Darcy Bullock is the Lyles Family Professor of Civil & Construction Engineering at Purdue University and serves as the director of the Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP).  He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont in 1987.  Bullock is a Registered Professional Engineer in Indiana and has over 35 years of experience working closely with academia, transportation agencies, and private sector partners in the area of transportation systems and big data analytics.  His team ingests approximately 17 billion connected vehicle records per month into GCP Big Query that are used for safety screening, traffic signal screening, highway work zone screening and winter operations.  Purdue and INDOT are leading two US Federal Highway Administration Pooled Fund Studies:  

• Study with twelve states (CA, CT, GA, IN, MN, MS, NC, OH, PA, TX, UT, WI) to develop scalable and anonymized traffic signal system performance measures using connected vehicle data.  
• Study with ten states (DE, IL, IN, MA, MD, MI, PA, TX, UT, WI) to develop work zone analytics for operations and performance measures using connected vehicle data.

Janée C. Harvey serves as the Division Director of Family Well-Being and Protection for Iowa.

She worked as a social worker in New York, NY, for more fifteen (15) years before transplanting to Des Moines, IA, in 2015 with her wife and two kids. While in NYC, she began her career working with youth in residential care who were homeless and HIV+, eventually becoming the clinical director for a group home for youth in foster care. Seeing the consequences of long-term foster care on the lives of youth, brought her to a leadership role in a foster care prevention program. Under her leadership, the program expanded into multiple locations in central Brooklyn and involved the implementation of an evidence-based abuse prevention program.   She is a graduate of Hunter College with a Master of Social Work (MSW).

As the Division Director for Family Well-Being and Protection for the state of Iowa, her responsibilities include the administration of the state’s child welfare system, child care assistance and licensing, and family strengthening services.  Her team includes statewide coverage of social work case managers, 24/7 abuse intake, child protection workers and adoption specialists.  She is an executive sponsor on the IT development and implementation project, VISION, which will be Iowa’s Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS).

She has worked with runaway and homeless teens, LGBTQ youth, and families, children and youth involved with the child welfare system for over 20 years. Most recently, she served for four (4) years as the Child Welfare and Community Services Bureau Chief for DHS and as the Division Administrator over Adult, Children and Family Services (ACFS) beginning in 2020.   In addition to her professional roles within Child Welfare, she was a foster parent for seven (7) years and is an adoptive parent.

George “Georgie” Nahass is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois Chicago, where he studies artificial intelligence in ophthalmology, with a particular focus on representation learning and dataset engineering. He defended his PhD in Biomedical Engineering in December 2025 and is completing his medical training through UIC’s Medical Scientist Training Program. Georgie developed and leads an international clinical imaging network that enables real-time evaluation of AI models across diverse settings while expanding the representation of underserved populations in biomedical datasets. His long-term research plans revolve around developing AI models and methods that allow for both ocular and systemic health screening from noninvasive images of the external eye. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Code Grand Rounds, an educational technology platform that helps universities and training programs teach data science, machine learning, and biomedical computing.

Dr. Melissa Gomez de la Fuente is a higher education and digital transformation leader focused on advancing personalized learning through artificial intelligence. With more than 15 years of experience across higher education and EdTech, she works at the intersection of learning science, AI, and institutional strategy to help organizations create more adaptive, engaging, and effective learning experiences.

At Covista, Mel leads initiatives exploring AI-enabled teaching and learning, including personalized learning pathways, intelligent tutoring and support systems, AI-powered feedback, and student success solutions. Her work focuses on helping institutions responsibly integrate emerging technologies to improve learner outcomes while maintaining strong academic and human-centered foundations.

Previously, Mel partnered with leading universities worldwide through Coursera to expand online degree and certificate programs and advised institutions on digital learning strategy and innovation. At Emeritus, she helped design and scale academic and operational models that supported the growth of university degree programs.

Mel holds a Doctor of Business Administration from Walden University, an MBA from Hult International Business School, and a Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Industrial Engineering from Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara.

Camilla Sullivan is VP of Innovation & Artificial Intelligence at Covista, where she leads the team developing AI-powered solutions across five healthcare education institutions — from smarter learning environments and enterprise AI fluency programs to intelligent tools that support students from enrollment through graduation.

Her team leads the work collaborating with Google Cloud, deploying Gemini and NotebookLM to deliver individualized instruction at scale for 97,000 aspiring healthcare professionals.

