Events

The mission of the Alliance of Former Chief State School Officers is to explore and support  important education issues with a collegial, thoughtful, reasonable, and just approach that provides perspective and supports leadership in providing excellent and equitable education. Dr. Kishimoto will be a pre-conference presenter on "Gender Equity in the Superintendency: A Data and

The ALAS 20th Anniversary Education Summit is an unparalleled professional development opportunity for aspiring administrators, principals, C-Suite level administration, Superintendents, and Board Members from across the country. Dr. K will be presenting on Disrupting Systemic Bias Through the Superintendency, with Dr. Jaime Aquino, and on the History of Women of Color in the Top Seat,

The Power Up Series is a partnership between the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Excellence, Equity, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans and Discovery Education that consists of a collection of engagements in the Black community that will serve as critical touchpoints in advancing education, equity, and economic opportunity best practices and resources. During

The Aurora Institute will convene 1,000+ attendees from across the nation at the Aurora Institute Symposium 2023, held in Palm Springs, California on October 15-17, 2023. Dr. Kishimoto will be presenting with Dr. Carmen Ayala (IL) and Jhone Ebert (NV) at a Meet the Experts at 4:15 PM pacific time on October 16th, on the

The Council of the Great City Schools will hold its 67th Annual Fall Conference, Oct. 25-29, 2023 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego, CA. Under the banner “Sailing into the Future of Urban Education” the conference will give big-city school superintendents, board members, senior administrators and college deans of education a forum

The 2nd Annual WALAS Conference, Liderazgo Brillante: Empowering Latino Administrators and Superintendents, scheduled for October 27-28, 2023 at the beautiful University of Washington Tacoma Campus, will feature keynote speakers Richard Carranza, Former Chancellor New York Public Schools, and Christina Kishimoto, Former Superintendent Hawaii Department of Education and Founder of Voice4Equity. Dr. Kishimoto will also be