Merve Lapus

Vice President, Education Outreach & Engagement
Common Sense Media
Richmond, California

Merve is a Results-driven education strategist with a track record of expanding reach and impact in K12 learning environments. As Vice President of Outreach & Engagement at Common Sense Education, he's led initiatives that have reached over 90,000 schools and supported 1.3 million educators. This includes overseeing a regional team driving community engagement, access, and professional development across school community stakeholders including school adoption, district implementation, parent/family engagement, strategic marketing, and community development.

Merve has over 25 years of experience driving education technology initiatives across school programs, and building educator confidence through professional learning, and strategic implementation. Merve also sits on a number of steering committees addressing school climate and state policy initiatives, and currently sits on the Marketing and Communications Board for the University of San Francisco (USF), the Alameda Health System Foundation Board, and the Executive Board for the Children’s Creativity Museum of San Francisco.

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Presentation(s):

• Spotlight Session: To Ban or Not to Ban: Tackling Cellphones in Classrooms

  Tuesday, April 1, 2025
  11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT