Keith R. Krueger is CEO of CoSN - The Consortium
for School Networking, the premier nonprofit
professional association organization that serves
as the voice of K-12 Ed Tech leaders in North
America. CoSN’s mission is enabling inclusive and
nimble technology leadership to drive innovation.
He was selected by Ed Tech magazine for it’s 2021
K-12 IT influencers. In 2016 Technology &
Learning selected him as one of the “big 10” most
influential people in Ed Tech, and the Center for
Digital Education identified him as a Top 30
Technologist/Transformer/Trailblazer. In 2008 he
was selected by eSchool News as one of ten
people who have had a profound impact on
educational technology over the last decade. In
2016 he received a Special Recognition award
from the Council of Great City Schools.
He is the Past Chair of the Learning First Alliance
and has served on the Executive Committee of the
National Coalition on Technology in Education &
Training (NCTET). He serves on many Advisory
Boards including the Friday Institute at NC State
University, the Public Policy Advisory Council for
the American Library Association, Ed Tech Digest,
as well as previously the Education Committee of
the National Park System. He is principal
investigator of the Driving K-12 Innovation series.
Keith has a global reputation as a key thought
leader and has led senior level U.S. delegations to
visit Australia, Asia, Europe and South America to
examine best practices in Ed Tech.
In fall of 2015, Keith conducted a Work Study on
Digital Equity as an Associate in Practice at
Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. As a

Certified Association Executive, he has extensive
background in nonprofit management and has a
Masters from the Humphrey School of Public
Affairs at the University of Minnesota.