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Chris Minnich is the Chief Executive Officer of NWEA. Before joining NWEA in January 2018, Chris held several key leadership roles in the education industry.

Cyndie leads strategic initiatives focused on forging stronger connections between assessment and instruction, working closely with the president. Most recently, Cyndie served as the College Board’s chief of assessment, where she oversaw all aspects of assessment development—including the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, PSAT 8/9, and ACCUPLACER programs—as well as research, psychometrics, and program leadership.  

Pedro A. Noguera is the Distinguished Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and Faculty Director for the Center for the Transformation of Schools at UCLA. He is a sociologist whose scholarship and research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions as well as by demographic trends in local, regional and global contexts. Dr.

Stuart Ablon, Ph.D. is Director of Think:Kids in the Department of Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) where he specialises in the treatment of explosive, inflexible, easily frustrated children and adolescents and their families. He is also Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. 

Ernesto is a gifted presenter and specialist specializing in Early Childhood and Early Literacy Development. He has had an impact on schools and children for over 20 years. He is a three-time Teacher of the Year award-winner, and was a certified Master Reading Teacher in the State of Texas. 

As an educator Ernesto worked extensively with children and teachers on best practices tied to Early Childhood Education and Early Literacy.