Summit Presenters
I have been an educator my entire professional life. My specialty has been Economics and Personal Finance which I have shared with diverse audiences. In addition, I have written dozens of curriculum items for K-12 students. In recent years, I’ve expanded my mission beyond classroom teachers to include financially vulnerable populations and marginalized people. It is clear that a narrowing of the opportunity gap that hinders the progress of so many will not happen without improvement in financial literacy. Children born into poverty are far more likely to remain poor in adulthood in the United States than in other wealthy countries. When it comes to upward mobility from childhood poverty, what separates the U.S. from its peers is a robust set of public investments to reduce poverty’s lingering consequences for adults who were born to disadvantaged families. One of those disadvantages is a meager understanding of the tools to manage personal finance.
Brett Burkey, Director of Education, FCEE
Andrea Caceres Santamaria, Senior Economic Education Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Andrea contributes to the ever-growing award-winning collection of effective resources for teachers. Prior to joining the Fed, she worked as a high school economics teacher in Palm Beach County, Fla. She also worked as a master teacher at the Florida Atlantic University Center for Economic Education. She has over 10 years of experience developing economics and personal finance curriculum for grades K-12.
Dan Cannon taught high school for more than a decade in Central Florida and the Houston area, specializing in Economics and Financial Education within the International Baccalaureate program. He later served as a curriculum and professional development designer for Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville, Florida, where he led the creation of the district’s new state mandated Money Management course. Dan now works with Educator Programs at Intuit for Education, developing professional learning that helps educators use Intuit’s free resources to make financial education more engaging and accessible for students.
Dan Cannon, Professional Learning Manager, Intuit for Education
Christine Angel Danger, Master Teacher Mentor, Stavros Center for Free Enterprise & Economic Education at USF
Christine Angel Danger is an experienced educator, instructional leader, and professional development provider with more than 20 years in public education. She currently serves as a Transformation Network Academic Coach for Hillsborough County Public Schools, where she supports teachers and schools through instructional coaching and curriculum development.
Christine holds degrees from University of South Florida and Saint Leo University and is National Board Certified. Throughout her career, she has served as a classroom teacher, academic coach, district coordinator, and instructional specialist, while also leading professional learning for educators across Florida.
Her contributions have earned recognitions including Florida Elementary Science Teacher of the Year and the Regional Economic Educator & Leadership Award. Christine is passionate about helping educators create engaging, real-world learning experiences that strengthen critical thinking and student success.
Carrie Frump, Assistant Director of Professional Learning, Stavros Center for Free Enterprise & Economic Education at USF
Carrie Frump is a veteran educator with more than 24 years of experience in K–12 classrooms and higher education. She serves as the Assistant Director of Professional Learning at the Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education at the University of South Florida. Carrie has also served as an adjunct professor at Saint Leo University, where she prepared pre-service teachers for the classroom. This work deepened her commitment to high-quality professional learning and reinforced the importance of equipping educators with practical, immediately applicable strategies. Her experience bridging classroom instruction and teacher preparation enables her to design and facilitate professional development that is both relevant and impactful.
Beverly Ledbetter, Master Teacher, Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise & Economic Education at USF
Beverly Ledbetter taught Social Studies for 36 years in the Pasco County School district. She has a BA from USF in Social Studies Education and History and a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from National-Louis University. Since retiring in 2011, she has been an Adjunct Professor in the College of Education at Saint Leo University. During her tenure as a teacher, she was Florida’s Economic Educator of the Year (2003), Florida Global Studies Teacher of the Year (2007) and from 2000-2006, a recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Economic Education. Beverly has presented workshops for many years at the Florida Council for Social Studies as well as the SOURCES Conference at UCF. In 2022, she received the American Federation of Teachers Living Legacy Award for her commitment to education. She is a member of the USF’s Golden Guard (class of 1974).
Jessica A. Morey, Ed.D., is an experienced educator and instructional leader with over two decades in public education. She holds a Doctor of Education in Educational Practice and Innovation from the University of South Carolina and specializes in curriculum design, professional learning, and instructional innovation. Her work focuses on student engagement, civic literacy, and personal finance education, with an emphasis on building teacher self-efficacy through research-informed practice.
Jessica Morey Ed.D., Social Studies Educator, Alachua County Public Schools
James Redelsheimer, Education Manager at the Foundation for Economic Education, has 20+ years of AP Economics and Personal Finance teaching experience at the High School level in Minnesota. He is the co-author of Barron’s AP Economics, and holds degrees from St. Olaf College and the University of St. Thomas. James has garnered numerous recognitions for his teaching, including the 3M Minnesota Economics Educator of the Year Award and the Thrivent Personal Finance Educator of the Year Award. James has published curriculum for numerous organizations and regularly shares his expertise on best practices in teaching economics, personal finance, and civil discourse at both local and national events. In his role at FEE, James creates award-winning curriculum for the 15,000+ network of teachers at FEE’s Learning Center.
James Redelsheimer, Education Manager, Foundation for Economic Education
Gloria Guzman is the Senior Outreach adviser at the Federal Reserve of Atlanta – Miami Branch. Gloria creates and delivers programs, training, curriculums, lessons and activities for K-16 educators teaching Economics and Personal Finance. She has 26 years of experience in education with a BS in Finance and an MBA.
Glorida Guzman, Outreach Senior Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta-Miami Branch
Adrienne draws on her vast experience -- a US Air Force veteran, ten years of Fortune 100 work and ten years of college classroom -- to offer a unique and interactive component to her lesson plans.
Adrienne Sachse, Professor, Florida State College at Jacksonville
Dr. Peter Trakas, Director, Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise & Economic Education at USF
As Director of the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education at the University of South Florida (USF), a role I have held since 2022. In this capacity, I provide strategic leadership for the Center’s mission to advance economic and financial education through innovative programming, educator professional development, and community engagement. Under my direction, the Stavros Center works closely with K–12 educators, university partners, and community organizations to strengthen economic understanding and workforce readiness across the region and beyond.
Prior to my role in the Stavros Center, I spent more than 25 years in higher education administration, I have extensive expertise in fundraising, partnership development, and strategic planning. My professional background includes cultivating relationships with private donors, corporate partners, and philanthropic organizations to secure resources that directly support student learning, educator preparedness, and program sustainability.