☀️EP. 1: Jeanne Allen: Founder & CEO, CER and Michael Moe: Founder & CEO, GSV

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Jeanne Allen is Founder & CEO of the Center for Education Reform, the pioneer for expanding innovation and opportunity in education since 1993. In 2021, Jeanne co-created and launched the Yass Prize for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless Education, a $50 million initiative spanning four years, resulting in more than 14 million new and diverse learning opportunities for students. Today the STOP for Education Initiative works with Yass Prize alumni to transform education across the US. Jeanne began her education and policy career on Capitol Hill, served as a senior official in the U.S. Department of Education and has collaborated with numerous ed tech to expand the reach of innovative educational programs and services. She received her bachelors from Dickinson College and masters from the University of Pennsylvania. She played advisory roles in the creation of the Master’s in Education Entrepreneurship Program at UPenn and the StartED Accelerator. She is also a GSV OG. A frequent speaker and commentator in the press, Jeanne Allen is a contributor to Forbes, publishes a weekly newsletter on Substack entitled Forza and authored An Unfinished Journey: Education & the American Dream (2020). She has been widely recognized in and out of policy and political circles, including as one of Working Mother’s Most Powerful Moms in Education and with the Champion Award by the Black Alliance for Educational Options.

Michael Moe is the Founder and CEO of GSV, a growth-focused investment platform. GSV has invested in game-changing businesses such as Facebook, Twitter, Snap, Palantir and Spotify. GSV has several funds focused on the digital learning sector and has invested in Coursera, Chegg, Course Hero, Masterclass, and Guild Education. GSV stands for “Global Silicon Valley,” inspired by the entrepreneurial mindset of Silicon Valley spreading throughout the world. Michael is also the co-founder of the ASU+GSV Summit, which Forbes called “the Davos of Education.” Additionally, Michael is on the Board of the National Football Foundation and the College Football Hall of Fame, Center for Education Reform, ClassDojo, Bookclub, FatBrain, Hi Solutions, and is an advisor to Arizona State University. Before GSV, Michael was the Founder and CEO of ThinkEquity Partners, Head of Global Growth Research at Merrill Lynch, and was voted to be on the Institutional All American Research Team and named "Best on the Street" by the Wall Street Journal. Michael is the author of three books, “Finding the Next Starbucks”, “the Global Silicon Valley Handbook” and his most recent, “The Mission Corporation.” Michael holds a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Minnesota and is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst). He and his wife Bonnie live in Dallas, Texas where they moved to in 2021 after living in Silicon Valley for twenty-five years.