFSA dashboards and other benchmarking tools. Prior to joining the Educate Texas team in 2018, Shareea … Continue reading Shareea Woods