Meet The Full Lineup
Chike Aguh
Head of Innovation & Strategy, Kapor | Fmr. Chief Innovation Officer, US Dept. of Labor
New York ’06
Eshé P. Collins
Director at Southern Education Foundation and Member of the Atlanta City Council
Atlanta ’02
Nicholas Epley
John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Chicago
Yanely Espinal
Author | Educator | Director of Educational Outreach, Next Gen Personal Finance
New York '11
Steven Farr
Chief Learning Officer - Classrooms, Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future, Teach For All
RGV ’93
Christina Grant
Executive Director, Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University
New York ’03
Kaya Henderson
Executive Vice President and Executive Director, Center for Rising Generations at the Aspen Institute
New York ’92
Dr. Mahalia A. Hines
Educator | Retired Principal | Author | Speaker | Board President, Common Ground Foundation
Larisa Hovannisian
Founder & CEO, Armenia Education Initiative and Teach For Armenia | Co-Founder, Health For Armenia
Erica Jordan-Thomas
Author | Speaker | Podcast Host | Founder & CEO, 7-Figure Educator® Institute
North Carolina ’08
Kevin Kiley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 3rd district
Los Angeles ’07
Brent Maddin
Executive Director, Next Education Workforce, Arizona State University
Greater Baton Rouge ’99
Madeline Mavrogordato
Director of the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC) and Professor of Educational Administration and Policy, College of Education at M...
RGV '04
Kelvey Oeser
Deputy Commissioner of Educator and System Support, Texas Education Agency
Los Angeles ’01
MIchelle Rhee
Venture Partner, EO Ventures | Former Chancellor, Washington DC Public Schools
Baltimore ’92
Vanessa Rodriguez
Executive Vice President of Fellow Cultivation & Selection, Pahara Institute
New York ’95
Alex Sarlin
Global Edtech Lead, ASU/GSV Summit | Founder and CEO, Edtech Insiders | All Things Edtech
Liz Texeira
VP and Managing Director of the Experiential Learning Hub, Britebound
Greater New Orleans ‘10
TFA Talks Speakers
Aaron Brenner
Building Bridges, Opening Doors, Strengthening Minds - A TFA Alum's Testimonial on the Power of Dual Language
RGV ’95
Andrew McRae
Book Nook Author | TFA Talk: Purpose First: Why Educators Stay, Lead, and Change the World
Houston ’07
Andy Bobowski
We’ve Optimized for the Wrong Finish Line: What Changes When We Design for Career Launch, Economic Mobility, and the Lives Students Hope to Build
Memphis ’08
Ash Solar
One Day, Their Way: The Future of Education Belongs to the Communities that Build It
Houston ’03
Brian Malkin
From Corps Member to Founder: How My Time in The TFA Corps Built My Life's Work
Chicago ’13
Cassandra Bruington
The Most Powerful Person in a Child’s Education Isn’t in the School Building
Kansas City ’09
Chelsea Jeffery
From the Classroom to the Capitol: A Repeatable Model for Systems Change
Dallas-Fort Worth ’12
Diane D'Costa
School to Prison Pipeline Disrupted! Co-Designing Innovative Approaches to Student Accountability
Tulsa ’18
Heather Harding
The Greatest Stories Never Told: Pleading Our Case in Film & Television
North Carolina ’92
Jessica Biggs
From School-Level Change to System-Wide Change. How to Continue to Deepen Your Impact.
Bay Area ’06
Kinyette Henderson
Formation to Founding: How Beyoncé and Teach For America Shaped My Leadership
Greater New Orleans ’14
Martin Winchester
Book Nook Author | TFA Talk: Ten Rounds: How to Keep Fighting When the Work Gets Hard
RGV ’95
Philonda Grant
The Beautiful Intersection: Coaching, AI, and Leading with Our Dignity Intact
Houston ’05
Rachael Tutwiler Fortune
The Bridge Within: The Leadership We Need for the Future We Want
Jacksonville ’08
Shaun Murphy
The Attention Crisis: Helping Students Reclaim Focus in a Digitally Distracted World
Delaware ’09
Shawna Wells
Jerry Springer, Where's Waldo, and the WNBA: The Hidden Questions That Determine Our Impact
Las Vegas ’04