David Sonnenschein

CEO, IQSONICS LLC / SING AND SPEAK 4 KIDS

Neuroscientist, clinical researcher, musician, filmmaker, sound designer, educator, and entrepreneur, David combines these experiences as Founder/CEO of iQsonics, developing audio for brain health and music games like “Sing and Speak 4 Kids” for children to enhance their cognitive, social and creative skills. Author of “Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema” and audio consultant for EA’s Mass Effect 3, Nickelodeon TV, and countless film productions, he has taught in dozens of universities and professional centers throughout the world. His musical career began as a symphony clarinetist, then adding jazz, world music, electronic creations and didgeridoo sound healing.

Shana Cohen

Associate Professor, UCSD Education Studies

Dr. Cohen’s research examines Mexican heritage families’ beliefs and experiences with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She is particularly interested in how parents’ beliefs about ASD causes, symptoms, and treatments shape parents’ educational decisions, childrearing goals, and parenting practices. She utilizes a sociocultural framework informed by the literature on cultural models of education and child socialization from typically developing Mexican immigrant families to inform her work. She has taught pre-service teachers in graduate and undergraduate courses focused on the characteristics, etiology, and identification of children with disabilities.

Alison Wishard Guerra

Associate Professor, UCSD Education Studies

Dr. Wishard Guerra’s expertise is in child development, early education and the development of dual language learners within the context of primary relationships with parents, teachers, and peers. Her research focuses on understanding heterogeneity within Latino, immigrant and dual language communities to identify patterns of caregiving and early education practices that promote positive outcomes for children and families. She applies her research to reduce disparities in early education associated with diversity in socioeconomic status, ethnicity, or home language, and to understand strengths and protective factors among dual language learners and their families, with in community-engaged research to transform early learning experiences for young linguistically diverse children and families.

Greg Wasmuth

Managing Partner, Touchpoint Strategies

Blending 30 years of experience in business, marketing and enterprise technology, Greg Wasmuth is a visionary leader who creates product experiences that harness the latest in AI, streamline operations and achieve sustainable growth. His consulting firm Touchpoint Strategies helps businesses implement AI automation systems to enhance customer experience and drive growth. He has worked with industry giants like Google, GM, Epsilon and Charles Schwab and contributed to combined revenues of $2.1B. Greg embodies the rare combination of visionary leadership and hands-on expertise that consistently drives collaborative breakthroughs.