We are pleased to announce Ellen Galinsky as our keynote speaker. As President of Families and Work Institute and the acclaimed author of The Breakthrough Years, Mind in the Making, and The Six Stages of Parenthood, she is one of the nation’s most respected voices on parenting, child development, work-life, and executive function. Her leadership and research have shaped how families, educators, and policymakers understand and support children and adolescents.

In addition to her role at Families and Work Institute, Galinsky is the elected Past President of the Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) and serves as a senior research advisor to AASA, the School Superintendents Association Organization. Her career includes serving as Chief Science Officer at the Bezos Family Foundation and on the faculty of Bank Street College. Her bestselling book Mind in the Making has been praised by the New York Times and PBS’s Judy Woodruff, and her newest work, The Breakthrough Years—based on nine years of original research—offers groundbreaking insights into adolescence. She was also a parent expert for Fred Rogers in his Mister Rogers Talks to Parents Television series.