Anya Kamenetz

Anya Kamenetz is an education correspondent at NPR. She joined NPR in 2014, working as part of a new initiative to coordinate on-air and online coverage of learning. Since then the NPR Ed team has won a 2017 Edward R. Murrow Award for Innovation, and a 2015 National Award for Education Reporting. Kamenetz is the author of several books. Her next book is The Stolen Year; How COVID Changed Children's Lives, And Where We Go Now – a narrative journalism project forthcoming in 2022. Her previous books touched on screen time, student loans, innovations to address cost, quality, and access in higher education, and issues of assessment and excellence. Kamenetz covered technology, innovation, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship for five years as a staff writer for Fast Company magazine. She's contributed to The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Magazine and Slate, and appeared in documentaries shown on PBS and CNN.

Robin Koval

Robin Koval is CEO and President of Truth Initiative®, the national public health organization dedicated to achieving a culture where all young people reject smoking, vaping, and nicotine. An acclaimed leader in the advertising and marketing world, and New York Times best-selling author, Koval joined Truth Initiative in 2013. She’s led the successful re-launch of the award-winning and lifesaving truth® youth tobacco prevention campaign and expanded the organization’s world-class research, public education, youth activism, and digital cessation programs to also combat the youth e-cigarette epidemic.

David Grossman

David Grossman, MD, MPH, is interim senior vice president of social and community health for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. & Hospitals where he leads Kaiser Permanente’s social health strategy in partnership with the Permanente Medical Groups. Dr. Grossman leads efforts to advance a social health practice that connects members with social services, programs, and resources to alleviate food insecurity, social isolation and key social needs. He previously served as senior associate medical director for community health and external relations for Kaiser Permanente Washington. He was national senior medical director for community health for Kaiser Permanente. Dr. Grossman received his undergraduate degree in chemistry at UC Berkeley and medical degree at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Kim-Jamy Nguyen

Kim-Jamy is EVERFI’s Director of Texas District Partnerships and works closely with Texas’ largest school districts to build thoughtful partnerships and educate the Whole Child. Previously, Kim-Jamy taught abroad through Taiwan’s Ministry of Education and worked with college access and leadership development nonprofits such as The Posse Foundation. Following a fellowship at the Wharton School, she landed in the field of philanthropy working as a student researcher and summer associate with the Lipman Family Prize and the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change project. Her work life and personal life often intersect because of her passion for diversity and inclusion, social justice and social impact. She received a B.A. from University of Texas in Austin and a M.S.Ed. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Joshua Grant

Joshua Grant serves as the content coordinator for health and physical education at the West Virginia Department of Education. In this role, Joshua supports all districts in West Virginia where dozens of schools and thousands of students are already using the Vaping: Know the truth curriculum. Prior to joining the West Virginia Department of Education, Joshua served as an elementary school and middle school assistant principal. Prior to serving as an administrator, he served as a high school health education teacher. He also served as an elementary school and high school physical education teacher. Joshua has a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from Southern Connecticut State University and a Master of Education in Educational Leadership from Concord University.