Leadership & Navigation

Natasha Bowman
founder
Performance ReNEW
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Natasha Bowman JD, SPHR has been leading organizations through the complex, fast-changing human resources landscape for over ten years. She has developed a reputation as an expert consultant and thought leader for organizations like The Heritage Foundation, Knowledge International, and Wiley Publishing and many others. Her expertise spans human resources management, talent management, employment law, organizational development, sourcing and recruiting, collective bargaining, and ethics and compliance. Because of her ability to diagnose workplace issues and provide proven solutions to organizations, she is often referred to as The Workplace Doctor. She is the author of YOU CAN'T DO THAT AT WORK! 100 Legal Mistakes That Managers Make in the Workplace. 
 
Apart from rich expertise and cross-sector experience, she brings an ardent intellectual commitment to the field. Her law degree has equipped her to guide million-person companies through HR crises by designing policies, training company leaders, directing investigations and keeping the pulse of emerging trends in employment and labor law.
 
Most importantly, she is committed to developing the next generation of organizational leaders. She is one of the most sought after speakers and teachers. She has spoken and taught at some of the prestigious corporate classroom and graduate business schools across the country such as: Fordham University, Walmart Stores Inc., Manhattan College, Northwell Health (formerly North Shore LIJ Health System) Georgetown University, and the Jack Welch Management Institute. 
 
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Stacy Kesten
leadership consultant
Integrated Leadership
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Stacy Kesten is a Leadership Consultant for Integrated Leadership Systems (ILS) in Los Angeles, California where she provides coaching, consulting and leadership development training to various types of organizations. She has helped numerous leaders and executives to be more effective through training in self-awareness and communication. After receiving her certification in mindfulness facilitation through UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center, Stacy was invited to become a teacher for UCLA. She has since taught mindfulness practices to thousands of students in the Los Angeles area through speaking engagements, classes, workshops and retreats. She specializes mindful communication as well as other “outside the box” versions of mindfulness such as mindful creativity and mindful improvisation. Stacy also has a B.A. in psychology and communications and she lives with her husband Brian and two cats in Los Angeles. In her free time she loves to paint, write, travel, meditate, hike, and generally be in nature as much as possible. 

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 - 10:15am to 11:45am
Cammie Dunaway
author, board member, CEO advisor
Dunaway Company
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Throughout her career as an executive for Frito Lay, Yahoo!, Nintendo and KidZania, Cammie has earned a stellar reputation as a brand-builder and inspirational leader.

Hoping to share what she has learned, she recently wrote the book, “Fit Matters”. In it she addresses practical ways to explore, “what could happen for all of us, and for the world, if more people actually LOVED their jobs?”

Cammie currently serves on the boards of Red Robin, Nordstrom FSB and Go Health. She’s been featured in numerous publications and is a frequent speaker at companies and universities. Her MBA is from Harvard Business School. 

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 - 10:15am to 11:45am
Carita Ducre
managing partner
Insight Strategies
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Carita Ducre is a Managing Partner at Insight Strategies, Inc. For 15 years, she has worked with employees and leaders alike on simplifying workplace communication. Carita’s dynamic presentations and customized training sessions are energetic and interactive, providing tools that can immediately improve communication at work—and even at home! An accomplished writer, Carita has written more than 250 business-related communications, including writing for the C-Suite.

She holds a BA in English from the University of Notre Dame and an e-Learning Instructional Design certificate from the Association for Talent Development (ATD).

Carita also provides one-on-one coaching to achieve effective business results.

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 - 10:15am to 11:45am
LaFern K. Batie
professional speaker/author, business strategist & executive coach
The Batie Group
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As a Business Strategist and Executive Coach, LaFern Batie leads The Batie Group, LLC, a business consulting and leadership development firm serving organizations around the globe. With extensive Fortune 500 corporate leadership experience and widely recognized expertise, she works with international organizations and leaders across diverse industries to maximize their collective and individual performance. Leaders value her high business acumen, ability to quickly connect with teams, thorough and efficient approach to identifying challenges and commitment to helping them achieve results that exceed their expectations. 

Follow LaFern on Twitter @LaFernBatie.
 

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Jean Setzfand
vice president of Financial Security
AARP
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Jean C. Setzfand is the Senior Vice President of AARP Programs that produces interactive educational programming designed to address Health, Wealth and Personal Enrichment concerns for consumers 50 and over.  Additionally, Programs drives towns, counties and cities to be more livable for all ages through educational programming aimed at local leaders, policy makers, planners and citizen activists. 

In addition to her work at AARP, Ms. Setzfand serves on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Investor Advisory Committee and the Advisory Committee on Seniors for the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA). 

Ms. Setzfand has been with AARP since 2002.  Prior to joining AARP, she worked as a strategic management consultant serving domestic and international financial services institutions.  She holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.  

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Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 8:30am to 9:30am
Mary Ila Ward, SHRM-SCP
owner
Horizon Point Consulting Inc.
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Mary Ila Ward, SHRM-SCP, SPHR is the owner of Horizon Point Consulting which drives to move the workplace forward through innovative people practices.  She has a background in corporate recruiting, economic and workforce development, talent management and leadership coaching and training.

A huge believer in work-life integration, she helps organizations realize how they can hire for fit while improving diversity, engage employees by supporting them holistically, and drive home the importance of career development to communities and organizations.

She graduated from The University of Alabama, with a BS in Business Management and holds Master’s degree Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Middle Tennessee State University. 

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Monday, October 23, 2017 - 1:45pm to 2:45pm
Margaret P. Spence
president/CEO
C. Douglas & Associates, Inc
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Margaret Spence is the founder of The Employee to CEO Project and CEO of C. Douglas & Associates. Inc. It is her mission to champion the advancement of women into executive leadership. Her new book, Leadership Self-Transformation ask women two simple questions, what do you want from your career and why don’t you have it now? It’s her feeling that you cannot get the corner office until you get clear about what you want and why you want it.  Margaret is a keynote speaker, leadership development coach, corporate consultant, and the author of three books. Learn more about Margaret at her website: www.MargaretSpence.com

 

 

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Margaret P. Spence
president/CEO
C. Douglas & Associates, Inc
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Margaret Spence is the founder of The Employee to CEO Project and CEO of C. Douglas & Associates. Inc. It is her mission to champion the advancement of women into executive leadership. Her new book, Leadership Self-Transformation ask women two simple questions, what do you want from your career and why don’t you have it now? It’s her feeling that you cannot get the corner office until you get clear about what you want and why you want it.  Margaret is a keynote speaker, leadership development coach, corporate consultant, and the author of three books. Learn more about Margaret at her website: www.MargaretSpence.com

 

 

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Brad Karsh
Founder and CEO
JB Training Solutions
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Brad is the Founder and CEO of JB Training Solutions. An accomplished public speaker and executive coach, Brad has been featured on CNN, CNBC, and Dr. Phil, and has been quoted in: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, and USA Today. Brad is also the author of three business books including the critically acclaimed Manager 3.0: A Millennial’s Guide to Rewriting the Rules of Management, which you can read in Mandarin (assuming you can read Mandarin).

Prior to creating JB, Brad spent 15 years at advertising agency Leo Burnett in Chicago. Today, Brad presents for major organizations including Eli Lilly, Securitas, Top Tier Capital Partners, and Saint Laurent. When he’s not enjoying a robust buffet, you can find Brad playing racquetball or drafting the perfect fantasy football roster. Brad is left-handed.

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