Senior-Level

Jane leads the human resources, OD and training function for Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) the largest credit union in New England with over 1300 employees and 23 branch locations.  Jane possesses over 25+ years of human resources experience in a variety of organizations including the healthcare, insurance and business services sectors.  She holds a BS and MS degree from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI; a Masters in Healthcare Administration (MHA) degree from St. Joseph’s College in Standish, ME and an MBA in Organizational Development from Upper Iowa University..  Jane has both her SHRM-SCP and SPHR certifications.

Erin is the Chief People Officer at Optimizely where she oversees Recruiting, People Ops, Real Estate and Workplace Operations at Optimizely. Erin’s more than 20 years of experience includes a decade leading recruiting, talent development, and employee success at Salesforce, as well as sitting on the board of the Horizons Foundation.

Celia Swanson is notably recognized as the first female executive vice president at Walmart Inc., breaking the glass ceiling for women throughout the Fortune 1 company. Her deep expertise in retail, large-scale transformation, company culture, and multi-generational workforce engagement serves as the cornerstone of her career legacy. Celia was hand-selected by the Walmart U.S. CEO to co-lead a cost-savings and associate engagement strategy transforming store operations for 1.4 million associates. Learn more about Celia and her book, Gracious and Strong, at celiaswanson.com.

Giselle is the Practice Lead in Optimus SBR’s Learning & Development Group with over 25 years experience as a sought after resource to industry leaders across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors dedicated to building strategies and programs that help clients target, motivate and engage employees in order to increase performance and productivity.

Giselle has devoted more than 20 years to researching the impact that generational differences have on organizational performance, creating solutions and programs in four areas – leadership, high performance teams, early career talent, and reinforcement & sustainment of learning. Giselle has co-authored two books and completed her Master of Arts Degree in Communications Studies at the University of Windsor.

She is Chair of the Board at The Institute for Performance and Learning (I4PL), co-chair of the Cross Academy Association and Advisory Council member at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University.

John Jersin leads the Talent Solutions and Careers product team at LinkedIn, which helps connect millions of people with career opportunities. Through artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, John has lead the team to deliver next generation tools to make finding jobs and sourcing candidates simpler and more efficient. John joined LinkedIn via the acquisition of Connectifier, where he was founder and CEO and built a company that pioneered the use of artificial intelligence in hiring, ultimately worth nine figures. He graduated with a BS in Computer Science from UC San Diego and an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Victoria A. Lipnic is a Partner at Resolution Economics. She leads the Company’s Human Capital Strategy Group. The Human Capital Strategy Group combines the Company’s expertise in data analytics and deep knowledge of regulatory requirements with an interdisciplinary approach to advise organizations on the full range of their human capital needs and reporting requirements including recruitment, selection, promotions, DE&I, pay equity, and ESG, especially as to equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination issues.

Ms. Lipnic joined Resolution Economics in 2021. She has broad experience in the full range of human capital, labor and employment issues, especially from the regulatory enforcement perspective. Prior to joining the Company she served as Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) from 2010 to 2020 and Acting Chair from 2017 to 2019. She was appointed to the EEOC by President Barack Obama and confirmed by unanimous consent by the U.S. Senate. At the EEOC she worked on policy, cases, and regulations falling under all of the statutes enforced by the Commission including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Equal Pay Act (EPA), the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). While at the EEOC she participated in numerous agency regulatory initiatives including the final GINA regulations, the ADA, as amended, regulations, and the revisions to the EEO-1 form to include pay data reporting. She organized the agency’s first public meeting on Big Data in Employment, created its Chief Data Officer position, oversaw development of the Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics and published a significant report on age discrimination. She co-chaired the EEOC’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace, and co-authored its seminal report, issued in 2016, before the #MeToo movement. Prior to the EEOC, she practiced law with Seyfarth Shaw.  She also served as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards from 2002-2008, appointed by President George W. Bush, where, among other regulatory enforcement agencies, she oversaw the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the Wage and Hour Division. In 2021-22 she chaired the Artificial Intelligence – Technical Advisory Committee for the Institute for Workplace Equality.

