CA Reads Annual Summit Speakers

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Don Austin

Superintendent

Palo Alto Unified

Katie Calamusa

TOSA

Central Elementary

Kristopher Childs

Chief Academics, Equity & Social Justice Officer

Open Up Resources

Lori DePole

Co-State Director

Decoding Dyslexia - CA

Jack Fletcher

Professor, Cullen Distinguished University Chair

University of Houston

Anji Gallanos

Director Elementary Literacy

Colorado Dept. of Education

Margaret Goldberg

Reading Specialist

Nystrom Elementary Schools

Ruth Green

California State

Board of Education (former)

Bio

Jeanne Jeup

Co-Founder and CEO

IMSE

Meredith Liben

Principal

Reading Done Right

Denise Morgan

President

3rd District PTA

Amy Nguyen-Hernandez

Superintendent

Central Elementary

Megan Potente

Co-State Director

Decoding Dyslexia - CA

Arun Ramanathan

CEO

Pivot Learning

Kimberly Bliss

Coordinator of Educational Services

Central Elementary

Kelly Carvajal Hageman

Chief Academic Officer

Milford School District (DE)

Jim Cummins

Professor Emeritus

University of Toronto

Sharon Dunn

MTSS Leadership

Consultant

Yolie Flores

CEO

Families In Schools

Bonnie Garcia

Statewide Literacy Co-Director

CA Dept. of Education

Claude Goldenberg

Professor Emeritus

Stanford University

Jessica Hamman

President

Glean Education

Kristen Koeller

President

The Reading League-CA

David Liben

Principal

Reading Done Right

Maria Murray

CEO

The Reading League

Tim Odegard

Professor, Chair of Excellence in Dyslexic Studies

Middle Tennessee State University

Carlen Powell

Admin. of Elementary Instruction

Los Angeles Unified

Bio

Troy Brown

County Superintendent

San Joaquin COE

Alberto Carvalho

Superintendent

Los Angeles Unified

Linda Darling-Hammond

President

CA State Board of Ed

Lillian Duran

Associate Professor

University of Oregon

Mary Hannah Gaddis

Director of Science of Reading

Marietta City Schools (GA)

Jordan Goines

Asst Superintendent

Goleta Union School District

Maya Valencia Goodall

Chief Strategy Officer

CORE Learning

Chris Ann Horsley

Sr. Director of Elem. Curriculum (retired)

Bonita Unified

Susan Lambert

Host

Science of Reading: The Podcast

Molly Moloney

Director

GO Public Schools

Gavin Newsom

Governor

State of California

Gary Payton II

Dyslexia Advocate, Player

Portland Trailblazers

Esther Quintero

Senior Fellow

Shanker Institute

California Reading Summit

Wednesday, November 2

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