Camilla's career spans corporate strategy, technology solutions, brand and creative leadership, and organizational design across some of the world’s largest technology, finance and consulting enterprises. At Fannie Mae, she pioneered early enterprise GenAI deployments while leading a full-scale transformation of the organization’s creative and content capabilities. She has since advised multiple Fortune 500 companies on AI adoption, change management, and the organizational infrastructure that makes transformation stick.

She is also completing a PhD at Virginia Tech Pamplin Business School — researching how to elevate and sustain human fulfillment as AI takes on an ever-greater share of cognitive labor, and what it means to keep people at the center of work as the nature of thinking itself evolves. 

Gabby Burke serves on Google Public Sector’s Cloud AI Specialist Engineering team, leading technical initiatives with state and local governments and higher educational institutions across the US. She is passionate about leveraging technology to create more effective, equitable, responsive, and proactive public systems. In her role, Gabby partners directly with public sector agencies nationwide, empowering them to harness cloud solutions, data-driven strategies, and generative AI to overcome critical challenges.

Previously, Gabby managed statewide public health and Medicaid interoperability initiatives, including Colorado's Social Health Information Exchange program (the first of its kind in the nation). She has also directly served clients experiencing homelessness. She holds a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Previously, Gabby managed statewide public health and Medicaid interoperability initiatives, including Colorado's Social Health Information Exchange program (the first of its kind in the nation). She has also directly served clients experiencing homelessness. She holds a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Charles Elliott is a Senior Research Engineering Lead, Google Public Sector  leading initiatives that transform education through the power of technology, particularly generative AI. Building on a successful consulting career focused on Big Data, Analytics, and AI, Charles now leverages his extensive expertise to guide educational institutions and ed-tech companies in realizing the potential of personalized learning at scale. With over 15 years of experience, he specializes in bridging cutting-edge cloud solutions with the specific needs of the education and research sectors. As a trusted advisor, he empowers organizations to enhance learning experiences, improve accessibility, and drive measurable educational outcomes. His work spans early childhood education, machine learning applications, and strategic cloud implementation, with a focus on leveraging generative AI to unlock new possibilities in transforming public sector organizations.

As the Director of Public Sector for Google Cloud, US Central Region, Brad Hoffman brings more than 26 years of specialized experience partnering with Higher Education, Healthcare, and State & Local Government. Brad focuses on digital transformation and the modernization of legacy systems, with particular expertise in integrating Generative AI and scalable cloud platforms to enhance service delivery and constituent outcomes. He serves as the Executive Lead for HHS and Labor within the SLED division at Google, demonstrating a deep commitment to the missions of these critical public sector agencies. Brad is a frequent public speaker on the practical application of Cloud Technology and AI. He believes passionately in empowering those who dedicate themselves to public service. Prior to joining Google, Brad was at Oracle for over 10 years and served as the Vice President of the Eastern United States Public Sector team. He earlier spent 8 years at Novell supporting public sector entities. He currently lives in Apex, North Carolina with his wife and two young children.

As an AI Certified Expert and sought-after keynote speaker, Joel Pingel helps organizations navigate the rapidly evolving technological landscape with confidence. With a 17-year track record in the tech sector currently leading Google Cloud's SLED Midwest Region Joel understands exactly what it takes to drive modernization at scale.

Joel’s engaging keynotes are fueled by his extensive career at industry leaders like Gartner and Thomson Reuters, combined with the analytical rigor of his legal background. He bridges the gap between high-level AI concepts and practical, on-the-ground execution. Based in Minnesota with his wife and two athletically and academically talented children, Joel brings the same high energy to his personal life as a dedicated youth sports coach and avid half-marathon runner.

Kristin White is a dynamic change-agent and executive with 20 years’ experience transforming transportation. Her philosophy is using tech for good, making the government more innovative, elevating women, and leading with heart and authenticity.

She oversees strategy and partnerships as Google’s Transportation Industry Executive. The world’s 4th largest company launched Google Public Sector to use tech to achieve public sector goals including safety, resiliency, connecting communities, and economic growth.

The youngest Federal Highway Administrator ever appointed by the White House, she ran the country’s largest transportation agency with over $300B and 3,000 employees. Previously she was COO of the transportation tech nonprofit ITS America. She’s a lawyer by trade, having worked in fed, state and local government, and started her career as a Fulbright Fellow in Japan. She’s won awards for women in innovation and government transformation.

Born in the Black Hills of South Dakota, she’s a relay runner, yogi, hiker and dog mom and spends time on her nonprofit to elevate women in transportation innovation.