Featured Speakers
Confirmed featured speakers at TGIF 2025:
Jerome Bettis
- Pro Football Hall of Famer, Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist
Jason Brown
- Henry Buhl, Jr., Director, Kamin Science Center & Vice President, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Michael Golden
- Vice Dean of Innovative Programs and Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
Sirisha Kuchimanchi
- Dr. Sirisha Kuchimanchi, Founder & CEO, Sahita Technologies
Soundar Kumara
- Allen, E., & Allen, M., Pearce Professor of Industrial Engineering & Co-Founder of Lightscline
Lance Lindauer
- Co-founder & Executive Director, Partnership to Advance Responsible Technology (PART)
Po-Shen Loh
- Carnegie Mellon Math Professor; Social Entrepreneur and Inventor; Former USA Math Olympiad Team Coach
Khalid Mumin
- Former PA Secretary of Education & Chief of Strategy, Education Partnerships and Global Development of MindUP | The Goldie Hawn Foundation
Ryan Newman
- Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Dominic Papa
- Director, Government Relations - Institute for Digital Inclusion Acceleration (IDIA)
Kostas Pelechrinis
- Associate Professor, School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh
Wayne Walters
- Superintendent of Pittsburgh Public Schools
