ASU+GSV Summit

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Colin Coggins, General Manager at Chegg Skills and Professor at USC; and Sam Hannani, Account Executive at Zoom.

The speakers explored how the implicit social contract between universities, employers, and individuals had been fundamentally shifting. For decades, employers had provided job security and career progression, employees had offered loyalty and performance, and universities had prepared talent for workforce entry. In the age of AI, that model was unraveling, leaving urgent questions about who now owned workforce transformation.

This cross-generational dialogue examined whether continuous upskilling had become the individual’s responsibility, what role skills providers should play in building scalable workforce systems, and how employers needed to redesign talent development as Gen Z became a growing share of the workforce. Panelists explored how the expectations, structures, and responsibilities surrounding work were being rewritten by rapid technological change.

At its core, this conversation focused on how employers, education providers, and individuals could ensure talent grew alongside technology rather than fell behind it. By examining the evolving responsibilities of each stakeholder, the session highlighted what the new social contract of work might require to create resilient, adaptive, and future-ready workforce systems in the AI era.

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Maggie Ruvoldt, Chief Human Resources Officer at LEARN Behavioral; Dan Macklin, President at Summer, PBC; and Mike Clementi, Chief Human Resources Officer at ChangeBridge People Solutions.

The speakers explored how student debt was no longer simply a personal finance issue, but a strategic workforce challenge. In this fireside chat, leaders examined how organizations were rethinking student loan benefits as part of broader talent, retention, and workforce strategies.

This conversation focused on how new tax-advantaged programs were enabling companies to transform student loan support into a cost-effective retention and engagement strategy. Drawing on large-scale deployments across enterprise and public sector institutions, panelists discussed what was working, what was not, and how organizations could design benefits that strengthened recruitment, improved retention, and enhanced long-term workforce resilience.

At its core, this session examined how student loan innovation could move from debt management to strategic differentiation—helping employers build stronger talent pipelines, increase employee loyalty, and create more competitive, future-ready workforce systems.

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Stephanie Tsales, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at InStride; Vicki Greene, Chief Growth Officer at Pace AI; Lisa Schumacher, Director of Education Strategies and Workforce Policy at McDonald’s Corporation; Raphael Rosenblatt, Chief Portfolio Officer at Workforce Edge; and Alex Swartsel, Associate Vice President at Jobs for the Future (JFF).

The speakers explored how AI was reshaping frontline work faster than any other part of the labor market, increasing the leverage, judgment, and impact of every frontline role while raising the stakes for how organizations designed and supported these jobs. They examined how, as routine tasks were automated and copilots became embedded in daily workflows, frontline roles were shifting from task-based positions to role-based careers that required continuous learning and growth.

This session focused on how organizations could enable real-time, workflow-embedded training; build modern vocational pathways that supported retention and progression; and put education benefits and mobility infrastructure in place so frontline roles did not become dead ends. Panelists examined how these shifts were redefining what frontline work looked like in 2026 and what employers needed to build immediately to ensure resilience, performance, and sustained opportunity.

At its core, this conversation explored how leaders could design AI-enabled frontline systems where human capability and machine intelligence worked together—creating more adaptive, future-ready roles while expanding career mobility and long-term workforce success.

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Candice Faktor, Co-CEO at Disco; Sanjay Srivastava, CEO at Vocareum; Josh Allen, Group Director of Walmart Academy Learning at Walmart; Karen Kocher, General Manager of Global Learning and Skilling at Microsoft; and Brandon Sammut, Chief People and AI Transformation Officer at Zapier.

The speakers explored how AI systems were now learning, adapting, and improving continuously—often faster than the workforce itself. They examined how, as people increasingly worked alongside intelligent systems they could not outpace, organizations needed to fundamentally rethink the foundations of learning, talent development, and workforce strategy.

This session focused on how AI-native platforms that dynamically mapped skills, personalized learning, and evolved in real time could help close the growing gap between human capability and system advancement. Panelists examined what organizations needed to redesign so humans and AI systems could grow in sync, rather than compete on unequal timelines.

The conversation highlighted how next-generation learning architectures could transform speed, adaptability, and human capability into lasting competitive advantage. At its core, this session examined how leaders could build systems where workforce development evolved as rapidly as technology itself—ensuring that organizations remained resilient, people remained relevant, and learning became a continuous engine for success in the AI agent era.

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Antoinette Banks, CEO and Founder at Expert IEP; Barry Finder, Vice President of Operations at Chegg; Nellie Tayloe Sanders, Former Oklahoma Secretary of Education; Toni Barton, CEO at E.L. Haynes; and Meredith Rosenberg, Partner and Co-Founder at NU Advisory Partners.

The speakers explored what it would mean to design education and workforce systems around learner variability instead of retrofitting support only after students fell behind. They examined how, for decades, support for learning differences had been siloed, reactive, and often cut off after high school, and how AI was challenging that model.

This conversation brought together leaders across K–12, research, and workforce innovation to discuss whether AI would be used to redesign systems for every learner or reinforce the inequities those systems were originally built on. Panelists examined how personalization and skills development at scale could transform support structures so that learner differences were addressed proactively rather than reactively.

At its core, this session focused on what needed to change to ensure support did not end at graduation and that opportunity truly extended from classroom to career. By rethinking learner variability as a lifelong design principle rather than a temporary intervention, the conversation highlighted how AI could help build more inclusive, adaptive, and equitable systems across education and workforce pathways.

