2025 Gala
CEF Gala 2025
Date: September 10, 2025 (Wed)
Location: The National Press Club
Click Here for the 2025 Digital Gala Program
Remarks from the 2025 Gala:
CEF was honored to have three wonderful speakers deliver remarks at the 2025 Gala. You can find videos of their speeches below.
- Lisa Wells Harris, Former Attorney at the Department of Education
- Sophie Rodosky, PhD Student at Georgetown University
- Missy Testerman, 2024 National Teacher of the Year
Zach Curtis (NBPTS), Missy Testerman (2024 NTOY), Jessah Walker (CCSSO)
Sophie Rodosky (Georgetown U)
Lisa Wells Harris (Sligo Group), Sarah Abernathy (CEF)
Sarah Abernathy and budget book
Lisa Wells Harris (Sligo Group), Brodrick Clarke (NSLA)
Peter DeYoe (Harvard), Myrna Mandlawitz (CASE), Kenneth Polishchuk (APA)
Nicole Fuller and Della Cronin
NCCEP crowd
NAFIS
Myrna Mandlawitz and CASE
Missy Testerman (2024 NTOY)
Lucy C. and Rachel D. (Knowledge Alliance), Peter Zamora (CCSSO), Jonathan Elkin
2024 NTOY Missy Testerman, Jessah Walker (CCSSO)
2025 Gala banquet
2025 CEF VP Frank Ballmann (NASSGAP)
2025 CEF Treasurer Nicole Fuller (NCLD)
2025 CEF President Steve Voytek (Advance CTE)
2025 CEF Gala Committee co-chairs Kuna Tavalin and Zach Curtis
2025 CEF Board of Directors
ALAS guests
2025 Gala banquet 2
Lisa Wells Harris (Sligo Group)
Kuna Tavalin (SPS) and Stephanie Salvador and Kimberly Trinca (NEA)
Julie Feasel and Kathy McFarland (CoSN)
John Patrick Walsh (AASCU) and Olivia Lattanzi and Suzanne Vieth (NAICU)
Georgetown U students Sophie Rodosky and Anna Winter
Casey Mindlin (Scholastic), Kenneth Polishchuk (APA), Rachel Easter (AFP), Tara Thomas (AASA), Ally Talcott (AFP)
CASE crowd
CASE and CEC Advocates, ED Staff
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