Kim Strobel is a former teacher and curriculum director who has become an internationally known motivational speaker, dynamic powerhouse, and leading happiness coach. She inspires others to step into their power and live happier, less stressed lives. Drawing on positive psychology research, she teaches practical, science-backed strategies that help you achieve transformative results.

Kim's work demonstrates that prioritizing happiness is not just a feel-good concept--it's the key to unlocking peak performance, greater productivity, and meaningful shifts in both professional and personal lives.

Kim is a mother, wife, and dedicated runner. She's also a committed animal rescuer, having rescued 243 dogs.

Clay Smith is a self-taught developer and AI enthusiast. He is currently a Solutions Engineer for Google, where he supports K-12 school districts. He previously worked for the New York City Department of Education as the Deputy Director of Instruction Technology Development, where he supported the development and adoption of Google Workspace. Prior to that role, he supported schools in becoming more digitally accessible; A11y. 

Clay's passion is to solve efficiency problems at scale in education through programmatic solutions.

Pat Yongpradit is the Chief Academic Officer for Code.org, a non-profit dedicated to promoting computer science education, and lead of TeachAI, a global initiative to guide education leaders in rethinking education in an age of AI. His work has spanned curriculum and professional learning, school outreach, policy and government affairs, and international development. Before becoming a global voice for K-12 computer science and AI education, he taught for 13 years, inspiring students to create mobile games and apps for social causes and broadening participation in computer science among underrepresented groups. He was featured in the book, “American Teacher: Heroes in the Classroom,” and has been recognized as a Microsoft Worldwide Innovative Educator. He has earned certifications in biology, physics, math, health, and technology education. Although Pat currently spends most of his time in education policy conversations, he still finds ways to sneak into the classroom :)

Matt Miller has been infusing technology and innovative teaching methods into his classroom for more than 10 years. After trying to do the traditional "teach by the textbook" for a few years, he launched into a textbook-less path where learning activities were often custom-produced for his students as well as infused with technology. He likes the results a lot, and his students do too.

He has been recognized for excellence in teaching and technology integration. Matt is a Google Certified Innovator and Microsoft in Education Expert. He was named a 23-24 Top 100 Influencer in EdTech by EdTech Digest. He won the WTHI-TV Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching and was nominated for a Bammy Award for Secondary School Teacher of the Year in 2014.

Matt is the author of six books, including Ditch That Textbook, a book that encourages teachers to free their teaching and revolutionize their classrooms with mindsets, techniques and curriculum to serve today's learners. He also created the Ditch That Textbook blog (DitchThatTextbook.com) and regularly writes about educational technology and creative teaching. Thousands of educators subscribe to his blog, which has visitors from more than 100 countries.

Matt hasn't always been in education, though. Before becoming a teacher, he was a newspaper reporter and wrote for several Indiana daily newspapers, including the Indianapolis Star. He made the switch when he realized that his true passion was helping other writers with their writing, not doing the reporting himself. He returned to school and had a teaching job in eight months. The rest is history.