Mark Milliron

The Presidents Forum is a non-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization of college and university presidents and chancellors committed to reinventing higher education for our diverse student population, traditional, non-traditional, and adult learners. We advance innovative change projects focusing on student-centric, upskilling, and life-long learning initiatives. These “change projects” serve the nation’s interest by ensuring our higher education system delivers an agile and skilled workforce ready for the knowledge economy of the 21st century. We share knowledge, best practices, and policy recommendations to support innovative practice and excellence in higher education. Committed to delivering the economic promise expected from higher education, the Presidents Forum engages and dialogues with leading education stakeholders and institutions, beyond its membership, to explore transformative education models.

We believe every student deserves an equal opportunity. We work to ensure support and resources for success are accessible by supporting the innovation and growth of ideas and strategies that increase the ability for low and moderate-income students to attain, afford, and complete postsecondary education.

Civitas Learning is an intelligent student success platform to equip your team with real-time insights and workflow solutions to support the entire student lifecycle, achieve equitable outcomes and build sustainable institutions today and tomorrow.

Global Online Academy is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to reimagine learning to empower students and educators to thrive in a globally networked society. Our student program of small, interactive online courses allows schools to expand what they can offer, helping students test their passions and interests in ways typically unavailable on a single campus. Our professional learning program offers courses and customized partnerships to educators and schools, bringing all we know about best practices in learning design, student-driven experiences, and innovation to brick-and-mortar schools. Join us: globalonlineacademy.org

The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), is an independent nonprofit whose mission is to improve the practice of continuous learning, collaboration, and change in the education sector. Established in 2002, ISKME conducts social science research, develops research-based innovations, and facilitates innovation that improves knowledge sharing in education. ISKME supports innovative teaching and learning practices throughout the globe, and is known for its pioneering open education initiatives. ISKME assists policy makers, foundations, and education institutions in designing, assessing, and bringing continuous improvement to education policies, programs, and practice. Launched in 2007, ISKME’s OER Commons is an award-winning comprehensive digital public library and collaboration platform built to ensure the adoption and continuous improvement of open educational resources (OER). With nearly two decades of research and practice around collaborative engagement and professional learning among communities of educators, we have also worked to grow effective consortia of states, districts, schools, higher education institutions, and partner organizations globally around transforming teaching and learning through open education. Our goal in open education is to shorten the time between now and when every person in the world has unlimited access to the highest quality, and most effective, teaching and learning resources available. Through its OER services, ISKME helps to accelerate, promote, support the creation, discovery and use of free and open educational resources across multiple platforms and languages. ISKME's annual event, Big Ideas Fest, is a three-day immersion into collaboration and design focused on change in K-20 education. It brings together stakeholders across K-20 education who work together in Action Collabs to design and prototype solutions to challenges in education, along with Rapid Fire talks by innovators in the space.

The Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU) is the unified statewide voice of Californias independent, nonprofit, WASC accredited colleges and universities for state and federal policy issues. AICCU offers research, consolidated purchasing, and professional development opportunities to member schools and provides information to counselors, students, and parents about private, non-profit education in California.

Championing Hispanic success in higher education, by: -promoting the development of member colleges and universities; -improving access to and the quality of post-secondary educational opportunities for Hispanic students; and -meeting the needs of business, industry and government through the development and sharing of resources, information and expertise.

The Presidents Forum is a non-profit 501(c)(3) membership organization of college and university presidents and chancellors committed to reinventing higher education for our diverse student population, traditional, non-traditional, and adult learners. We advance innovative change projects focusing on student-centric, upskilling, and life-long learning initiatives. These “change projects” serve the nation’s interest by ensuring our higher education system delivers an agile and skilled workforce ready for the knowledge economy of the 21st century. We share knowledge, best practices, and policy recommendations to support innovative practice and excellence in higher education. Committed to delivering the economic promise expected from higher education, the Presidents Forum engages and dialogues with leading education stakeholders and institutions, beyond its membership, to explore transformative education models.

EDC mobilizes business, government and civic leaders around an inclusive economic development strategy in order to connect data to decision making, maximize regional prosperity, enhance global competitiveness, and position San Diego effectively for investment and talent. As an independently funded nonprofit fueled by more than 160 companies and organizations, EDC works to attract, retain and expand companies and the talent pool across the region’s three traded economies: military, tourism and innovation. EDC has a staff of 20+, a board of directors and multiple committees that work to carry out the organization’s mission. EDC also manages World Trade Center San Diego, which drives EDCs and San Diegos international economic development agenda. Learn more: sandiegobusiness.org

We believe every student deserves an equal opportunity. We work to ensure support and resources for success are accessible by supporting the innovation and growth of ideas and strategies that increase the ability for low and moderate-income students to attain, afford, and complete postsecondary education.