Dr. Claire Brady discovered her passion for higher education as a first-generation college student and has spent the last 25 years turning that passion into transformative change for institutions and students alike. What began as her own college journey evolved into a career dedicated to making higher education more accessible, innovative, and human-centered.

These days, Claire wears a few different hats. She's the President of Glass Half Full Consulting, where she helps colleges and universities figure out this whole AI thing without losing their humanity in the process. She's also co-founder of the Association for Higher Education Consulting and Coaching (AHECC).

When she's not talking about AI or organizational change, you'll find Claire at home in Orlando with her husband Ben and their son. She loves travel, reading, and catching Broadway shows.

George Turner, Jr. was born in Inglewood, California and is a proud graduate of Morningside High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004 and a law degree also from UCLA. His career experience includes working as a public defender.

Phuc Tran is a writer, tattooer, and classicist. His memoir SIGH, GONE  (FLATIRON) won the 2020 New England Book Award for Nonfiction and the 2021 Maine Literary Award for Memoir. He has been a high school Latin teacher and a tattooer for over twenty years, for which he has won no awards. His TEDx talk “Grammar, Identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctive” was featured on NPR’s TED Radio Hour. He has a children’s book series in collaboration with bestselling illustrator Pete Oswald entitled CRANKY (HARPERCOLLINS). He is currently working on a novel that he is certain no one wants to read.

Tracy Lachica Buenavista (she/her) is a professor of Asian American Studies and member of the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership at California State University, Northridge. Dr. Buenavista was the co-principal investigator and co-founder of the CSUN DREAM Center, Asian American Studies Pathways Project, Ethnic Studies Education Pathways Project, and the Faculty of Color Wellness Collective; and was a member of the Project Rebound Community Advisory Committee. In her research she utilizes critical race theory to examine how race, (im)migration, and carcerality shape the educational access, retention, and experiences of People of Color. In her real life, she likes to run, (learn to) box, and spend time with her favorite person, Ika.