Presenter
Rushton Hurley is the executive director of Next Vista. He has taught at the high school and college level, been a school principal, worked with charter and traditional schools, and organized and run an online school. His graduate school background at Stanford includes exploring technology-enhanced learning through multi-media and speech recognition. Starting with his professional experiences and training, and adding having built connections to interested educators around the world, he is in a strong position to advance this project. Even better, the idea of helping students become more engaged in and confident with their learning is one that drives his passion and resources to make this project succeed. Give him a few minutes, and he'll convince you, too.
Corinne Takara is the executive director of Next Vista and the owner of Okada design. She is a mixed media artist and arts educator, creating large installation pieces for hospitals and private collections. Corinne teaches craft workshops at various museums in the San Francisco Bay Area.
