Dr. Sally Beatty brings extensive experience in higher education and PK-12 to her role leading strategy and operations at Best in the World Teachers, where she has driven significant growth and serves as an inspiration to partners and employees. She speaks widely at conferences on education, talent, diversity, human performance, and organizational trends, and has taught organizational development at the graduate level plus undergraduate courses in strategy, entrepreneurship, and marketing. Sally earned her bachelor's, master's, and doctorate from The Ohio State University, studied a semester at the London School of Economics, and received a FLAS Fellowship for graduate research at Northwestern University. She served four years on her local school board and now serves as an elected member of the DuPage County Board of Education. Dr. Beatty has been an ed tech mentor at SXSW EDU, a judge for the SIIA CODIE Edtech Awards, and an Educause Next Generation Learning Award recipient.

Devidasa Kawal is a distinguished education executive with over a decade of strategic leadership, curriculum development, and educational technology expertise. Her academic background includes specialized training as a Montessori educator and a reading and writing specialist from Columbia University, as well as advanced studies at the Parsons New School Publishing Institute. In her professional career, Kawal has held significant leadership roles, such as Chief Operating Officer at the Help Us Grow Foundation and Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Tampa Museum of Art. Notably, she contributed to the museum’s Centennial campaign, helping raise over $120 million and spearheading board engagement initiatives. Kawal is recognized for her innovative approach to integrating AI-driven tools and adaptive learning solutions to optimize student learning outcomes, with a deep commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion through evidence-based strategies and the design of inclusive educational programs.