2025 Maryland Digital Opportunity Summit - Speakers

Keynote

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  Nicol Turner Lee, Ph.D.

  Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution

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  Dr. Jinhee Kim

  Professor, Associate Dean, and Associate Director of the University of Maryland Extension

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  Brooke Lierman

  Comptroller of the State of Maryland

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  Ronnie Hammond

  Director, Maryland Office of Statewide Broadband

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PANELISTS

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  Aziz Hurtado Olson

  Tech Educator, University of Maryland Extension

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  Ashley Lane, LMSW

  Executive Director, Housing Authority of the City of Frostburg

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  Demetrius Goodwin

  Executive Director, NPower Maryland

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  Devin Jackson

  CEO & President, A Prosperous Tomorrow

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  Rev. Dr. Alfred Bailey II

  Minister of Mission and Outreach, New Psalmist Baptist Church

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  Kris Fair

  Maryland State Delegate (District 3) & Executive Director of the Frederick Center

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  Charlotte Davis

  Executive Director, Rural Maryland Council

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  Cheryl DeBerry

  Broadband and Energy Manager, Garrett County Government

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  Gretchen LeGrand

  Senior Program Manager for Digital Equity, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation

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  Kaori Hirakawa

  Chief Executive Officer, One Language LLC

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  Kenya Asli

  Director of Broadband and Digital Equity, Baltimore City Office of Information and Technology

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  Ken Oldham

  President & Chief Executive Officer, United Way of Frederick County

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  John Horrigan, Ph.D.

  Senior Fellow, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society

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  Mac McComas

  Senior Program Manager, Johns Hopkins’ 21st Century Cities Initiative

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  Ronnie Hammond

  Director, Office of Statewide Broadband

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  Shae Gardner

  Director of Policy & Research, LGBTQ Tech

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  Tsion Tesfaye

  Senior Research & Policy Manager, National Digital Inclusion Alliance

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  William Hegwood

  Lead Career Coach, Rapid Rehousing Vocational Program at Career Catchers, Inc.

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  Vishnupriya Desai

  Program Manager, Maryland Office of Statewide Broadband

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  Mike Knapp

  CEO and Co-Founder of SkillSmart

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  Isaias Tesfalidet

  Project Director, University of Maryland Extension Digital Literacy Program

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  Teri Mumm

  Digital Navigation Program Manager, University of Maryland Extension Digital Literacy Project

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  Mitsuko Herrera

  Program Director of Montgomery Connects, Montgomery County Government

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  Suja Joseph

  Director of Reemployment Programs, Maryland Department of Labor

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  Molly Sherman

  Executive Director, Carroll Technology & Innovation Council

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MODERATORS

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  Claudia Wilson Randall

  Executive Director, Community Development Network of Maryland

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  Dhanaraj Thakur, Ph.D.

  Research Director, Center for Democracy & Technology

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  Julie Slivka

  Communications Manager, University of Maryland Extension Digital Literacy Program

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  Liz Gabbitas

  Founder & Director, Libraries for Digital Equity

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  Lo Smith

  Executive Director, Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition

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  Marokey Sawo

  Research Associate, Urban Institute’s Center for Equity and Community Impact

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  Josh Bokee

  Executive Director and Founder of Connect for Broadband

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