Speaker Bio
Dr. King is an avid thought sponsor who uses her more than 17-years of experience as an educator, administrator, and consultant working to find ways to reduce and close the digital divide for students. She is an award-winning digital equity advocate, student innovation champion, education curriculum and technology strategist and was honored by the FCC Commissioner as a 2020 Digital Equity Innovator for providing millions of students across the country with vital mobile connectivity during the pandemic.
As a keynote speaker and four times Forbes-published author, Dr. King is a tireless advocate for distance learning, and works to assess the needs of schools, develop strategic technology solutions, and deliver program plans that are high quality, well-supported, and fiscally sound. Dr. King is a results-oriented organizational leader who is driven by an acute desire to connect the nation’s most vulnerable children to online educational opportunities through distance learning programs that leverage advanced communications technologies and platforms.
In her current role leading T-Mobile for Education, Dr. King has provided critical connectivity for over 3 million students and leads Project 10 Million, a $10.7 billion commitment to students that was designed to provide free internet service and free wi-fi hotspots to 10 million student households in need across the country.