Michael Moe is the founder and CEO of GSV, a growth focused investment platform based in Silicon Valley. GSV has invested in companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Snap, Lyft and Spotify. GSV has several funds focused on the emerging education technology sector and has invested in Coursera, Chegg, Pluralsight, 2U and CourseHero. GSV stands for “Global Silicon Valley”, the Megatrend of innovation and entrepreneurship that has made Silicon Valley such a remarkable place, is spreading throughout the World.
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Sanjay Malkani is the Global President of Lab Solutions for LumiraDx, overseeing a team that is disrupting the Molecular Lab Testing industry with rapid lab reagent solutions. He is also a founder and Director of GenePace Laboratories in Indianapolis, and a Director of Omega Laboratories, with sites in the US and Canada. He brings over two decades of experience in leading and growing Global diagnostic businesses.
Philanthropic think tank Altru Virus Project will host the Invest in Schools Summit in Washington, DC August 3rd and 4th to ensure $170 billion in federal funds are fully leveraged. The goal of the Summit is to help US schools completely reopen and recover post COVID and to resist any future pandemic. Learn More Closed schools have had a devastating impact on communities around the world, with economically disadvantaged families bearing the greatest burden. This has further accelerated the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots. To address this challenge, the US federal government has allocated $170 billion to school…
Philanthropic think tank Altru Virus Project has commissioned a team at Yale University to assist in creating a comprehensive resource for organizations focused on the needs of schools K-12 schools. The Invest in Schools Summit August 3rd and 4th will be hosted in Washington, DC and produced in the form of an online White Paper which will be provided as an online resource. Updates will be provided in the monthly newsletter called K-12 Rebuild which will be distributed to school districts throughout the US / nationally. “There is a wide range of organizations seeking to support schools that deserve visibility said Brett Johnson, CEO of Altru Institute, which commissioned the research. “Collaboration and…
Allison Bajracharya, COO, COVIDCheck Colorado. Allison Bajracharya serves as a senior leader and strategic impact consultant helping community partners, school districts, and organizations translate big ideas into action. As the Chief Operating Officer of COVIDCheck Colorado, she led the growth of the organization’s COVID-19 testing operations to communities and school districts statewide, administering over 800,000 PCR tests in 10 months.
Eric Parrie is the CEO of COVIDCheck Colorado (COVIDCheck), a social benefit enterprise dedicated to enabling a safe return to community and the most proactive and equitable response to COVID-19 in the country. Under Eric’s leadership, COVIDCheck has become one of CDPHE’s lead community testing partners, administering over 800,000 tests and 300,000 vaccines in Colorado for 150+ schools and community organizations, while earning a patient promoter score above 90.
In 1987, Simon joined and eventually became CEO of a small consulting firm which specialized in indoor air quality. The firm grew to be a pioneer and leader in the field, helping commercial real estate owners and managers become leaders of their own in the field of indoor environmental performance.
Jeff Wagner has crafted a career where his passion for education and architecture are intrinsically linked. Introduced to the power of the built environment at an early age, he has striven to embody the architect as master builder. Attacking the challenge with an admirable restlessness, Jeff set out to acquire a vast array of skills required to be a good architect, a never-ending task he embraces to this day.