Bruce Sherman, MD
medical director, Population Health Management
Buck Consultants at Xerox
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Bruce Sherman, MD, FCCP, FACOEM, serves as the Medical Director, Population Health Management for the RightOpt private exchange offering for Buck Consultants at Xerox. In this role, he provides strategic guidance for development, implementation and ongoing management of integrated, value-based health and performance management strategies for exchange employer clients. Additionally, Dr. Sherman is the Medical Director for the Ohio-based Employers Health Coalition, Inc., where he provides health management strategies to the organization’s members, and provides strategic guidance for the coalition’s data warehouse program. Previously he was the consulting corporate medical director for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Whirlpool Corporation, and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Dr. Sherman has particular interests in the areas of the business value of health and evaluation of quality and efficiency in health care delivery.

Dr. Sherman is a member of the leadership board for the Integrated Benefits Institute, and also has committee leadership roles with the National Committee for Quality Assurance, and Population Health Alliance.  A speaker at both local and national levels, he has presented workforce health and performance management strategies to diverse audiences, and has published numerous related articles. Dr. Sherman received his MD from New York University School of Medicine, his MA from Harvard University and his bachelor's degree from Brown University. He is board-certified in internal medicine. Dr. Sherman continues as a member of the clinical faculty in the Department of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

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Richard Wyatt Hight
founder and CEO
Visual Mpact
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Richard Hight is an international speaker who inspires audiences to re-imagine possibilities and discover their creative processes. He understands the importance of utilizing his presentation to motivate the crowd, and he uses a variety of learning methods to connect with every individual in the room though spoken word, music, and fine art. From the moment Richard steps onto a stage, he captures the attention of each individual by combining powerful illustrations, compelling music and inspiring messages, to challenge people to think like an artist and act like a leader.

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Kelly Dobbs Bunting
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Kelly Bunting, Co-Chair of the Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Labor & Employment Practice's Workplace Compliance & Counseling Group, and member of its Artificial Intelligence Law Group, has considerable experience defending class and collective wage and hour litigation and misclassification claims, having defended employers in Title III ADA access litigation and litigation alleging race, sex, pregnancy, age, disability discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. She is deeply experienced in virtually all aspects of employment litigation, including wage and hour, labor, Title VII, harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, non-competition and non-solicitation, trade secrets, SOX and Dodd Frank whistleblower claims, CEPA, ADEA, FMLA, NJLAD, and failure to accommodate issues. She has identified and managed employment issues in M&A deals and appeared before the EEOC, NLRB, and DOL in many states, as well as state agencies in DE, NY, NJ and PA. Kelly has represented many clients in mediation and settlement negotiations, and created HR and compliance training modules. She is regularly sought after as a workforce trainer for issues related to harassment and discrimination, FCPA compliance, good management techniques, and union awareness.

Kelly focuses much of her practice on international L&E issues, including employment/secondment contracts, data privacy, and global anti-corruption compliance. She advises clients on national and international handbook policies, procedures, and strategic HR issues, and provides day-to-day counsel in hiring, employee relations, employee discipline, and termination. She also conducts and advises on internal investigations.

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Jason Alex Geller
Regional Managing Partner
Fisher Phillips
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Jason Geller is managing partner of the firm's San Francisco office.  Jason represents employers in all facets of employment law matters. He has considerable experience defending employers in litigation involving claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act and California Family Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and California wage and hour laws. Jason has also defended employers against whistleblowing and retaliation claims, including claims under the California Whistleblower Act, the False Claims Act and various provisions of the California Labor Code.

Jason has extensive experience defending employers in federal and state court, as well as in investigations by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, United States Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board.

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Keith Epstein
HR legal representative
Intel Corp
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Keith Epstein (SPHR, GPHR, and SHRM-SCP) is a Legal Investigator in the Employment, Labor, and Benefits Legal Group at Intel Corporation.  He has a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development and has worked for Intel for 20 years including training, organizational development, human resources generalist, and for the last 10 years, as an investigator for human resources-related charges and lawsuits.  Mr. Epstein is involved in global labor relations particularly in Asia and in setting Intel’s global employment guidelines.  Keith is also considered one of Intel’s subject matter experts on gender transition matters.

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Eva Breslin, SHRM-SCP
HR legal representative
Intel Corp
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Eva Breslin (SPHR, GPHR, and SHRM-SCP) is a Global Senior HR Professional in the Employment, Labor, and Benefits Legal Group at Intel Corporation.  She has a BBA in Human Resources and an MBA in general management administration and has worked for Intel for 19 years.  Eva currently manages the Latin American Region and is involved with global employee relations, union/labor relations, performance management, training and development and other HR related functions.  Eva is also considered one of Intel’s subject matter experts in employee relations, including gender transition matters.

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Beth Baerman
product communications director
Attendance on Demand
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Beth Baerman is Director of Compliance and Communications for Attendance on Demand and is an expert in time and labor management. She has over 20 years’ experience in workforce management, product management, technical communications, and training.
 
Baerman is a frequent speaker about labor compliance and compliance trends. Recently, she addressed national conferences for the American Payroll Association, Society for Human Resource Management, American College of Health Care Administrators, and others. Baerman is engaging and passionate about helping businesses achieve workforce management optimization and helping organizations respond to the growing complexities of compliance regulations.
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David Horsager, CSP, CPAE
business strategist, author, CEO
Trust Edge Leadership Institute
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David Horsager, MA, CSP, CPAE is the CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute, national bestselling author of The Trust Edge, inventor of the Enterprise Trust Index™, and director of one of the nation’s foremost trust studies: The Trust Outlook™. His work has been featured in prominent publications such as Fast Company, Forbes, The Huffington Post and The Wall Street Journal. David has advised leaders and delivered life-changing presentations on six continents, with audiences ranging everywhere from FedEx, Toyota and global governments to the New York Yankees and the Department of Homeland Security. Get free resources and more at www.DavidHorsager.com and www.TrustEdge.com

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Ben Fanning
author, INC magazine columnist, consultant
BF Coaching, LLC
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Ben Fanning is Chief Engagement Officer at BenFanning.com and built his consulting and training company to help organizations boost employee engagement, increase productivity, and decrease the catastrophic cost of quitting for both the organization and employee.

Ben is the #1 bestselling author of, “The QUIT Alternative®: The Blueprint for Creating the Job You Love…Without Quitting”.  His books have sold in over 39 countries, and received praise from corporate leaders at DHL, The Sports Authority, Kraft, Carefusion, and Universal Hospital Systems.

As a leading columnist at INC. Magazine, he has also been featured in Forbes, Yahoo! Business, and Business Insider.  He has published numerous other works including “The Leader’s Guide to Employee Motivation – How to Quickly and Effectively Motivate Your Team”.

 
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Kurt A. Kappes
shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Mr. Kappes is a Managing Shareholder of Greenberg Traurig's Sacramento office. He is also the Co-Chair of the National Labor & Employment practice's Non-Compete/Trade Secret and Employment Contract Litigation team.

Mr. Kappes has extensive trial and pretrial experience. He has represented clients in many complex litigation cases involving class actions, commercial claims, trade secrets and employee mobility, computer fraud, non-compete, products liability, professional malpractice, insurance bad faith, qui tam actions, unfair competition, Business and Professions Code Section 17200 actions, and SOX proceedings. He also represents clients in labor and employment issues, including advisory matters, trade secret audits, contracts, discrimination claims, whistleblower cases, and wrongful termination litigation.

 

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