Since 1989, Keith Towns has served as the principal of Emerge Financial Group, which has offices in Oakland and Suisun City, California. Keith Towns prepared for his career by earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting from California State University, East Bay (formerly known as California State University, Hayward).
The 2018 California Teachers Summit brought more than 350 K-12 teachers to California State University, East Bay, for a day of learning and networking. The event took place at more than 30 colleges and universities throughout California and featured a statewide keynote address by Sir Ken Robinson, creator of "Do Schools Kill Creativity?", the most viewed TED Talk ever.
This year’s summit also featured EdTalks and EdCamps breakout sessions, which allowed educators to discuss the challenges facing teachers today. Attendance at the summit was free to all California educators and was funded mainly by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
