Speakers

Kevin Stitt
Oklahoma Governor

David Holt
Oklahoma City Mayor

Greg Behrman
Founder and CEO
NationSwell

Krista Cupp
Executive Vice President of Partnerships and Events and Executive Director of the Heartland Summit
Heartland Forward

Maria Curi
Tech Policy Reporter
Axios

Madison Faulkner
Partner
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Stefanie Friedhoff
STAT Network Lead and Professor of the Practice
Brown University School of Public Health

Arielle Gurman
Head of Strategy
The BlackRock Foundation

Jennifer Hankins
Managing Director
Tulsa Innovation Labs

Jay Harrison
Founder and CEO
Xtremis

Senator Bart Hester
President Pro Tempore
Arkansas Senate

Maab Ibrahim
Head of Economic Opportunity, Americas
Google.org

Ali Jeffrey
Director, rootEd Arkansas
Heartland Forward

Eason Jordan
Senior Vice President, Connected Leaders
The Rockefeller Foundation

Derek Kilmer
Senior Vice President, U.S. Program and Policy
The Rockefeller Foundation

Dr. Marcie Mack
Executive Director
Enid Regional Development Alliance

Mike Malone
Board Member
Heartland Forward

Tim Maul
Director of Investor Relations
Balerion Space Ventures

Melanie McGuire
Economic Development Consultant
City of Perry

Noa Meyer
Partner and Chief Impact Officer; Board Chair
BDT & MSD Partners; rootEd Alliance

Secretary John Nash
Oklahoma Secretary for Military and Veterans Affairs; Managing Director
State of Oklahoma; Acorn Capital Management

Michelle Nunn
President and CEO
CARE

Todd Pauley
Director, State and Local Government Operations
The Boeing Company

Secretary Denise Reilly-Hughes
Secretary and State Chief Information Officer
State of Vermont

Cynthia Rollins
Special Projects
FreshRx Oklahoma

Warwick Sabin
President and CEO
Deep South Today

Taylor Shead
Founder and CEO
Stemuli

Debra Teufel
President and CEO
Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce

Elisabeth Z. Thao
Regenerative Farmer | Community Food Advocate
The Family Garden LLC

Shawnzia A. Thomas
State Chief Information Officer and Executive Director
Georgia Technology Authority

Dr. Marianna Wetherill
OU Culinary Medicine Program
Research Director

Tonya Witherspoon
Founder and CEO
MindScapes