Keynote General Session

Closing Keynote: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Creating Community and Connection in Gifted Education

Sunday, November 16, 2025

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM ET

Location: Convention Center, Ballroom ABC

Corey J. Gray

Primary Academy Teacher
Resurgence Hall Charter School
College Park, Georgia, United States
Lynette Breedlove, PhD (she/her/hers)

Director
The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science
Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States
Ellen Kolonoski (she/her/hers)

Gifted Education Specialist
Kittatinny Regional High School
HAMBURG, New Jersey, United States
Colin Seale (he/him/his)

Founder & CEO
thinkLaw
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Keishana L. Barnes (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Special Education
The University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Brian Housand

Program Coordinator
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Come together with your colleagues as we discover what makes NAGC and our gifted education community truly special. In a keynote session made up of several “inspirational, informational, celebrational” short talks, speakers will explore the ways in which we can invite and foster community and connection today and in the future of the field. And in the spirit of Pittsburgh natives such as Fred Rogers, Rachel Carson, August Wilson, Roberto Clemente, and many others, attendees will walk away remembering “how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of” (Fred Rogers).