Wendy Stratman Miller is the Chief People Officer for North America at McKinsey & Company where she shapes and manages the firm’s People strategy, processes, and professional teams.

During her 19 years in McKinsey’s People function, Wendy has built and overseen an integrated team with responsibility for recruiting, professional development, evaluations and reviews, learning, and human resources. She partners globally to design the firm’s regional People strategy, employee value proposition, and experience, including the diversity and inclusion strategy and shift toward a stronger development culture.

Previously, Wendy was a McKinsey consultant serving clients on various strategic topics with a focus on marketing and sales in consumer and retail industries.

Wendy has an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BS in Accounting from Miami University. She lives in Atlanta, GA, with her husband, Matt, and three children.

Allison Chamberlayne is the Director of Operations for Hiring Our Heroes, an initiative of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation connecting transitioning service members, veteran, military spouses, and caregivers with American businesses to create economic opportunity and a strong and diversified workforce. In her role, Allison focuses on day-to-day program operations, staff development, process improvement, and strengthening partnerships.

Allison is a military spouse who served alongside her husband, a retired Army Engineer, for over 25 years. She joined Hiring Our Heroes in January of 2018, as a part of the Corporate Fellowship Program. Over the past four and a half years, Allison has held several roles to include Operations Manager, Program Manager of Corporate Fellowship program in the National Capital Region and Deputy Director of the Military Spouse Fellowship Program.

Before her career at Hiring Our Heroes, Allison faced the same employment challenges as those she currently serves. She has held full time, part time and temporary positions in multiple fields to include Accounting, Logistics, Marketing, Finance and Education. This has made her a passionate advocate for military spouses in their pursuit of meaningful employment opportunities.

Allison has a bachelor’s degree in Urban Affairs from Virginia Tech and being a diehard Hokie consumes much of her and her family’s free time. She resides in McLean, VA with her husband, Ed (VT ’93, ‘02, ‘11 ) and son Eddie (VT ’24). Her daughter, Emma (UVA ’20) lives nearby and tolerates the VT fanaticism.

From mowing lawns and working at a FroYo shop to the seat he’s in today, every job Charles has had involved a role in service—which is probably why he sees everything he does professionally as an opportunity to serve. Charles has led HR, customer service, sales, and recruiting teams along with serving as Chair for his local HR Leadership Academy. No matter what he has done in his career, his goal has always been to make life a little more enjoyable and rewarding for the people around him.

Explaining what Charles does for ITAC would depend on the person you ask. To some, he’s the “HR guy” or the “Ops guy.” Others might talk about their first week at ITAC spent with him to onboard and train them. Over time, his role has evolved along with the company. As the company’s Integrator, Charles works with the leadership team to carry out the vision of the Partners, holding the team accountable (think “cat herding”) and beating the drum on their 20 Mile March.

Just about every assessment he’s taken says he’s competitive, hard-charging, change-oriented, and has high standards. Outside of work, his competitiveness plays out on the tennis court. He’ll tell you he’s not great at it (yet), but the exercise and social aspects keep him coming back for more. While homelife throws in a curveball occasionally between his Sphynx cat Gus and his overly active Devon Rex mate, Ollie, Charles is happy to share life’s adventure with his partner who keeps all those qualities mentioned earlier in check

As Bonusly's Chief Customer Officer, Debra combines her passion for an exceptional customer experience with her drive to empower companies to connect, motivate, and engage their employees to build winning workplaces. Prior to Bonusly, Debra was the VP of CS at Beamery and the Chief Client Officer at Namely, to name a few. She has over 25 years of experience in senior leadership roles in Human Resources ranging from in-house HR leadership to HR Consulting, Outsourcing, Client Services, and Customer Success working directly with HR teams across a variety of industries. She currently resides in Fort Worth, Texas with her husband and two dogs.

Charlotte Smith has been in and around healthcare her entire life. Growing up with a physician mother, she seamlessly integrated herself into the world of patient care and insurance during her formative years. A graduate in biology from Texas A&M, Charlotte pivoted into the pharmaceutical sales arena, where she honed her understanding of the intricacies of how medications are covered, how physicians chose to prescribe, and the best way to have fancy dinners for free.

