An expanded lineup of speakers is now available for the fourth annual TEDxCharlottesville event “The Power of One,” taking place Friday, November 11 at the historic Paramount Theater in downtown Charlottesville. Recently announced speakers include U.S. Treasury Department Secretary Sarah Raskin, 2016 Olympian Meghan O’Leary, inventor and robotocist Paul Perrone, and Albemarle County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Pamela Moran.
This year’s focus on “The Power of One” will highlight the effect that one person, one idea, one decision, one election, one moment in time, and one shared idea can have to change the course of history or perhaps the direction of one person’s life.
“This year’s theme resonates deeply with us,” said Kelli Palmer, Director of Organizational Environment, Social and Governance at CFA Institute. “At CFA Institute, we know the Power of One: we equip our members with the credentialing, programs, conferences and publications they need to put our high ethical standards and analytical rigor into practice in their work with clients.”
CFA Institute is a not-for-profit, global association that sets standards for excellence among investment management professionals. Today, CFA Institute has 138,000 members in 151 countries and is based in Charlottesville, where it employs approximately 410 people.
More information on recently announced TEDxCharlottesville speakers:
- Sarah Raskin – U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary
U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin was nominated by President Barack Obama, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 12, 2014. The highest ranking woman in the history of the Treasury Department, Raskin arrived with wide-ranging financial experience, having served as a Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, Maryland’s Commissioner of Financial Regulation, Banking Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and in numerous leadership positions throughout the private sector. As Deputy Secretary, Raskin leads the broad range of policy and organizational matters in support of the Treasury Department’s mission. Her work in this regard promotes the conditions that enable economic growth and stability at home and abroad; strengthens national security by combating threats and protecting the integrity of the financial system; and leads the stewardship of the U.S. Government’s finances and resources.
- Meghan O’Leary – Elite Athlete and 2016 Olympian
Meghan O’Leary never joined the rowing team while she was a student-athlete at the University of Virginia from 2003 to 2008. She traded softballs for oars on a whim a couple of years after graduating. Now she’s a winner on the water and a 2016 Olympian. A two-sport student athlete at U.Va., O’Leary played volleyball and softball, and was a Jefferson Scholar with a double major in religious studies and sociology. She was a five-time member of the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll. Following graduation, O’Leary was a full-time staff member in production and programming for ESPN. In 2010, her career took a dramatic turn after she picked up an oar for the first time and discovered she loved rowing. By 2011, she joined the USRowing National Training Center in Princeton, N.J.; she earned a spot on two U.S. senior national teams in 2013 and the U.S. Olympic team in 2016. O’Leary was named the female athlete representative on the USRowing Board of Directors last year. - Paul Perrone – Inventor, roboticist and entrepreneur
Paul Perrone is an inventor and pioneer of software for self-driving cars and mobile robots. He’s both a roboticist and entrepreneur. His life’s journey brought him to historic Pentagon-backed races of self-driving vehicles in the Mojave Desert, work with rocker Neil Young to automate his 1959 Lincoln Continental electric vehicle conversion, creation of self-driving car rapid drop-in kits, and the construction of robots for both fun and commercial purposes based on his patented general purpose robotics operating system known as “MAX”. As the founder & CEO of Perrone Robotics, his passion and mission is to popularize robotics. - Dr. Pamela Moran – Albemarle County Public Schools Superintendent
Dr. Pamela Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. She oversees a division with an annual operating budget of $160 million, with more than 1,200 teachers educating over 13,600 students in 26 schools. During Dr. Moran’s tenure, Albemarle County Public Schools has become one of the top performing school divisions in the state with an on-time graduation rate of 93 percent. The performance of its students on Advanced Placement tests ranks the division in the top three percent of all school divisions in the U.S. and Canada, according to a recent report by the College Board. Dr. Moran has long had a commitment to providing broad-based and innovative learning opportunities for students, believing that excellence in multiple disciplines provides students with the skills essential to becoming successful as citizens, in the workforce, and in post-secondary education. Dr. Moran’s career in public education includes serving as a high school science teacher, central office science coordinator and staff developer, elementary school principal, director of instruction, assistant superintendent for instruction, and adjunct instructor in educational leadership for the University of Virginia’s Curry School and the School of Continuing Education. She graduated with a B.S. in Biology from Furman University and holds a Master’s and Doctoral degree from the University of Virginia. - Kelly Eplee – Executive Director, Building Goodness Foundation
Kelly Eplee has worked for more than 30 years combining grass-roots volunteerism with assistance programs for vulnerable populations, both in the U.S. and impoverished countries, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean. He joined the Building Goodness Foundation (BGF) as Executive Director in November 2009. His first order of business was to serve with volunteer-designers and builders in the nonprofit’s reconstruction efforts after the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Since that time BGF, in partnership with best-practice NGOs in Haiti, BGF has constructed 600 homes with the displaced and 8 community centers, clinics and schools. He is fluent in French, Haitian Creole, and Spanish and travels frequently to support BGF projects in Haiti and Central America. He lives with his family in the hills near Charlottesville, Virginia.
Additional speakers previously announced include:
- Monica O. Montgomery – Cultural Entrepreneur and Educator
- William J. Antholis – Director and CEO at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs
- Josef P. Rauschecker – Neuroscientist, Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics
- Mark Wingfield – Pastor, Author and Speaker
- Lulu Miller – Co-creator of NPR’s Invisibilia
- Bob Cafaro – Cellist
To make the TEDxCharlottesville event as accessible as possible, 200 complimentary tickets will be distributed to educational and non-profit groups in the community.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are on sale now and available at TEDxCharlottesville.com. General admission tickets are available for $88.00 (plus a $2.50 facility fee) and include: access to all speakers and experiences, a continental breakfast and complimentary lunch.
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