JoDee Curtis, SHRM-SCP
HR Consultant
Purple Ink LLC
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JoDee is the Founder of Purple Ink, a human resources consulting firm in Indianapolis, IN. They serve a wide array of organizations with recruiting, HR consulting, leadership training, and HR outsourcing services.

JoDee serves on the Indiana SHRM State Council and is the chair of the Indiana SHRM conference.

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Dick Finnegan
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Chief Executive Officer
C-Suite Analytics
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Dick Finnegan is THE global turnover expert, having cut turnover by 30% and more for healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, distribution centers, call centers, and other industries…and on all six inhabited continents.

Dick has authored the top-selling SHRM-published book, The Power of Stay Interviews, along with four other books. BusinessWeek magazine has said “Finnegan offers fresh thinking for solving the turnover problem in any economy”. He has been similarly cited by Forbes, Chief Executive Magazine, and Consulting Magazine.

He holds bachelors and graduate degrees from The Pennsylvania State University and lives in Orlando, Florida.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - 4:10pm to 4:20pm
Jim Frawley
Founder
Bellwether
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Jim Frawley is the Founder and Principal of Bellwether, a company dedicated to helping organizations and executives build resiliency, adapt to change and thrive in rapidly shifting contexts. He is the host of the Bellwether Hub podcast and best-selling author of Adapting in Motion: Finding Your Place in the New Economy, a practical guide to responding to multiple levels of macro change.

Jim works with leaders in a variety of capacities, including Executive Coach, Workshop Facilitator and Business Consultant, on three primary areas of expertise: Strategic Planning, Executive Communications and Change Management. He believes today’s economy requires a new form of executive development; one that teaches how to create a plan, communicate that plan to multiple audiences, and build effective decision-making abilities to be able to adapt while in motion.

He has worked internationally over his twenty-year career, coaching executives and teams, overhauling corporate training programs, creating and implementing complex organizational and cultural re-designs and building business strategy and administrative plans. To date, he has
worked with clients in eight countries and thirty-nine states.

Authentic, sincere and dedicated to building each client's capacity to excel, Jim is a big-time reader, a small-time triathlete and a full-time husband and father.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - 11:40am to 11:50am
Tim Sackett, SHRM-SCP
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CEO
HRUTech.com
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Tim Sackett, SCP, is the CEO of HRUTech.com, a leading technical recruiting firm. Tim has over 20 years of combined executive HR and talent acquisition experience working for Fortune 500 companies. Tim is a highly sought-after international speaker on leadership, HR &TA Tech, talent acquisition, and HR execution. Tim is currently a Senior Faculty member with the Josh Bersin Academy. He is also an Angel investor and advisor and sits on multiple HR Technology corporate boards.

Tim is the author of the newly released book The Talent Fix, Vol. 2. He also writes daily on his blog, the Tim Sackett Project. Tim is married to a hall-of-fame wife, has three sons, and his dog Tucker. In 2023, he was named a Top Global HR & Recruitment Influencer by HR Executive. He has more Twitter (X) followers than his 3 Gen Z sons and is sponsored on stage by diet Mt. Dew.

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Lori Kleiman, SHRM-SCP
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Managing Director
HR Topics
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Been there – done that!  With 30 years of HR and business experience – Lori has walked in your shoes.  A recovered HR Generalist, she built a consulting company that she sold to Arthur J Gallagher after 7 years and then reinvented her current business – HR Topics -  training, speaking and developing content for HR professionals.  Lori delivers facts, tips, tricks and best practices in a way that appeals to human resource and business leaders: with a sense of humor, a bias toward actions that improve their operations right away, and practical resources and tools to support their progress.  As an annual speaker at the National SHRM conference, she has leveraged her masters in HR, SPHR and SHRM-SCP background to elevate the position of all HR professionals!

 

 

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - 11:30am to 11:40am
Shenal Shroff
Senior Director, Customer Success
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Shenal Shroff is a Senior Director of Customer Success at Checkr, where she helps her customers optimize their candidate funnels through streamlined background verification, improve candidate experiences, and hiring teams to perform individualized role-based hiring assessments. She is based in San Francisco, CA, with over 17 years of experience in customer success and professional services.

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Jeff Faber
Chief Strategy Officer
HUB International Limited
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Jeff Faber is the Chief Strategy Officer for Hub International.  His role is to put better ideas in the heads of our consultants and customers. 

In his 20+ years of broad-based consulting, which ranged from pension actuarial work to executive compensation to HRIS and healthcare, he learned that the success of an employer’s benefits offering is unique to a workplace and deeply interconnected to culture, company branding and individual talent. 

He is responsible for the development and execution of cutting-edge tools, enabling cost-containment strategies with minimum friction, and deploying risk-reduction and employment-enhancing initiatives.  At Hub, he creates quality employee experiences.