Her professional trajectory reached new heights at UnitedHealth Group, where Charlotte gained a comprehensive understanding of employee benefits. While at UHG, Charlotte specialized in prediabetes, diabetes, and weight loss solutions, she went on to navigate the challenges of three successful startups before finding her current role as the Director of Partnerships at Take Command. In this role, Charlotte serves as a catalyst in the benefits consulting realm, equipping brokers and consultants with the knowledge to introduce innovative tools such as Individual Coverage HRAs to their clients.

Charlotte lives outside of Dallas, TX with her husband, three daughters, and new kitten, Romeo.

Erin Casey is the Senior Vice President of Platform Partnerships. In this role, she is accountable for the third-party technology strategy for both Unum and Colonial Life brands specifically focused on driving growth, efficiency, and customer satisfaction through market leading solutions such as HR Connect and Gathr. Prior to joining Unum in 2022, Erin spent 20 years at Guardian Insurance in a variety of leadership roles and most recently led their strategic partnership team, accelerating their market connectivity with benefits technology firms.

Senior leader in education technology with a proven track record of supporting enterprise clients. My team develops and implements learning solutions that support organizations’ strategic goals.

As a former systems administrator and instructional designer, my technical knowledge and people skills drive a systems approach when I conduct needs assessments and design solutions. My focus is building sustainable options for my clients that are adaptive to evolving needs and challenges.

In my current role with Open LMS, I work with three learning management systems building solutions for clients in higher ed, non-profit, government, and corporate sectors.

Tim Hwang is a machine learning expert, business leader, and entrepreneur whose career has focused on improving AI and understanding the impact of machine learning on society.

Having worked previously with groups including Google and IBM, and dubbed “the busiest man on the Internet” by Forbes, Hwang served as a research fellow at the Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology, where he focused on artificial intelligence and national security issues. Before that, Hwang was the director of the Harvard-MIT Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative, a $26M philanthropic fund and research effort backed by LinkedIn co-founder, Reid Hoffman, working to ensure that machine learning and autonomous technologies are researched, developed, and deployed in the public interest.

Hwang’s speeches aid groups in better understanding the complexities of AI and machine learning and how to build ethics into the application of these technologies. Passionate about the ethics of machine learning—and easy to follow when discussing it — Hwang continues to demonstrate his thought leadership in the AI space. Using everyday life examples and captivating visuals in his presentations, he provides attendees with actionable insights on what they need to know right now about AI and how to best ethically implement it. By sharing his practical experience on the forefront of these technologies, Hwang brings nuance to the technological breakthroughs that have captivated the public in recent years and spotlights what’s likely to be coming right around the corner.

Prior to the AI Initiative, Hwang was the Global Public Policy lead for artificial intelligence and machine learning at Google, where he developed the company’s messaging and led government outreach on a broad range of questions around the social impact of the technology including security, safety, bias, and fairness. He also led research at Intelligence & Autonomy, a research initiative on AI and its influence in the labor markers, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hwang’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wired, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street Journal, among others. In 2011, The Globe and Mail named Hwang one of a dozen people changing philanthropy, alongside Bill Gates and George Soros.

Tim has worked in the past with groups such as Creative Commons, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, IBM, Imgur, the Institute for the Future, the Mozilla Foundation, Oxford Internet Institute, RAND Corporation, Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and Tumblr. He also sits on the board of Meedan and is an investor in Temescal Brewing.

Diane is PwC’s US HR Transformation Leader, helping organizations modernize their HR function to support changing business and workforce needs and expectations. With tenacious curiosity, Diane welcomes the opportunity to explore the art of the possible with organizations to shape HR’s contributions to culture, careers, collaboration, and community. Working across multiple industry segments, she is passionate about helping organizations rethink and reimage HR’s role through new services and modern technologies, inspiring new ways to engage and deliver services to leaders, managers, and employees.      

With over 30 years of consulting, Diane has been a speaker at numerous conferences and internal corporate leadership events. Prior to her role as PwC’s US HR Transformation Leader, Diane was the PwC Global Workday Leader, growing the business organically from inception and driving PwC’s Global professional services business in delivering Workday services. She was also the Diversity & Inclusion Leader for our Industrial Products and Services market segment.      

A math and computer sciences graduate of the University of Texas - Arlington, Diane is a past board member of the YWCA, Dallas helping low-income women achieve stability and higher levels of self-sufficiency. She is also a volleyball and tennis mother, supporting her family’s multiple interests. Diane married a Texas native and now lives in Dallas with her husband, Robert, and son.