Silicon Valley Meets Rural Iowa - Jefferson, Iowa 2018
R3 (Revive, Rebuild, Restore) National Kickoff Partnership with Silicon Valley in Jefferson, Iowa, on December 8, 2018. R3 invited a star studded list of executives from Silicon Valley to experience rural Iowa and learn how the Revive, Rebuild, Restore initiative plans to teach local youth the digital skills for the future that will allow them the option to stay in rural Iowa instead of feeling the need to leave the state. #Iowa #SiliconPrairie #Rural
The following is the list of speakers. Linc Kroeger - National Leader R3 (Revive.Rebuild.Restore) - Ro Khanna - U.S. Congressman California's District 17 - Chris Deal - Engineer, Farmer, Community Leader Kevin Scott - CTO of Microsoft - Chase Wilson - Director of Admissions at App Academy - AJ Whatling & Linsey Kitt - Jefferson Forge Employee and Jefferson H.S. Senior Tim Ritchie - President The Tech Museum of Innovation - Tim Christensen - Superintendent of Greene County Schools - Rob Denson - President Des Moines Area Community College - Dan Kinney - President Iowa Central Community College - Greg Huber - Biohub (consortium of Chan Zuckerberg, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco) - Beth Townsend - Director of Iowa Workforce Development and Agency Lead for Future Ready Alliance - - Madhu Chamarty - CEO of BeyondHQ - Greg Sands - Founder and Managing Director of Costanoa Ventures - Zachary Mannheimer - Principal Community Planner McClure Engineering Company - Mitch Mathews - Best selling author, Creator of the podcast DREAM THINK DO and founder of the BIG Dream Gathering - Allen Blue - Co-Founder LinkedIn & VP Product Management -
R3 - Pillar Technology - Jefferson Matters: Main Street - Greene County Development Corporation - Greene County Chamber - Greene County News - Bee & Herald - Jefferson Telecom -