Driving Real Impact with AI

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM CT

Location: Sheraton 4

Speaker(s)

Jeremy Nishihara (he/him/his)

Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and Information Systems
Sunnyvale School District
Sunnyvale, California
Jeremy Wickham, CETL

Executive Director of Technology and Operations
North Shore School District 112
Emily Dillard, CETL

Chief Information Officer
Alexandria City Public Schools
Alexandria, Virginia

Moderator(s)

Nate Kellogg, MA, Special Education (he/him/his)

Head of Revenue Operations
Playlab.ai
Union City, California

For Artificial Intelligence to positively affect learning and educational outcomes, school leaders need to be intentional about why they are using AI and what they hope to change. This approach includes: Having clarity about the context (the environment) in which they plan to use AI, the district (or school’s) approach to learning; how the AI apps are built and the ways in which success metrics are integrated into the apps themselves. These district leaders will share the lessons that they are learning in implementing AI and how they are driving measuring outcomes.

Speaker: Emily Dillard, CIO, Alexandria City SD;
Speaker: Jeremy Nishihara, Asst. Supe. of Human Resources & Information Systems, Sunnyvale SD;
Speaker: Jeremy Wickham, Exec.Director, Technology & Operations, North Shore SD;
Moderator: Nate Kellogg, Playlab.ai