Richard Culatta is an internationally recognized innovator and learning designer. As the CEO of ISTE+ASCD, Culatta is focused on supporting education changemakers to create equitable and engaging learning experiences for students around the world.

Prior to joining ISTE+ASCD, Culatta served as the Chief Innovation Officer for the state of Rhode Island. In this role, he led an initiative to make Rhode Island the first state to offer computer science in every K-12 school and created a state vision for personalized learning.

Culatta was appointed by President Obama as the Executive Director of the Office of Educational Technology for the US Department of Education. In that capacity, he led efforts to expand connectivity to schools across the country, promote personalized learning and develop the National Education Technology Plan. He also pioneered new opportunities for engagement between the Department, education leaders, and tech developers - including bringing top game designers from around the world to the White House to help re-think the design of assessments. Culatta also served as an education policy adviser to U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and a Resident Designer for the global design firm IDEO.

Richard's book Digital for Good: Raising Kids to Thrive in an Online World (HBR Press) uncovers the challenges with our current approaches to preparing young people to be effective humans in virtual spaces and presents a path to a healthier and more civil future digital world.

Culatta began his career in the classroom as a high school teacher and has coached educators and national leaders around the world on making learning more. He holds a bachelor's degree in Spanish teaching and a master's in educational psychology and technology, from Brigham Young University.

Richard Culatta es un innovador y diseñador de aprendizaje reconocido a nivel internacional. Como Director Ejecutivo de ISTE+ASCD, Culatta se enfoca en apoyar a agentes de cambio en educación para crear experiencias de aprendizaje equitativas y significativas para estudiantes de todo el mundo.

Victor Lee is an Associate Professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education and the faculty lead for the Stanford Accelerator for Learning’s AI and Education initiative. His research focuses on designing future-facing STEM learning experiences that promote data literacy, K–12 data science education, and AI literacy for both students and teachers. Through research-practice partnerships, Lee develops and refines learning environments in real-world settings such as schools and libraries.

He has contributed to multiple National Research Council reports and his work has been featured in major media outlets including The New York Times and CNN. A recipient of several prestigious awards, including the NSF CAREER Award and the Jan Hawkins Award, Lee is also an elected fellow and past president of the International Society of the Learning Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University and has authored influential books on learning technologies and education.