Jen Wheeler
Director, teacher professional development programs & curriculum, Street Law, Inc

Jen Wheeler works on a variety of Street Law’s teacher professional development and curriculum projects. She heads up Street Law’s Deliberations program, which helps teachers master the use of deliberative discussion to build positive relationships across differences. Jen is an experienced educator and teacher trainer. She taught social studies for seven years in Baltimore City and directed curriculum development projects and teacher professional development programs at the Baltimore Urban Debate League. Jen has a Master's of Arts in Teaching, with a specialization in secondary education social studies, from Johns Hopkins University.

Kyair Butts
2019 Baltimore City Public Schools Teacher of the Year

James Rossi
Maryland Representative, Middle States Council for Social Studies

James Rossi is a seventh-grade social studies teacher and the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme Coordinator at Northern Middle School in Hagerstown, Maryland. This is Jim's twelfth year in the classroom. In addition to his work at Northern Middle School, he is active in a number of professional learning communities. He is a workshop presenter and site team visit member for the International Baccalaureate educator's network. In July of 2019, Jim was a co-presenter of a session at the IB Global Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. As a Ford's Theatre National Oratory Fellow, he has worked with teachers and students to develop the use of rhetoric and oratory in classrooms. He was the 2017 Ford's Theatre Teacher-in-Residence. Jim is also proud to serve as a Maryland representative on the Middle States Council for Social Studies Board of Directors. He was a 2011 Civil War Washington Teacher Fellow and a 2016 James Madison Legacy Project Fellow. In the spring of 2017, he was named a finalist for 2017-2018 Washington County Public Schools Teacher of the Year. He is currently finishing an M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction from Hood College in Frederick, MD.

Neha Singhal
High School Teacher, Montgomery County Public Schools

Neha Singhal is a high school teacher who has taught students in several courses: Government, IB Anthropology, U.S. History, Latin American Studies, and College/Career Development. She has conducted trainings for staff on culturally responsive pedagogy and is also a curriculum consultant for the county, providing a racial justice and anti-oppressive lens on Government and U.S. History materials. In addition, she taught various courses in Asian American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park and University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Prior to becoming an educator, Neha worked with La Union del Pueblo Entero, a grassroots immigrant justice organization at the Texas-Mexico border, where she supported organizing efforts to fight for neighborhood development, immigration reform legislation, and workers rights.

Alec Livieratos
Social Studies Institutional Team Leader, Hammond High School, Howard County Public Schools

Alec Livieratos is in his 15th year of teaching at Hammond High School in Columbia, Maryland. He graduated manga cum laude from Towson University with bachelor’s of science in social studies with a focus in education. He went on to earn a master's in political science from American Military University. For the last nine years, Alec has served as the Social Studies Instructional Team Leader at Hammond High. In 2018, Alec was part of Street Law's inaugural New Perspectives: Deep Understanding Through Deliberation fellowship program.

Nethalie Don
Student, John F. Kennedy High School

Hi, my name is Nethalie Don, and I am a senior at John F. Kennedy High School.

Cam Thigpen
Student, John F. Kennedy High School

Hello, My name is Cam Thigpen. I am a graduating senior at John F. Kennedy and I am honored to be attending the summit. As a Montgomery county student, I love being a contributing member of my community and meetings like these give me that opportunity.