Global & Cultural Effectiveness

Laura Marzi is responsible for all external marketing, brand positioning, campaign management and internal communications supporting Group Benefits at The Hartford. Laura’s teams provide specialized marketing consultation to drive premium growth in core life and disability, as well as voluntary, absence management and association and affinity relationships. Prior to her role at The Hartford, Laura was responsible for wealth management marketing and communications at The Phoenix Companies, including targeted strategies to reach the high-net-worth demographic.  Laura has also held strategic positions in government relations and communications supporting United Technologies and MassMutual. She began her career in environmental advocacy, serving The League of Conservation Voters in Washington, DC as a grassroots public policy communicator and speech writer for the Clinton/Gore NH primary campaign team.

Laura earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Journalism from The University of New Hampshire and a Master of Arts degree in Communications from The University of Hartford. She currently serves on the board of Hartford Promise, a non-profit focused on providing college scholarships to academically motivated students from Hartford, Conn.

Bree Bacon is the Vice President & General Manager of Employer & Individual at eHealth, your health insurance matchmakers. Before eHealth, Bree held leadership positions at UnitedHealth Group and General Mills.  She has her MBA in marketing strategy & analysis from Duke University and her BA in Business | Economics & Music from Wheaton College.   A cancer survivor herself, Bree is passionate about eHealth’s mission to match businesses with quality healthcare plans employees will love at a price employers can afford.

Darla Shaw, CEO of Talent Masters, has a distinguished 25-year HR career spanning small startups to Fortune 500 companies. With a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology, an MBA, and a Masters in Employment Law, she holds advanced certifications in HR, Executive Coaching & Project Management. Darla's unique blend of humor, strategy, psychology, and legal knowledge has made her a pivotal figure in creating inclusive, effective work environments across diverse organizational landscapes.

Tiffany Meehan (She/Her/Disabled) is the Vice President of Marketing at Inclusively, an innovative employment platform connecting disabled job seekers to inclusive employers. Tiffany was born with Spina bifida and is a wheelchair user, making Inclusively’s mission to create opportunities for disabled professionals in the corporate world incredibly personal and important. As a first-generation Latina and disabled marketing professional, she is proud to create inclusive branding, accessible content, and to collaborate with leaders within the disability community. 

Based in Northern Virginia, Tiffany graduated from The George Washington University and received a BA in English and Religion. She has previously worked on successful marketing campaigns with the Office of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, SiriusXM, Lisner Auditorium and is on the board of directors for non-profits Loudoun Cares and The Arc of Loudoun. In her spare time, she enjoys taking photos, going to concerts, traveling, and making home-cooked meals for family and friends.

Stacey Lewis is the CHRO/Director of Human Resources for the Port of Long Beach, the second-busiest seaport in the United States, with approximately 530 employees and generates annual operating revenues in excess of $300 million. Stacey has over 30 years of professional human resources experience, both in the private and public sectors. Prior to joining the Port, Stacey established her own Human Resources consulting company and worked as the Human Resources Manager – Civil Service for the City of Torrance. A dynamic and well-sought after “transformational” speaker and self-proclaimed disruptor, Stacey received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of the Pacific. She also holds a Human Resources Management Certification from Loyola Marymount University, as well as several professional HR designations/certification. Stacey is a former Commissioner for the Long Beach Unified School District Personnel Commission, as well as she holds several leadership positions on a number of local boards. Never losing sight of her passion to re-engineer the HR agenda, Stacey is the Creator and Chief Influencer of HR Interrupted., an online community for HR Influencers with GRIT who unapologetically interrupt historical workplace ideologies/practices through inspiration and insight.

In addition to being tenacious about her professional career and following her purpose and passion to encourage people, especially women to live their very best lives, Stacey formerly served as a Host on everywaywoman.com, a local cable and internet talk-show committed to celebrating everyday women in every way. She also hosted a local radio show on Accelerated radio.net. Her professional, relationship and parenting advice has been featured on several websites, publications and TV shows including the Rachael Ray Show and Ebony and Parenting magazine. Yet, after being everything to everybody for so long, Stacey took a step back (both personally and professionally) and decided to spend some quality time with and on herself. Due to her amazing story and journey of weathering abuse, she was selected as one of America’s Women Heroes for the ABC day-time talk show, The Revolution. Most recently, Stacey was one of the main stage presenters for the YPO International Conference, where she electrified the 5000 plus attendees with her story of personal healing and redemption. However, at the end of the day, when the business meetings and interviews have concluded and the cameras stop rolling, Stacey finds complete solace with her husband of 28 years and their three children

Yvette Lee, SHRM-SCP, is an HR Knowledge Advisor at SHRM, the world’s largest HR professional society, representing 300,000+ members in more than 165 countries. Yvette possesses over 25 years of human resources experience. Her expertise includes talent management, benefits, compensation, diversity and inclusion, employee relations, ethics and compliance, and employee development. A published author of several articles in SHRM's HR Magazine on various topics, Yvette holds a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Virginia. She also holds the SHRM California Law HR, Talent Acquisition, Inclusive Workplace Culture, People Manager Qualification and HR Dept. of One Specialty Credentials. Yvette enjoys spending time with her family and doing community service.

Shola Kaye is the author of two books and an award-winning international speaker on Communication, Inclusive Leadership and Empathy at Work. She’s passionate about helping organisations create an atmosphere of belonging for their people and for those individuals, in turn, to be given the skills and opportunity to communicate with power and clarity. Shola’s Empathy to Equity Blueprint programme helps organisations improve staff inclusion and engagement. When individuals have the confidence and tools to share their brilliance, amazing things happen. People are transformed into leaders. Teams and groups perform better. Everyone gains. Shola’s work has appeared in a variety of industry journals, she’s a LinkedIn Learning instructor, and her clients include The United Nations and Deloitte.

Ira S Wolfe is a “Millennial trapped in a Baby Boomer body” and president of Poised for the Future Company, founder of Success Performance Solutions, a TEDx Speaker, Certified AQai Practitioner, Top 5 Global Thought Leader on Future of Work and HR (Thinkers360), and host of Geeks Geezers Googlization podcast (selected as one of the top 50 podcasts to listen to in 2021).  His most recent book Recruiting in the Age of Googlization was selected as one of the top 50 books to read in 2021 by Thinkers360 and recognized as one of the best Recruiting books of all-time by Book Authority. He is also Chief Googlization Officer and founder of the Googlization Nation community.