www.dashmedia.coEntrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe, Ed on the Edge covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape.Shai Reshef is the President of University of the People (UoPeople). Reshef has over 25 years of experience in the international education market. Reshef has been widely recognized for his work with UoPeople, including being awarded the 2023 Yidan Prize for Educational Development, referred to as the Nobel Prize for Education; an honorary doctorate from the Open University, named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business; awarded an Ashoka fellowship; joined UN-GAID as a High-level Adviser; granted an RSA Fellowship; selected by The Huffington Post as the Ultimate Game Changer in Education; nominated as one of Wired Magazine’s 50 People Changing the World; and selected as a Top Global Thinker by Foreign Policy Magazine.An expert on the intersection of education and technology, Reshef has spoken internationally at conferences, including DLD, TED, World Economic Forum, EG5 Conference, Google’s Higher Education Summit, ASU+GSV, SXSW, The Economist’s Annual Human Potential Summit, Financial Times’ Innovation Conference, and the Schools for Tomorrow Event for the New York Times. He has also lectured at Yale, Harvard, Stanford, and Oxford, among others. Reshef’s TED Talk and Nas Daily video about the University have over 30M views combined. Reshef holds an M.A. in Chinese Politics from the University of Michigan.Bio via University of the People

www.dashmedia.co Entrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe, Ed on the Edge covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape.Ronnie Screwvala is Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of upGrad Education. Ronnie’s first foray was Cable TV in India and for the first two years of that journey he found no takers and only advise was to treat it as a failed start up and move on, but with him staying at it he was credited with having pioneered Cable TV for all of India. Entrepreneurship is about finding and seizing opportunities and moving on from failures and Ronnie saw an opportunity in toothbrush manufacturing and after many setbacks went on to build one of the largest toothbrush operations in India. Ronnie went on to build a media and entertainment company - UTV, where post many pivots and four almost near bankruptcies and 15 years of focused work with strong co-founders and a large team, it scaled to a size spanning all aspects of Content and Platform and then he divested UTV to The Walt Disney Co in 2012. Newsweek termed him the Jack Warner of India, Esquire rated him one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century and Fortune as Asia’s 25 most powerful. he has authored 2 books : ‘Dream With Your Eyes Open’and ‘Skill It, Kill It’. Ronnie in his second innings decided to deepen his commitment to making India a better place through a focus on two of the largest sunrise sectors - Online Education & the not-for-profit rural / social space. He is Co-Founder & Chairman of upGrad which zeros in on the massive Online Education market and the fact that Learning for every working professional is now a lifelong commitment.Bio via ASU+GSV & Emeritus Summit

www.dashmedia.coEntrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe, Ed on the Edge covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape.John Katzman is the founder and CEO of Noodle. Prior to Noodle, he founded and ran 2U, which is also involved in online learning, and The Princeton Review, which helps students find, get into, and pay for higher ed.‍Katzman is the co-author of five books and has served as a director of several for- and non-profits, including Carnegie Learning, Renaissance Learning, the National Association of Independent Schools, the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, and the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools.

www.dashmedia.co Entrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe, Ed on the Edge covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape.Sanjeev Sanyal is currently a Member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’sEconomic Advisory Council (since 2022) with the rank of Secretary,Government of India. He was earlier the Principal Economic Adviser to theFinance Minister for five years till February 2022. He has also representedIndia on many international forums such as OECD and G7, and served as Co-Chair of the G20’s Framework Working Group. He was one of the keyarchitects of the G20’s Global Action Plan that kept the world economyfunctioning during the pandemic years.Since joining the government in early 2017, he was involved in many keyreforms For his contributions to public service, Sanjeev Sanyal was given theKPS Menon Memorial Award for 2023. The award is named after India’s firstforeign secretary.Prior to joining the government, he spent over two decades in internationalfinancial markets, and served as Chief Economist for South & South-EastAsia and later as Global Strategist and a Managing Director at DeutscheBankAn alumnus of Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University, Mr. Sanyallater attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He was awarded theEisenhower Fellowship in 2007 for his work on urban systems. In 2010 he wasnamed as Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in Davos. Hehas been a visiting professor/fellow of numerous institutions such as OxfordUniversity Royal Geographical Society (London), Institute of Policy Studies(Singapore , Jawaharlal Nehru University (Delhi). He also chairs the board ofadvisors of the Delhi School of Public Policy and Governance (DelhiUniversity and was a member of the Board of Advisors of the World CitiesSummit Singapore.Mr Sanyal is the author of a number of best-selling books includingRevolutionaries Land of the Seven Rivers, The Ocean of Churn, India in theAge of Ideas, The Incredible History of the Indian Ocean, Life Over TwoBeers Iconic Indians and the Indian Renaissance. He has also publishedaround two hundred and fifty articles and columns in leading national andinternational publications. His writings have received many awards includingthe Kalinga Book Award 2023, the Art Karat Award 2018, Skoch Award forEconomics 2023 and so on. His book Revolutionaries is currently beingconverted into an Amazon Prime series.Bio via sanjeevsanyal.com