Jonathan Berry serves as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor, and was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in April 2018. In that role, Berry is responsible for the policy direction and operations of the agency as he works with other agency leaders to deliver on the Department's policy priorities and regulatory agenda.

Berry previously served in the Office of Legal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice. At DOJ, in addition to judicial nominations, Berry assisted with the work of the DOJ Regulatory Reform Task Force, including in the development of department-wide policies to harmonize DOJ's regulatory work with the rule of law. Prior to his service in the Federal government, Berry worked as a regulatory and appellate litigator at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and Jones Day. Berry also served as a law clerk to Judge Jerry Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and to Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Berry has a Bachelor of Arts (with distinction) in Philosophy from Yale University and has a Juris Doctor from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and won the E.B. Convers Prize for best original legal writing
 

Marcelo is a Lead Partner of EY People Advisory Services for Latam South Region (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguai, Uruguai). He joined EY in 2007 and has over 16 years of experience in consulting companies, and also law firm, always in HR space Marcelo is a 4th time as Speaker at the SHRM Annual Conference, the best HR conference in the world!He truly believes that every transformation should be carried out with a people centricity agenda, purpose, science and data

Paul is a senior partner with Eversheds Sutherland LLP and specialises in the employment aspects of acquisitions and mergers, assignment of workers, and re-organisations. Paul also has a special interest in advising on global labour law issues focussing on the movement of workers across borders, licences for temporary assignments and visa requirements.

Paul's recent experience has included: acting for a US industrial client in an application to Interpol to remove a red notice wrongly issued in Qatar against one of its global executives; advising on a European restructuring and cross-border assignment project affecting 22 jurisdictions; advising a global client on global misclassification claims arising out of the client failing to adhere to employee licensing requirements.

Paul features in the exclusive Legal 500 Hall of Fame for attorneys at the pinnacle of the legal profession who receive constant praise by clients for continued excellence.

Paul regularly provides training to clients, both in-house and on external courses and contributes to a variety of publications. Paul is featured in Chambers Legal Directory and is ranked as an Eminent Practitioner who "leads the employment department and is well known for his prowess with regard to trade union relations and executive level disputes ". He is a member of the Employment Lawyers.

 

Michael Hepburn counsels clients on a broad range of compensation, employment and benefits issues. Experienced in employee benefits, executive compensation and employment law, Michael advises clients on the design, administration and termination of retirement and welfare plans. Michael has extensive experience in executive compensation related matters and provides advice regarding tax, securities and employment aspects of executive compensation arrangements, including nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, and equity and equity-based compensation programs. He also handles employment, compensation and benefits issues in mergers, acquisitions and other business transactions.

Michael routinely counsels clients on labor and employment law issues, including hiring practices, employee evaluations, disciplinary actions, leave policies and practices, employment termination, discrimination charges, personnel policy review, and employment contracts. In addition, he advises business clients on consulting agreements, noncompetition agreements and other restrictive covenant arrangements, as well as severance and release agreements.

Michael and his team recognize the value that employees provide to every business enterprise and strive to partner with in-house resources from HR to legal, as well as tax and business partners to ensure that we deliver practical advice focused on individualized business needs.

Michael is recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of employee benefits and executive compensation (2015, 2018)

Julia is a Partner at Fragomen specialising in Global Government Strategies and Compliance. She supports clients worldwide with immigration best practices, global mobility strategies and crisis management.

Julia works closely with governments and business on Brexit and provided expert evidence to the European Parliament. She has represented business at the UK Prime Minister’s immigration stock take meeting and acted as an advisor to the Home Office. Julia sits on SHRM’s Immigration Specialty Panel, the board of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Mayor of London’s Brexit Advisory Group and the Home Office EU Immigration Employer’s Group.

Before joining Fragomen, Julia was a Partner and Head of Global Immigration at PwC leading complex multi-jurisdictional client engagements.