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NYSDEN 2026 Speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about our distinguished keynote speaker, panelists, workshop leaders, and moderators. They bring an extraordinary breadth of lived, professional, academic, and practical experience to this year’s lineup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Army Armstead<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Executive Director,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emergent Works<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Paolo<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Paolo Balboa<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Chief Digital Equity Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NYC Office of Technology and Innovation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Michael<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Michael Baldino<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Director and General Counsel,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Massachusetts Broadband Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Eliot<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Eliot Cresswell<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Director of Strategic Initiatives,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workforce Development Institute (WDI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dennis Cronin<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Fifth Avenue Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Makeda N. Davis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Checkr<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LaiQuan Dubose<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Program Manager, Emergent Works<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Photo<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nell Eckersley<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Literacy Assistance Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"David<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

David Fischer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Principal,
Altior Policy Solutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"David<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

David Jones<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Founder and Executive Director,
Ikhodi – NYC Computer Lab Initiative<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Margaret<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Margaret Ka\u0308ufer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

President & Chief Visionary Officer,
The STEM Alliance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Katie<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Katie LaBonte<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

President,
New York Association for Continuing and Community Education (NYACCE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Sherazade<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sherazade Langlade<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Chief Executive Officer,
Workforce Professionals Training Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Catharine<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Catharine Morgan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Technical Advisor,
World Education, JSI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Priyanka<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Priyanka Sharma<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Director,
World Education, JSI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Jason<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jason Tomlinson<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Founder, Crowned Grooming LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Judith<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Judith Wines<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Manager, Adult and Outreach Services,
Upper Hudson Library System<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NYSDEN 2026 Speakers Learn more about our distinguished keynote speaker, panelists, workshop leaders, and moderators. They bring an extraordinary breadth of lived, professional, academic, and practical experience to this year’s lineup. Army Armstead Executive Director, Emergent Works Presenter Paolo Balboa Chief Digital Equity Officer NYC Office of Technology and Innovation Presenter Michael Baldino Director and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":818,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-935","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nysden.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nysden.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nysden.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nysden.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nysden.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/nysden.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1060,"href":"https:\/\/nysden.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/935\/revisions\/1060"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nysden.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nysden.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}