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President and CEO of Sabre Corporation, the leading technology provider to the airline, hotel and travel industries. The company emerged after a chance meeting between executives from IBM and American Airlines which led to the creation of the first electronic ticketing system for airlines. Today, Sabre is a global company that processes over $450,000 in travel transactions per minute. This proud heritage lives on at Sabre today. I'm thrilled to be contributing to the evolution of this great brand!

Alejandro Zozaya-Gorostiza was recently named CEO of Apple Leisure Group, which consists of Apple Vacations®, the largest tour operator in the United States and the most important international tour operator in Mexico; Amstar® DMC, a destination management company offering a large range of transportation services, tours and excursions in popular destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean; AMResorts®, owner and operator of the luxury resort brands Zoëtry Wellness & Spa Resorts, Secrets, Breathless, Dreams, Now and Sunscape Resort & Spas, with resorts located in Mexico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Curaçao; and UVC (Unlimited Vacation Club), an elite vacation membership loyalty program.

James Maida is a President at Gaming Laboratories International and Principal Owner at Bulletproof and is based in Lakewood, New Jersey. He attended Rutgers University—Camden between 1987 and 1990, Lehigh University between 1981 and 1985, and Rutgers University between 1987 and 1990.

Jim Ryan is a Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer at Sony Interactive Entertainment and is based in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Chris Minnich assumed the role of executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in December 2012. Chris has worked at CCSSO since 2008, when he was hired to direct the Council’s standards program—the work that would later become the Common Core State Standards (Common Core). In 2009 he assumed the role of strategic initiative director of standards, assessment, and accountability, leading the development and adoption of the Common Core in 45 states. In 2010 Minnich became the senior membership director, serving as the lead contact for all 57 of CCSSO’s members. In the last two years Minnich has led the Council’s advocacy and communications teams in rallying states to collaboratively reform their standards and accountability systems. His efforts have been invaluable in advancing the national implementation of the Common Core and cultivating essential cooperation between states and the federal government to improve education for all students. Minnich has an extensive background in assessment and accountability work. In 2005–08 he held multiple positions at Harcourt (now Pearson), all focused on the advancement and improvement of assessments. Minnich led the development and deployment of a teacher-centered online portal focused on assessment education. As the director of test design and implementation at the Oregon Department of Education in 2003–05, Minnich led statewide online assessment implementation. Minnich holds a bachelor of science in political science from the University of Washington, Seattle, as well as a master of public policy from the University of Maryland, College Park. Minnich lives in Alexandria, VA, with his wife, Whitney, and his son, Carson.