Former Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift is an education executive and entrepreneur. She has served in leadership roles in the public, private, political, and non-profit sectors for over three decades fueled by a passionate belief in the power of education to transform lives. Today, she is an operating partner with the Vistria Group, a senior advisor to WhiteBoard Advisors, the President of LearnLaunch Institute, and serves on several public and private company boards. She has also founded the non-profit Cobble Hill Farm Education & Rescue Center on her family farm where she has perfected a potpourri recipe, and befriended a number of goats, chickens and especially a miniature donkey named Willie.Swift is a sought-after speaker on issues of education, working mothers & women’s leadership, and more recently, the topic of gratitude, grief and loss. She advocates for effective policies to advance excellence in learning through the thoughtful use of innovation and technology.