Conference keynote speakers announced

We are happy to announce the 2019 PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference keynote speakers!

Here’s the complete lineup of stellar keynote speakers for this year’s conference:

Opening keynotes: Robin Grey and Corey Mitchell 
New York entertainment attorney Robin Grey is the chief executive officer of Arts Empowers, a nonprofit advocating for meaningful arts education in public schools, especially for at-risk youth. She is the executive producer of the award-winning documentary Purple Dreams*.

Director, performer and teacher Corey Mitchell is the recipient of the 2015 inaugural Excellence in Theatre Education Tony Award and was one of the top 50 finalists for the 2017 Global Teacher Prize. Mitchell and his students in the Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte, NC, are the subject of the 2017 feature-length documentary Purple Dreams, which chronicles their journey to the main stage of the International Thespian Festival.

Thursday keynote: Dr. Adolph Brown

Dr. Adolph Brown is a leading innovator in business and education, and a Master Teacher. Ranked in the top 1% of world-class scholar teachers, Dr. Brown is president of the Business and Education Leadership Authority/Leadership & Learning Institute. He has authored several acclaimed books, including the education classic, Real Talk, on nurturing potential and excellence in young people.

Closing keynote: Dr. Amy Cuddy

Social psychologist, award-winning Harvard lecturer and best-selling author of Presence, Dr. Amy Cuddy is an expert on the behavioral science of power, presence, purpose and prejudice. She is a member of the Harvard Business School Executive Education Faculty and the author of New York Times bestseller, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges. Her 2012 TED Talk, “Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are,” has been viewed more than 53 million times.

 

For more information on our speakers, visit: https://www.paschoolleaders.org/speakers/