Clayton Taylor, MBA, is the Director of the Business and Finance Organizational Performance Office in the Office of the Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer at Arizona State University. His office consults with nine diverse Business and Finance operational areas to lower costs, improve operational efficiency and provide the highest quality customer experience to internal and external customers.
Kimberly A. Scott is a professor of women and gender studies in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University (ASU) and the founding executive director of ASU’s Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (CGEST). Founded by Professor Scott, the center is a one-of-a-kind research unit focused on exploring, identifying, and creating innovative scholarship about underrepresented women and girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Center projects include the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded COMPUGIRLS; U.S.
Philippos is the learning technologies manager in EdPlus at ASU. In August 2018, he led the launch of the first fully-online degree in the biological sciences powered by virtual simulations.
Nick Sabato, Director of Country Programs for the Education for Humanity initiative, leads ASU’s efforts in extending educational access to refugees, displaced and communities affected by displacement in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. He leads ASU’s operational efforts with the UN Refugee Agency, local humanitarian agency partners and government representatives in developing collaborative programs that prepare learners to meet their educational ambitions.
Topic: Innovation Collaboratory
The ASU Innovation Collaboratory is an incubator for enabling and catalyzing Universal Learning.
Jacob Moore, Associate Vice President of Tribal Relations
Office of Government & Community Engagement
Jacob Moore’s primary role is to develop, enhance, and sustain collaborative partnerships between Arizona State University and tribal nations and Indigenous communities. Jacob also works to increase the recruitment, retention, and the graduation rates of American Indian students and to increase the number of American Indian faculty, staff, and academic programs.
James develops a wide variety of architectural and planning solutions for a variety of customers and is a published author, instructor, NASA award recipient and patent holder.
Topic: Smart Regions: - Smart outcomes to improve lives and transform society
- Over 18 years’ experience working with diverse crowds of all sizes, ages, and backgrounds.
- Worked over 15 years in a zoo creating, leading, and maintain programs with students and volunteers.
- Experience in animal behavior and training with animals and people!
- Experience in creating and managing educational and charitable projects, writing programs for young children and their families, coordinating full weekend programs and itinerary, and coordinating programs and events for wounded warriors and their families.
- Experience in leading and mentoring a
Charles Kazilek has been involved in universal learning through several long-running programs. His STEM website, Ask A Biologist (askabiologist.asu.edu), has been running since 1997 and has had over 65 million K-Gray learners visit and use the website.
Dr. Minu Ipe is Vice Chair and Managing Director for Leadership and Institutional Design at Arizona State University. In these roles, Minu serves as an advisor to the President, working on multiple efforts that advance the design and culture of ASU. The core purpose of her current role is to develop an enterprise that is capable of continuous adaptation and is agile and sustainable as it designs itself well into the future.