Eric LiuEric Liu is the founder and CEO of Citizen University and executive director of the Aspen Institute Citizenship and American Identity Program. He is the author of several books, including "You're More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen," "A Chinaman's Chance," "The Gardens of Democracy," and "The Accidental Asian." Eric served as a White House speechwriter and policy adviser for President Bill Clinton. He is a regular columnist for CNN.com and a correspondent for TheAtlantic.com.
Richard CasperRichard co-founded CreatiVets and currently serves as the Director of Programming. Richard served four years as an infantryman in the United States Marine Corps, with a combat deployment in Fallujah, Iraq. During his deployment, he was hit by four IEDs in just four short months, causing him to suffer from a traumatic brain injury. Upon returning home, Richard found it hard to adjust and suffered from PTS until he discovered the healing power of music and art. After experiencing firsthand the impact music and art had on his own recovery, Richard co-founded CreatiVets to help other veterans who are suffering.
Michelle R. Weise, PhDAs the SVP, Workforce Strategies, Strada Education Network & Chief Innovation Officer, Strada Institute for the Future of Work, Michelle leads the organization’s workforce alignment initiatives as well as innovation and thought leadership priorities. Highly active in and across the various networks of higher education policy, innovation, philanthropy, and institutions, Michelle is dedicated to connecting students to affordable educational pathways into and within the workforce that are validated by employers. She is a senior advisor for Entangled Solutions, serves on the Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as on the advisory board of Village Capital. She is a columnist for EdSurge and the former Chief Innovation Officer of Sandbox ColLABorative, the research and development lab of strategy and innovation at Southern New Hampshire University. She co-authored the book, Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce Revolution, with Clayton Christensen while serving as the Senior Research Fellow in higher education at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation.