Ep. 58 · Daniel Diermeier | Chancellor of Vanderbilt University

Ep. 58 · Daniel Diermeier | Chancellor of Vanderbilt University

www.dashmedia.co Entrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe, Ed on the Edge covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape. Daniel Diermeier is an internationally renowned political scientist, management scholar and visionary leader and has served as Vanderbilt University’s ninth chancellor since late 2019.  He has led major growth and innovation efforts, including expanding research funding, increasing financial aid, launching new campuses and programs, and strengthening Vanderbilt’s national and global reputation. Diermeier is also a prominent advocate for higher education reform, emphasizing institutional neutrality, civil discourse, and universities’ role in driving innovation, economic prosperity, and societal progress. Bio via vanderbilt.edu

Ep. 57 · John Fallon | Former CEO of Pearson & Author of Resurgent

www.dashmedia.co Entrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe, Ed on the Edge covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape. John Fallon served as CEO of Pearson PLC for eight years. He is now Professor of Practice at Northeastern University, an executive fellow at London Business School, and works with a range of public and private organizations on education technology and digital transformation. Bio via Bloomsbury

Ep. 56 · Andrew Grauer | Co-Founder & CEO of Learneo

www.dashmedia.co Entrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe, Ed on the Edge covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape. Andrew Grauer is the Cofounder and CEO of Learneo [https://www.learneo.com/], a platform of builder-driven productivity and learning businesses.  Learneo is on a mission to supercharge productivity and learning for everyone and currently comprises eight businesses, serving over 100 million monthly active users. In 2006, Andrew cofounded the first business in Learneo’s portfolio, Course Hero, an online learning platform for course-specific study resources. Andrew started the company while attending Cornell University and led the company for 16 years. Starting in 2020, Andrew expanded the company from one business to eight, and created the parent company, Learneo, in 2022. Andrew has been named one of Forbes 30 Under 30, he’s a 2022 Silicon Valley Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree and a Bay Area finalist of EY’s 2022 Entrepreneur Of The Year. Andrew holds a BA in Spanish from Cornell University. > Bio via ASU+GSV Summit [https://www.asugsvsummit.com/speakers/andrew-grauer]

Ep. 55 · Fernando Zulueta | President of Academica

www.dashmedia.co Entrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe, Ed on the Edge covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape. Fernando Zulueta is founder and CEO of Academica, an innovative global education organization. Academica serves more than 200 charter schools in 22 states. More than 3,000 schools in 33 countries offer Academica’s International Dual Diploma program. For 30 years, Mr. Zulueta has helped establish public charter schools. Academica schools rank among the nation’s best, recognized for many achievements. The US Department of Education has awarded them more than 20 National Blue Ribbons. He was inducted into the National Charter School Hall of Fame. He has served on the Board of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. He chaired Florida’s Charter School Review Panel. He is a co-founder of the Florida Consortium of Charter Schools. He is the founder of Doral College — an accredited four year non-profit college. Doral provides free dual enrollment and college acceleration. It has awarded thousands of concurrent college degrees to high school students.He has received awards for his work advancing the education of disadvantaged students. Academica schools reduce the income achievement gap. He presents at conferences on how charter schools disrupt the poverty cycle. Bio via Fernando Zulueta (LinkedIn)

Ep. 54 · Ian Rowe | Founder of Vertex Partnership Academies

www.dashmedia.co Entrepreneurs. Educators. Investors. Policymakers. Hosted by GSV Founder & CEO Michael Moe [https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmoe/], Ed on the Edge [https://www.dashmedia.co/t/ed-on-the-edge] covers the "who" and the "how" of driving change in the global education landscape. Ian Rowe is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on education and upward mobility, family formation, and adoption. Mr. Rowe is also the cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a network of virtues-based International Baccalaureate high schools inaugurated in the Bronx in 2022; the chairman of the board of Spence-Chapin, a nonprofit adoption services organization; and the cofounder of the National Summer School Initiative. He concurrently serves as a senior visiting fellow at the Woodson Center and a writer for the 1776 Unites Campaign. Mr. Rowe was CEO of Public Prep, a nonprofit network of public charter schools based in the South Bronx and Lower East Side of Manhattan, for a decade. Before joining Public Prep, he was deputy director of postsecondary success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, senior vice president of strategic partnerships and public affairs at MTV, director of strategy and performance measurement at the USA Freedom Corps office in the White House, and cofounder and president of Third Millennium Media. Mr. Rowe also joined Teach for America in its early days. He has been widely published in the popular press, including in the New York Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Examiner, and is often interviewed on talk radio programs. Following the publication of his book Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for All Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power [https://www.thefreeframework.com/] (Templeton Press, 2022), Mr. Rowe leads AEI’s FREE Initiative [https://www.aei.org/free/]. The FREE Initiative cultivates a deeper understanding of how family, religion, education, and entrepreneurship weave together a moral fabric that shapes children. Those insights have been shared with leaders around the country who can reinvigorate the crucial institutions that help develop agency in young people. Mr. Rowe has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was the first black editor-in-chief of the Harbus; a BS in computer science engineering from Cornell University; and a diploma in electrical engineering from Brooklyn Technical High School, one of New York City’s elite public schools, which specializes in science, technology, and mathematics. > Bio via AEI [https://www.aei.org/profile/ian-rowe/]