Laying the “Tracks” — The Modern Infrastructure Powering Multiple Choice

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Justin Dent, Founder and CEO at Outschool.org; Jamie Rosenberg, Founder and Executive Chairman at ClassWallet; Chris Minnich, CEO at MetaMetrics Inc.; Raphael Gang, Director of K12 Education at Stand Together Trust; Frank Sikernitsky, Chief Information Officer at Step Up For Students; and Bill Hansen, President and CEO at Building Hope.The speakers explored how choice did not scale on aspiration alone, but on infrastructure. They examined the complex operational backbone behind every ESA, scholarship program, and pluralistic ecosystem, including payment flows, fraud prevention, eligibility verification, vendor onboarding, compliance automation, reporting, and user experience.This session pulled back the curtain on what it actually took to operationalize choice at scale. Panelists discussed how leaders were designing systems that balanced efficiency with integrity as policy ambition met technical execution. The conversation highlighted the importance of building modern infrastructure capable of supporting multiple choice pathways while ensuring accountability, access, and trust across increasingly complex educational ecosystems.