Join Dean Christopher Morphew and the School of Education for the 2025 Hedeman Lecture featuring alumna Jess Gartner (MAT ‘11). Ms. Gartner’s remarks will focus remarks on negotiation, leadership, and entrepreneurship in the field of education technology.
The William H. Hedeman Lecture Series is made possible through the generosity of Elizabeth N. Hedeman and provides an annual program addressing the important topic of negotiation and related concepts. This Lectureship honors the legacy of Mr. Hedeman who became a skilled negotiator and taught negotiations for many years at Johns Hopkins University.
This event is co-sponsored by Johns Hopkins School of Education, Carey Business School, and the Pava Marie Lapere Center for Entrepreneurship. A reception follows the lecture.
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Jess Gartner is the Group Vice President of Resource Planning solutions at PowerSchool. Previously, Jess was the Founder and CEO of Allovue, an education finance technology company, which was acquired by PowerSchool in 2024. Allovue helped schools and districts budget and manage over $50 billion in K-12 spending.
Before founding Allovue in 2013, Jess was a Teach For America corps member and taught middle school where she experienced firsthand the impact of resource allocation on classroom success. Motivated by these insights, she set out to develop tools that empower educators and administrators to make data-driven financial decisions.
Jess holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s in Teaching from the Johns Hopkins School of Education. She lived in Baltimore for 13 years before taking a nomadic tour around the United States for a year and resettling in Seattle with her cat, Darwin.