The Keynote on Speaking Engagement

Omar Garriott: Building a Thriving Innovation Ecosystem

37 min · 22 jun 2026
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Omar Garriott has spent 25 years orbiting education — Teach for America, college-access work, and tech roles at Apple, LinkedIn, Salesforce, and Qualtrics — before coming home to lead the Batten Institute at UVA's Darden School. In this Keynote, he argues that the old compact ("get the degree, get the job") has quietly broken, and that entrepreneurship — taught as a method, not a major — is how higher ed answers the moment. Listen to the full-length version on YouTube. (58 mins) [https://youtu.be/aGd4L7dsZ7Y] In this episode: Why higher ed's enrollment and ROI crisis is real, even at top-tier schools The durable, human skills that matter most as AI becomes table stakes Whether faster-moving organizations will beat universities to the future Why entrepreneurial alumni are among the most engaged — and how advancement teams keep treating them as donors instead of a community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe [https://www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

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Christine Cruzvergara has spent her career at the seams where higher ed, employers, and the workforce meet. After a decade leading career services at George Mason, GW, Georgetown, and Wellesley, she spent more than seven years as Chief Education Strategy Officer at Handshake, with a bird's-eye view across 1,600-plus institutions and millions of employers. In this Keynote, Christine and Ryan get into her long campaign to elevate career services to the cabinet table, why career readiness needs a leader even when it is everyone's job, and the concept she championed at Wellesley: a personal board of advisors, at least three alumni for every student. They also dig into the silos between advancement and career services, the young-alumni-donor overlap most shops miss, the ROI debate and economic mobility, and what AI is doing to entry-level work, including why relational intelligence matters more than ever. Watch the full-length version on YouTube (57 mins) For more Keynotes, and to join our Book Club and Agora, become a member at speakingengagement.org [http://speakingengagement.org]. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe [https://www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

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