Josh Christianson is Project Director for the Partnership on Inclusive Apprenticeship (PIA) where he leads efforts to create a more diverse and inclusive workforce through apprenticeship. Josh has extensive experience in supporting the diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) efforts of non-profit organizations, private companies, and government agencies.
 
He is the former director of the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT), where he built cross-sector partnerships to shape the policies and practices contributing to the development of accessible emerging technologies in the workplace.
 
Before coming to PEAT Josh was a Senior Consultant at Deloitte where he provided talent strategies, change management, and leadership development support to federal agencies.
 
Prior to Deloitte he spent several years with The Posse Foundation as the Career Program Manager where he cultivated relationships with companies and organizations to provide career development opportunities for Posse Scholars and Alumni.

Lori Goldberg is the Senior Director, Enterprise Talent Management for Cox Enterprises, a leading communications, media and automotive services company with more than 55,000 employees. 

In this role, Lori is responsible for enterprise-wide talent management strategies, processes and programs that support current business needs as well as future growth objectives across the company. Her scope includes employee engagement, cross-divisional career experiences, performance management, competency management, talent review, succession planning, executive assessment and career planning. She serves as a thought leader across the enterprise working with Cox leaders to drive employee engagement and retention to deliver on long-term growth objectives.

Lori joined Cox in 2012 from Boston Consulting Group where she supported the development of the firm’s intellectual property around talent management and leadership.  Prior to that, she was a Senior Consultant at Personnel Decisions International where she consulted with Fortune 500 companies on talent management, leadership development, executive coaching, workforce and succession planning, and executive assessment.

Lori holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Florida, and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University.

Kelly Marinelli, J.D., SHRM-SCP, SPHR is the founder of and Principal People Strategy Consultant at Solve HR, Inc. in Boulder, Colorado. With over twenty years of success in business leadership, legal practice and HR consulting, she has extensive experience working in multiple industries and organization types, from Fortune 500 companies to startups. Kelly has been licensed to practice law in the state of Colorado since 1995, and specializes in aligning HR with business strategy and handling complex legal and regulatory requirements. She writes about these issues and others on The Solve HR Blog, and is an active SHRM volunteer leader.

Author and international keynote speaker Karin Hurt inspires transformational change.

Recently named on Inc’s list of 100 Great Leadership Speakers and American Management Association’s 50 Leaders to Watch, Karin Hurt helps leaders from around the world achieve breakthrough results without losing their souls.

Karin has over two decades of experience in customer service, sales, and human resources. She’s the award-winning author of 2 books: Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results-Without Losing Your Soul and Overcoming an Imperfect Boss.

A former Verizon Wireless executive, Karin transformed customer service outsourcing (96M calls/year) to reach parity in quality with internal centers and developed a leading sales team that won the President’s Award for Customer Growth.

Her keynotes inspire leaders with proven and practical leadership techniques developed over her rich career as an executive, speaker, and strategic advisor.

Karin has a BA in Communication from Wake Forest University, an MA from Towson University in Organizational Communication, and additional graduate work at the University of Maryland, where she teaches in the MBA and Executive Education programs.

She and her partner, David Dye, are dedicated to their philanthropic initiative, Winning Wells, which provides clean water wells to communities struggling with access to safe water throughout Southeast Asia.

Karin lives outside of Washington, DC. She knows the stillness of a yogi, the reflective road of a marathoner, and the joy of being a mom raising emerging leaders.

• Accelerating Inclusion Facilitation certification Harvard Business School: Women Leading Business
• Change Leadership Forum Facilitation certification
• High Performing Teams Facilitation certification