KELLY PALMER is on a mission to change the way the world learns. A well-known thought leader on learning, business, and career development, she is currently on the executive team of Degreed and was formerly the chief learning officer of LinkedIn. Prior to LinkedIn, Kelly was vice president of learning at Yahoo! and held executive positions in learning, M&A, and product development at Sun Microsystems. She speaks regularly at companies and business conferences around the world, has been featured in Big Think, Forbes, and Chief Learning Officer (CLO) magazine. Kelly has a bachelor of arts in English/communications and a master of science in adult learning and education technology. She lives in San Francisco, California.
DAVID BLAKE believes that learning is too important to stay the way it is and has spent his career innovating in higher education and lifelong learning. David is the Cofounder and Executive Chairman of Degreed. Prior to Degreed, he consulted on the launch of a competency-based university and was a founding-team member at university-admissions startup Zinch (acquired by Chegg NASDQ: CHGG). David was chosen as one of the top 25 EdTech Entrepreneurs for a lab created by Teach For America and NewSchools Venture Fund and hosted at the Stanford d.School. He is a sought-after expert on the topic of the future of learning and work, speaking at both companies such as Google, Deloitte, and Salesforce and at conferences globally.