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Auditi Chakravarty, CEO at AERDF; McKenzie Snow, Director at the Iowa Department of Education; Pedro Martinez, Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; and Sara Schapiro, Executive Director at the Alliance for Learning Innovation (ALI).

The speakers explored how leaders shaping the next chapter of education innovation were examining how federal and state policymakers could embrace a blueprint for the future of K–12 education R&D. They discussed what it would take to translate vision into real-world impact through responsive research and development systems, public–private partnerships, and student-centered innovations designed to work for every learner.

This session focused on how policymakers and ecosystem leaders could move from strategy to execution by building stronger infrastructures for innovation. Panelists examined how responsive R&D systems could accelerate meaningful progress, how collaboration across sectors could strengthen educational outcomes, and how policy frameworks could better support scalable, evidence-based innovation.

At its core, this conversation highlighted how the next era of K–12 R&D depended on turning blueprint into breakthrough—aligning policy, innovation, and partnerships to create more adaptive, effective, and equitable systems that delivered lasting impact for students.

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured John White, CEO at Great Minds; Lizzette Reynolds, Commissioner at the Tennessee Department of Education; Lance Evans, State Superintendent of Education at the Mississippi Department of Education; Ashley Andersen Zantop, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Cambium Learning Group; and Karen Vaites, Founder at Curriculum Insight Project.

The speakers explored how the Southern Surge story was often misunderstood, arguing that it was not simply about phonics or retention laws, but about the deeper system shifts that four Southern states had made around curriculum, coaching, and leadership. They examined what truly fueled the South’s historic gains in reading and why much of that success had been lost in translation as other states rushed to replicate it.

This conversation demystified the underlying drivers of the South’s literacy progress by unpacking how state leaders aligned instructional materials, strengthened educator support through coaching, and built leadership systems capable of sustaining large-scale change. Panelists discussed how these systemic shifts created durable improvements and offered lessons far beyond literacy alone.

At its core, this session explored what the Southern Surge revealed about how states could drive meaningful, large-scale improvement across education systems. By moving beyond surface-level policy replication and focusing on deeper structural transformation, the conversation highlighted how states could turn literacy gains into broader movements for sustained educational progress.

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Amy Loyd, CEO at All4Ed; Raghu Krishnaiah, Chief Operating Officer at University of Phoenix; Monique Perry-Graves, CEO at Road to Hire; Lisa Larson, CEO at Education Design Lab; and Kiersten Barnet, Executive Director at the New York Jobs CEO Council.

The speakers explored how talent lived within communities, but opportunity too often did not. They examined how local pipelines could be intentionally designed to connect residents to meaningful careers while strengthening regional economies and ensuring organizations remained deeply rooted in the communities they served.

This session brought together leaders shaping community-based talent pipelines to discuss how community programs, higher education partnerships, and AI-enabled workforce infrastructure were working together to bridge the gap between local talent and real economic opportunity. Panelists highlighted actionable strategies for building systems that connected residents to career pathways, expanded access, and supported both workforce mobility and regional resilience in a hybrid, post-COVID world.

The conversation focused on how organizations could “be where their feet are” by recentering community in workforce development strategy. By aligning education, technology, and local partnerships, this session explored how leaders could scale talent pipelines that delivered measurable impact while keeping community needs, inclusion, and long-term economic vitality at the center.

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Bonita Brown, Chancellor at Winston-Salem State University; Shawna Young, CEO at Camelback Ventures; Marc Barnes, PhD, Senior Vice President of Strategic Impact Fundraising at UNCF; and Barbara Logan-Smith, Chief of Experience and Belonging at Teach For America.

The speakers explored how transformative philanthropy was reshaping the education and opportunity landscape through historic unrestricted gifts and a growing belief that leaders and communities should have the flexibility to define what was needed most. They emphasized that while the gift itself was significant, the real work began in how organizations stewarded trust into measurable outcomes.

Moderated by Dr. Barbara Logan-Smith, this conversation examined how flexible capital could fuel innovation, inclusion, and access when paired with clear strategy, strong decision-making, and transparent guardrails that protected long-term institutional strength. Panelists discussed how leaders could move beyond the headlines of transformational giving to focus on the critical “after the call” moment—aligning boards and communities, investing in organizational capacity, and ensuring that philanthropic resources translated into durable opportunities.

Designed for funders, education leaders, and ecosystem builders, this session highlighted how effective stewardship of transformational giving required not only visionary investment, but also disciplined execution to create lasting benefits for students, institutions, and the communities they serve.

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Jon Ford, Head of State, Local and Education Market for Service Delivery, Cyber Security Solutions, and Election Cybersecurity at Google Public Sector.

The session explored how higher education institutions were facing unprecedented challenges, from operational pressures and enrollment concerns to rising data security threats and the growing demand for AI integration. Jon Ford examined how universities could respond by consolidating their technology stacks to do more with less while strengthening institutional resilience.

This conversation focused on how institutions could improve security, reduce costs, and save IT effort through more streamlined infrastructure. The session highlighted approaches for implementing zero-trust security models that reduced IT team workloads through automation and enhanced visibility, while also empowering security teams to rapidly detect, investigate, and respond to threats using AI-driven platforms.

Panelists explored methods for safeguarding sensitive student records and research assets through both cloud-based and air-gapped, on-premises tools. At its core, this session examined how agentic defense and AI-powered security strategies could help higher education institutions modernize their cybersecurity posture, protect critical systems, and build more secure, future-ready campuses.