Danae Howe holds bachelor’s degrees in Education and Music from the University of Washington, with a minor in Ethnic Studies, and a Master's in Educational Administration from George Washington University. She has served as Assistant Head of Middle School, Director of Diversity, Director of Innovative Curriculum, Dean of Student Voices, and Computer Science Department Chair in independent schools in Southern California and Washington state. Danae has taught music and computer science for over 20 years and has presented at the local and national level on social-emotional learning, 21st century skills, equity and inclusion, the multi-racial experience, affinity groups and diversity hiring. Danae blends the love she has for harmony with an appreciation of the intentional communication and problem solving that comes with computational thinking and engineering.

Mahtab Mahmoodzadeh holds a Master’s in Education and has been teaching and leading equity work in independent schools since 1996. She has taught in K-12 at all levels, and teaching and leading in anti-racist work as a classroom practitioner. She currently serves as a Director of Diversity, a senior role in her school which she has held for 6 years. She has a background in African American history and international relations and adaptive leadership for equity. She has worked in a variety of settings in her work, from strategic planning for equity and inclusion, hiring for diversity and cultural competency, to training and consulting with charter schools and school districts on equity and inclusion practices. Her work is in supporting individuals and institutions to develop their capacity to discern, address and eradicate systems of injustice that are often ingrained, pervasive, multifaceted, intricate, and thus more intractable as they operate in their schools. She operates to build capacity and to co-create culture for sustained and ongoing work in communities. Mahtab recently took her leadership to the national stage to design a multi-day professional learning experience for over 7000 educators as the co-chair for the 2019 People of Color Conference.

Mollie Page has more than 15 years of experience as an educator, instructional coach, and technology leader. Mollie’s instructional coaching background allows her to meet teachers where they are, facilitate engaging and personalized professional development and create lasting changes in teaching practices. She has more than 10 years of experience engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives including implementing and facilitating white anti-racist educator affinity groups, crafting strategic plans, and formalizing and training others on equitable and inclusive hiring practices. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science with a minor in Chemistry from Duke University, a master’s degree from Loyola Marymount University in Secondary Science Education and is a National Board Certified Teacher. Mollie started her teaching career with Teach for America and has taught in public and independent schools in California and Washington.