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Eric Canny
Associate Teaching Professor
University of Southern California
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Dr. Canny has three decades in higher education, as a Dean, Vice President Program Management, and faculty with foci on global operations, HR, learning and development, DEI, and organizational change. Eric held leadership positions at New York University, Columbia University, Stetson University, Augsburg University, CEA Study Abroad and the University of North Texas. He was a Founding Director for the Global Risk Mitigation Foundation. Eric is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Education at the Rossier School of Education, University of California. He consults on organizational change, strategic planning, and the intersection of workforce trends and higher education. 

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Melinda A. Caughill, CSA
Co-Founder
65 Incorporated
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For Melinda, Medicare is more than just a job; it's literally in her DNA.

As the daughter of nationally recognized expert and pioneer, Diane J. Omdahl, RN, MS, Medicare was always a topic of conversation at the dinner table. Today, as a co-founder of 65 Incorporated® and the revolutionary i65® Medicare enrollment software, Melinda carries on the legacy as a Medicare expert herself. She's known for passionately empowering today’s seniors, their families, and their professional advisors with unbiased, expert Medicare guidance.

When she's not sharing her expertise in one-on-one consultations, Melinda is a captivating Medicare speaker lauded for her presentations at conference for Charles Schwab, Edward Jones, Raymond James, Axtella, LPL, Osaic, Allstate, Protective and more. Melinda was recently named the top-rated speaker for 2023 for the Financial Experts Network.

She's also frequently featured in national news publications like The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Consumer Reports, and many more.

Beyond the spotlight, Melinda consults with corporate giants like PBS and Macmillan Publishing, ensuring their teams and retirees can tap into her unmatched Medicare wisdom.

Best of all, Melinda does NOT sell Medicare insurance. Her interest is simply her client's best interest.

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Melinda A. Caughill, CSA
Co-Founder
65 Incorporated
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For Melinda, Medicare is more than just a job; it's literally in her DNA.

As the daughter of nationally recognized expert and pioneer, Diane J. Omdahl, RN, MS, Medicare was always a topic of conversation at the dinner table. Today, as a co-founder of 65 Incorporated® and the revolutionary i65® Medicare enrollment software, Melinda carries on the legacy as a Medicare expert herself. She's known for passionately empowering today’s seniors, their families, and their professional advisors with unbiased, expert Medicare guidance.

When she's not sharing her expertise in one-on-one consultations, Melinda is a captivating Medicare speaker lauded for her presentations at conference for Charles Schwab, Edward Jones, Raymond James, Axtella, LPL, Osaic, Allstate, Protective and more. Melinda was recently named the top-rated speaker for 2023 for the Financial Experts Network.

She's also frequently featured in national news publications like The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Consumer Reports, and many more.

Beyond the spotlight, Melinda consults with corporate giants like PBS and Macmillan Publishing, ensuring their teams and retirees can tap into her unmatched Medicare wisdom.

Best of all, Melinda does NOT sell Medicare insurance. Her interest is simply her client's best interest.

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Monday, June 24, 2024 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Melinda A. Caughill, CSA
Co-Founder
65 Incorporated
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For Melinda, Medicare is more than just a job; it's literally in her DNA.

As the daughter of nationally recognized expert and pioneer, Diane J. Omdahl, RN, MS, Medicare was always a topic of conversation at the dinner table. Today, as a co-founder of 65 Incorporated® and the revolutionary i65® Medicare enrollment software, Melinda carries on the legacy as a Medicare expert herself. She's known for passionately empowering today’s seniors, their families, and their professional advisors with unbiased, expert Medicare guidance.

When she's not sharing her expertise in one-on-one consultations, Melinda is a captivating Medicare speaker lauded for her presentations at conference for Charles Schwab, Edward Jones, Raymond James, Axtella, LPL, Osaic, Allstate, Protective and more. Melinda was recently named the top-rated speaker for 2023 for the Financial Experts Network.

She's also frequently featured in national news publications like The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Consumer Reports, and many more.

Beyond the spotlight, Melinda consults with corporate giants like PBS and Macmillan Publishing, ensuring their teams and retirees can tap into her unmatched Medicare wisdom.

Best of all, Melinda does NOT sell Medicare insurance. Her interest is simply her client's best interest.

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Trisha Zulic, SHRM-SCP
Director, Human Resources Consultant Services
Efficient Edge HR & Business Services, Inc.
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Trisha Zulic, SHRM-SCP, has over two decades of experience specializing lean management, inclusive workplaces, training, and project management. She is widely recognized for her leadership roles and impactful speaking engagements.

Trisha has excelled in senior leadership positions, driving operational efficiency and leading strategic initiatives. Trisha is known for her ability to craft growth strategies, mentor professionals, and manage high-level business efforts.

In addition to her executive roles, Trisha is a sought-after SHRM instructor, captivating audiences with her deep knowledge of HR leadership best practices. This has made her a trusted advisor and partner to leadership teams and boards of directors nationwide.

 

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