Past Presenters

(2021-2024)

Keynote Speakers

  • Dr. Kymyona Burk

    Senior Policy Fellow | ExcelinEd

  • Kelly Butler

    CEO | Barksdale Reading Institute

  • Kareem Weaver

    Co-Founder and Executive Director of FULCRUM

  • Natalie Wexler

    Author

Session Presenters

  • Dr. Kristi Baker

    ALL Memphis | Director of Curriculum and Instruction

  • Merissa Baldwin

    ELA Regional Coordinator | Journey Community Schools

  • Blake Barber

    Director of Academics, Southeast Region | TNTP

  • Dr. Mitchell Brookins

    Educational Consultant | Teacher PROs

  • Julie Brown, M.S.Ed 

    District Literacy Facilitator | Windsor Central Supervisory Union, Woodstock, Vermont

  • Lori Carter

    Interventions and Referrals Coordinator | Vision Preparatory Charter School

  • Margie Christie

    Instructional Coach | Memphis Teacher Residency

  • Kelsey Clark

    Managing Director and Partner | Boston Consulting Group

  • Dr. Lisa Coons

    Chief of Standards and Materials | TN Dept. of Education

  • Dr. Jessica Costa

    Director of Multilingual Learner Support | Instruction Partners

  • Caitlin Deckard

    Science of Reading Specialist | The Literacy Architects

  • Nicole De Santis

    Principal | Boston Consulting Group

  • Dr. LaShanda Simmons Fason

    Director of Early Literacy | Memphis Shelby County Schools

  • Dr. Antonio A. Fierro

    95 Percent Group

  • Josh Gettys

    Program Director | Diverse Learners Cooperative

  • Chrystal Hayes

    Kindergarten Teacher | Vision Preparatory Charter School

  • Dr. Erika Henderson

    Manager of Educational Partnerships | Collaborative Classroom

  • Dr. Tasha Hines

    Assistant Principal | Lakeside School District

  • Dr. Melinda Hirschmann, CALT

    Assistant Director for Educational Services and School Outreach | Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia, Middle Tennessee State University

  • Katava Johnson

    Program Director | Diverse Learners Cooperative

  • Mary Kamer

    Director of School Partnerships | Memphis Literacy Institute

  • Dr. Pam Kastner

    Educational Consultant | Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network

  • Dr. Laura Kelly

    Assistant Professor of Elementary Literacy | Rhodes College

  • Hattie Lattner

    First Grade Teacher and MTR Reading Specialist | Memphis Shelby County Schools

  • Abasi McKinzie

    ESL Instructional Advisor | Shelby County Schools

  • Katherine Mendez

    Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist and Clinical Faculty Member | University of Memphis, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders

  • Dr. Louisa Moats

    Researcher and Author

  • Sara Musashe

    Director of English Language Learners | Compass Community Schools

  • Jamila Newman

    Project Director | TNTP

  • Sonja Randall

    CEED Project Manager, LENA Coordinator, IMH Specialist, Professor

  • Dr. Deborah Reed

    Director & Professor | Tennessee Reading Research Center

  • Magda Sakaan

    ESL Instructional Advisor | Shelby County Schools

  • Dr. Megan Salemi

    Director of Education | Memphis Teacher Residency

  • Amy Siracusano, M.S.Ed

    National Literacy Consultant

  • Sherry Sousa

    Superintendent | Windsor Central Supervisory Union

  • Dr. Carolyn Strom

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Literacy | New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

  • Emily Taubken

    Director | Memphis Literacy Institute

  • Dr. Laura Taylor

    Assistant Professor of Educational Studies | Rhodes College

  • Seema Tejura

    Founder & Managing Director | The Literacy Architects

  • Sonya Thomas

    Executive Director | Nashville P.R.O.P.E.L.

  • April Torres

    Teacher Consultant, Dept. of Exceptional Children | Shelby County Schools

  • Valen Warner

    Content Specialist | Memphis Literacy Institute

  • Dr. Tracy White Weeden

    Neuhaus Education Center | President and CEO

  • Dr. Angela Whitelaw

    Deputy Superintendent of Schools and Academic Support | Memphis Shelby County Schools