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Mitchell J. Beckman
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Stephanie Goetsch
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Lyle S. Hanna
president & CEO
Hanna Resource Group
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Lyle is the founder and President of Hanna Resource Group and uses his over 35 years of experience in corporate human resource management to assist clients with strategic design and implementation of a wide range of programs including retirement, health, compensation systems, and general human resource planning.
Prior to forming HRG, which focuses on innovative business and human resource strategy, Lyle was Managing Director for the Compensation, Benefits & Retirement Group division offices of Palmer & Cay in Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. Lyle also served as a Principal and Global Business Development Consultant in the Louisville office of William M. Mercer, Inc, and was formerly the Director of Human Resources for Jerrico, Inc. For 9 years prior, Lyle worked for Texas Instruments, four of which he served as a Manager on the Corporate Human Resources staff and was responsible for all EEO and Affirmative Action.
Lyle is the founder of Best Places to Work in Kentucky and works with organizations to align goals, build stronger culture, and improve results.
Lyle’s leadership talents have also been utilized with many other organizations. He has served in various key roles within the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) since the late 1980’s, and has served twice as Chair of the Kentucky SHRM State Council. Lyle is a former Chair of the national SHRM Foundation’s Board of Directors and, in 2005, KY SHRM established an award called the Lyle Hanna Spirit Award to recognize other volunteers who give mightily of their time and talent to the human resource profession.
He is also a former Chair of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and has worked extensively to establish partnerships between the KY Chamber and KY SHRM to enhance the human resource profession.
For over a quarter of a century, Lyle has also been intimately involved in the expansion of Habitat for Humanity into over 100 countries around the globe. He is the former Vice-Chair of the Habitat for Humanity International Board of Directors and, in 2004, he was elected to the Habitat Global Leadership Council and served as its Chair. He currently serves on the Global Development Committee to help raise $3.9 Billion.
Lexington Rotary is also an organization in which Lyle is very active. He is a Paul Harris Fellow and past recipient of President’s “Four Avenues of Service Citation.” He has also acted as the Campaign Chair of the United Way of the Bluegrass in Lexington, Kentucky.
Lyle is sought after by numerous Boards because of his extensive experience as a facilitator for strategic planning and problem solving. He has traveled and worked in over a dozen countries on five continents, and he speaks across the United States on a regular basis regarding Human Resources and Habitat for Humanity. In 2001 he was written up in Fortune magazine for his success at balancing his Habitat involvement and his professional career.
Furthering his extensive involvement in not-for-profit organizations, Lyle dedicates time to coaching other nonprofit leaders. He is a Founding Director of The Board Authority (TBA), a not-for-profit organization designed to provide education and support to individuals aspiring to serve on local, regional, or national level boards. In 2010, the founders of TBA co-authored “Not-For-Profit Boards: A Practical Guide to Modern Governance” which is currently in its second printing.
Lyle is a graduate of the College of Wooster with a BA in Urban Studies (Economics / Political Science). In 1992 he achieved lifetime certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and has also earned the SHRM Senior Certified Profession (SHRM-SCP) designation.
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Chris Wallace
Award-Winning Veteran Journalist & Host of FOX News Sunday
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Chris Wallace is the anchor of Fox News Sunday (FNS), Fox Broadcasting Company's Sunday morning public affairs program. He also plays a major role in Fox News Channel's America's Election HQ coverage and is based in Washington, D.C.
Each Sunday, Wallace interviews that week’s top newsmakers—including the top Presidential candidates, senior officials in the Obama Administration, Congressional and world leaders. This summer, he was a moderator of the Fox News Republican Presidential debate, that drew an audience of 24 million viewers. In 2016, he will report from both national conventions—and will be an anchor in Fox News’s Election Night coverage.
Over his career, Wallace has won every major broadcast news award for his reporting, including three Emmy Awards, the Dupont-Columbia Silver Baton, the Peabody Award, and the Sol Taishoff Award for Broadcast Journalism from the National Press Foundation. Most recently, he won the Paul White Award for lifetime achievement from the Radio Television Digital News Association. Wallace has been described as an "equal opportunity inquisitor" by The Boston Globe, and "an aggressive journalist," "sharp edged" and "solid" by The Washington Post.
Before joining Fox News, Wallace worked at ABC News for 14 years where he served as the Chief Correspondent for Primetime Thursday and as a substitute host for Nightline. During his tenure with ABC News, Wallace hosted multiple groundbreaking investigations and received numerous awards for his work.
Prior to joining ABC News, Wallace was with NBC News where he served as the chief White House correspondent from 1982-1989. While at NBC, he covered the 1980, 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns as well as the Democratic and Republican conventions in those years. Wallace anchored Meet the Press from 1987-1988, making him the only person to have hosted two Sunday talk shows. He also anchored the Sunday edition of NBC Nightly News from 1982-1984 and 1986-1987. Wallace joined NBC as a reporter with WNBC-TV in New York City in 1975.
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Sally Kohn
CNN political commentator and Daily Beast columnist
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