www.dashmedia.co Entrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe, Ed on the Edge covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape.For more than 17 years, Dr. Justin H. Lonon has provided proven executive and strategic leadership for Dallas College, guiding the institution to fulfill its mission of “transforming lives and communities through higher education.” Following a unanimous vote by the Dallas College Board of Trustees in 2021, Lonon began serving as the college’s eighth chancellor in March 2022.Lonon previously served as executive vice chancellor, leveraging his institutional knowledge to provide intentional leadership to the finance, governmental relations, legal, board relations, social responsibility, facilities, human resources, innovation and technology, marketing and communications, safety and security, emergency management, institutional effectiveness, and strategic initiatives functional areas.Lonon served as a driving force in the consolidation of the 55-year-old Dallas County Community College District — and its seven colleges — into one Dallas College. The historic move helps to meet the needs of Dallas County students, improving their access to in-demand degrees and credentials.To help address the teacher shortage, Lonon provided oversight to the creation of Dallas College’s first four-year degree in Early Childhood Education — the first in the state of Texas at a community college. This has led to the launch of the state’s first Teacher Residency Program. The college launched a second bachelor’s degree in nursing in summer 2024.Lonon’s experience as a collaborative leader in higher education transcends the executive suite. He previously served as interim president of Dallas College’s Brookhaven Campus, overseeing the 13,000-plus students the campus welcomes each semester.Prior to joining Dallas College in 2005, Lonon worked in the private sector providing public affairs counsel to local and national companies and nonprofit organizations. Lonon began his career in Dallas at City Hall, serving as press secretary for the Mayor’s Office.Lonon serves on several national and local boards, including the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU); COMBASE, a national consortium of leading community colleges; the Austin-based United Ways of Texas; the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas’ Advancement Committee; the North Texas Crime Commission; the Dallas Father of the Year Awards, and Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC). He co-chairs the University of Maryland – Global Campus (UMGC) Doctoral Program Advisory Board and served as past chair of the Task Force on Higher Education Government Relations for the American Association of Community Colleges.The Arkansas native earned a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Missouri State University, a master’s degree in public administration from the University of North Texas and a doctorate in management from the University of Maryland – Global Campus.Bio via Dallas College

Ryan Craig, Managing Director at Achieve Partners and author of "Apprentice Nation", dives into the future of education and workforce alignment. He shares his journey from law to online learning, emphasizing the need for sustainable business models in education. Ryan tackles the disconnect between higher ed and the job market, spotlighting apprenticeships as vital pathways. He also explores how AI is transforming workforce expectations and the importance of skill-based training. Expect a mix of personal anecdotes and sharp insights!

www.dashmedia.coEntrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe, Ed on the Edge covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape.Jeb Bush is the 43rd governor of the state of Florida and served two terms from 1999 to 2007. Governor Bush maintains his passion for improving the quality of education for students across the country by serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ExcelinEd.Governor Bush was the third Republican elected as governor in Florida and the first in the state’s history to be reelected. During his two terms, Governor Bush championed major reform of government with the top priority of overhauling the state’s failing education system. Under his leadership, Florida established a bold accountability system in public schools and created the most ambitious school choice programs in the nation. Today, Florida remains a national leader in education and is one of the only states in the nation to significantly narrow the achievement gap.Governor Bush earned his bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. He has served as a Presidential Professor of Practice at University of Pennsylvania, a visiting professor and fellow at Harvard University as well as an executive professor at Texas A&M University. He has also been awarded several honorary doctorates from collegiate institutions across the country.Governor Bush has been recognized for his contributions to public policy by national organizations including the Manhattan Institute, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the Jack Kemp Foundation. Governor Bush has authored or co-authored three books, Profiles in Character; Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution; and Reply All: A Governor’s Story 1999-2007.Governor Bush is the son of former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush. He lives in Miami with his wife Columba, and they have three children and five grandchildren.Bio via ExcelinEd

