SPN 2025

Connecting policy leaders, education reform advocates and scholars who are empowering families and fostering innovation in education systems in New York, Illinois, New Jersey, California, Connecticut and other Blue States. And advancing policies that break barriers to superior educational opportunities for children.

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August 25-28, 2025. Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (New Orleans, LA)

SPN 2024

Speakers

Paul Vallas

Policy Advisor, Illinois Policy Institute

Darla M. Romfo

President and CEO, Children’s Scholarship Fund

Charles Mitchell

President & CEO, Commonwealth Foundation

Bartley Danielsen

Ph.D: Associate Professor of Finance and Real Estate

Jason Bedrick

Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation

Michael King

CEO, Massachusetts Family Institute

Peter Murphy

Senior Advisor, Invest in Education Foundation and Coalition

John Ketcham

Director of Cities Policy & Policy Fellow, Manhattan Institute

Lance Christensen

Vice President, Education Policy & Government Affairs, California Policy Center

Jennifer Daniels

Special Advisor, American Federation for Children, The Catholic Schools Project

Josh Dwyer

Former Policy & Government Affairs Director, Empower Illinois

Andrew Campanella

President and CEO, National School Choice Awareness Foundation

Isaac Morehouse

CEO, OpenEd

Rosemary Becchi

Founder, Jersey 1st

Robert Enlow

President & CEO, EdChoice

Greg Brock

Senior Advisor, Invest in Education Foundation and Coalition

Marty Lueken

Ph.D., Director of the Fiscal Research and Education Center, EdChoice

Shaka Mitchell

Senior Fellow, American Federation for Children

Kathryn Hickok

Executive Vice President of Cascade Policy Institute and Director of Cascade’s Children’s Scholarship Fund-Oregon program

Margaret (Macke) Raymond

Fellow, Hoover Institution

George Khalaf

Partner, First Day PR