
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

The Honorable Scott Bessent
79th United States Secretary of the Treasury

US Senator Marsha Blackburn
State of Tennessee

Janine and Jeff Yass
Founders, The Yass Prize

Jeanne Allen
Founder & CEO, The Center for Education Reform

Kirsten Baesler
Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education

Pat Brantley
CEO, Friendship Public Charter School

Anthony Brock
Co-founder & Head of School, Valiant Cross Academy

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

Jamie Candee
President & CEO, Edmentum

Laura Cassidy
Founder, Louisiana Key Academy Schools

Paul Clement
Clement & Murphy, Former US Solicitor General

Diana Diaz-Harrison
Founder, Arizona Autism Charter Schools

Paul Fain
Journalist & Co-founder, Work Shift

Mary Jo Fairhead
Founder & Director, Onward Learning

Mike Felton
Executive Director, St. George MSU

Steve Grubbs
CEO & Co-Founder, VictoryXR

Michael Gonzalez
Executive Director, Rural Schools Innovation Zone

Portia Green
Principal, Prichard Preparatory School

Vince Haley
Director, Domestic Policy Council

Dzana Homan
Head of Education, Outreach & Kids at PragerU

Randall Lane
Chief Content Officer, Forbes Media

Mike Long
Founder & CEO, SailFuture

Joe Liemandt
Founder, Trilogy Software Principal, Alpha School

Edna Martinson
Co-Founder, Boddle Learning

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

Nick Moore
Deputy Assistant Secretary, OCTAE

Ian Rowe
Senior Fellow, AEI & Founder, Vertex Partnership

Kate Eberle Walker
CEO, Presence

Tammy Wincup
CEO, Securly