www.dashmedia.coEntrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe, Ed on the Edge covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape.Dr. Chris Howard is the executive vice president and chief operating officer of ASU. Howard works closely with President Crow and the other executive vice presidents to coordinate enterprise-wide initiatives, technology, and advancement and oversee ASU Enterprise planning and strategy.He is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and earned a doctorate in politics as a Rhodes Scholar from the University of Oxford. He also has an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School, and in 2018, received the school's Alumni Achievement Award. In 2024, he received the inaugural Leadership Achievement Award from the U.S. Air Force Academy. Howard's service to his country began as a helicopter pilot, then as an intelligence officer, where he was assigned to the elite Joint Special Operations Command. He served in Afghanistan in the Air Force Reserve and was awarded the Bronze Star. Howard concluded his career as a Reserve Military Attaché to Liberia, Africa.As a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, Howard co-edited a report entitled 'Re-Engineering American Security: Cultivating Talent for Competitiveness'. Howard unveiled the report's key findings during the 2023 Aspen Security Forum, sharing a panel with former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.Previously, Howard served as the eighth president of Robert Morris University, a nationally ranked doctoral-granting university in suburban Pittsburgh.Before serving at RMU, Howard was President of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.Howard also served as vice president for Leadership & Strategic Initiatives at the University of Oklahoma. Previously, he worked in General Electric's Corporate Initiatives Group and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Corporate Associates Program. Howard served on the National Security Education Board, appointed by President Barack Obama.He is a trustee on the Harvard University Board of Overseers and also serves on the Board of Directors of AvalonBay Communities. Howard is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Young Presidents Organization, the Trilateral Commission, and Sigma Pi Phi, the oldest African-American fraternity in the United States.Howard won the Campbell Trophy, the nation’s highest academic award for a senior college football player. He also is a member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and a former member of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee.Howard is the founder and a trustee emeritus of the Impact Young Lives Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports South African youth. He is also a board member of The Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall and the Barrow Neurological Institute Foundation.His wife, Barbara Noble Howard, serves as an Arizona State University Fellow for nonprofit leadership. She also serves on several philanthropic boards and hails from South Africa. They have two adult sons, Cohen and Joshua.Bio via ASU

Jeanne Allen, founder and CEO of the Center for Education Reform, discusses her transformative journey in education advocacy. She highlights the evolution and public perception of charter schools while emphasizing the need for educational choice. Allen also shares insights on the YAS Prize, which promotes educational freedom for underserved communities. The conversation dives into the intersection of education and entrepreneurship, and the impact of innovative leaders like Linda McMahon, adding depth to the ongoing journey of education reform.

www.dashmedia.coEntrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe, Ed on the Edge covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape.Betsy DeVos is a leader, an innovator, a disruptor, and a champion for freedom. She is the nation’s leading advocate for education freedom for students of all ages, having served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Education from 2017-2021. For more than three decades, she has been tireless in her pursuit of public policy reforms that get government out of the way and allow all students the freedom, flexibility, resources and support they need to choose where, when and how they learn. Her advocacy has helped create new educational choices for K-12 students in more than 25 states and the District of Columbia and expanded post-high school education options for students and adult learners alike.Betsy is also an accomplished business leader. She served as Chairman of The Windquest Group, a privately held investment and management firm based in Michigan. She is the former chair of the American Federation for Children, The Philanthropy Roundtable, and the Michigan Republican Party. Betsy is a graduate of Calvin College and is married to entrepreneur, philanthropist and community activist Dick DeVos. Together, they have four children and thirteen grandchildren.Bio via betsydevos.com