
Power of Innovation
Summit 2025
& Yass Prize Awards
The power of innovation
12.4.25 • Washington, d.c


Summit speakers
Meet the Leading Minds
on the Front Lines

Jeanne Allen
Founder & CEO, The Center for Education Reform

Keith Brooks
Founder & CEO of National Fellowship for Black and Latino Male Educators

Jamie Candee
President and CEO of Edmentum

Paul Clement
43rd United States Solicitor General

Diana Diaz-Harrison
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

Dzana Holman
Head of Education, Outreach & Kids at PragerU

Paul Fain
Journalist

Mary Jo Fairhead
Founder & Director of Onward Learning

Mike Felton
Executive Director of the Saint George Community Development Corporation

Michael Gonzalez
Executive Director of Rural Schools Innovation Zone

Portia Green
Principal of Prichard Preparatory School

Randall Lane
Chief Content Officer of Forbes Media

Joe Liemandt
Founder of Trilogy Software, ESW Capital, and Founder of Alpha Schools

Lisa Mcintyre-Hite
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer: C-BEN Solutions

Tammy Wincup
CEO, Securly from Rethink Education

Janine and Jeff Yass
Founders, The Yass Prize


