2015 KEYNOTE:  Dana Mortenson
Channel: The Global Education Conference Network
Date: 18/11/2015

Dana Mortenson
Co-Founder & Executive Director, World Savvy

Dana has dedicated her professional life to educating and engaging youth in community and world affairs, to close the global competence gap in American education. Her deep belief in the transformative power of global education to contribute to peace, justice and equity on a global scale led her to co-found World Savvy in 2002. She has since led the organization through extensive growth and expansion –reaching more than 405,000 students and 3,000 educators from three offices nationwide. Dana is a recognized expert in the field of global education, and serves as Advisor and Board member to a range of nonprofits focused on international education and youth development. She is a frequent speaker on the subject of global citizenship and social entrepreneurship. She is a 2011 Ashoka Fellow, recipient of the Jane Bagley Lehman Award for Public Advocacy (Tides Foundation) , and was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 Under 40 Progressive American Leaders in 2010. Dana holds a B.A. in International Relations from Connecticut College and a Masters in International Affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
http://www.worldsavvy.org This is a keynote presentation from the 2015 free, online Global Education Conference. Find out more at http://globaleducationconference.com