Ilene Rosenthal is the CEO and Founder of Footsteps2Brilliance, a breakthrough bilingual educational software platform that accelerates student achievement by uniting the power of mobile gaming with the latest in cognitive research. Footsteps2Brilliance has been recognized by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics under President Obama, and the Clinton Global Initiative for its ability to scale early literacy citywide. Footsteps2Brilliance has won numerous awards and honors, including the prestigious Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Partners in Excellence Award, the SIIA award for “Innovative Company Most Likely To Succeed,” Codie Finalist for “Best K-12 Instructional Solution”, AEP first prize for “Best ESL/ELL Solution”, AEP finalist for “Best Supplemental Resources, ESL/ELL”, and Gold Winner from the National Parenting Publications Awards. In addition, it has been honored by the United Nations for the work that it has done to help children in developing countries become literate through its partnership with Teach the World Foundation.