Mr. McLaurin serves as a Director, Relationship Management. He has over twenty years of working in the Retirement Services industry for mission-based organizations, including the past eight years with ICMA-RC. In 2013, he relocated from his native Denver, Colorado to the Washington, DC area. He is assigned to a number of prominent clients in the region including: the District of Columbia, Prince George’s County, MD, City of Philadelphia, Monroe County, NY and Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. He has extensive experience in contract negotiations, client acquisition, team development and data analysis.

Some of his notable accomplishments with ICMA-RC are having the keen ability to improve plan participant trends and identify specific behaviors which tend to create barriers in Building Retirement Security.  As a result of Mr. McLaurin’s achievements he was been a member of ICMA-RC’s distinguished Leaders’ Circle, has been nominated for the Leadership Award by his peers and has directed national award winning communication strategies.

Mr. McLaurin participated in an Executive Masters of Business Administration graduate studies program at the University of Denver.  He holds FINRA registrations 6, 63, and 26. Additionally, he obtained a Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist designation from the College of Financial Planning.

Glenn Sherman is Vice President of Retirement Plans for ICMA-RC. His responsibilities include management of ICMA-RC’s 457, 401, Retiree Health, and IRA programs. Mr. Sherman is responsible for ongoing development and enhancement of these programs in response to competitive, market and legislative and regulatory changes, as well as development and introduction of new programs in support of ICMA-RC’s mission. Mr. Sherman oversaw the development and introduction of ICMA-RC’s guaranteed lifetime income solution.

Mr. Sherman has nearly 25 years of financial services product development experience. Prior to joining ICMA-RC in 2004, Mr. Sherman was President at Retirement Plan Services, LLC, a regional third-party administrator. Prior to Retirement Plan Services, LLC, Mr. Sherman was Vice President, Employee Benefits Product Manager, SunTrust Bank. Mr. Sherman earned a BS in economics from George Mason University and an MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University.
 

Leslie Mays is vice president, chief inclusion officer for Avon Products, Inc., responsible for designing and driving the company’s worldwide inclusion strategies, policies and practices in line with Avon’s empowerment mission. She has been leading the design and implementation of the company’s first global women’s strategy across six of Avon’s largest markets around the world, leading development of a new global employee value proposition and integrating D&I into core talent practices. She also currently serves as acting vice president of Global Talent Management.

Prior to joining Avon, Leslie has served in senior executive roles and as an executive level specialist for other leading global corporations for over 20 years. Her key accomplishments include: the establishment of the first auditable global D&I policy in a multinational corporation implemented in 140 countries; applying rigorous, evidence-based analysis to D&I strategy development; educating and partnering with leadership teams in Asia, Latin America, Europe and Africa to improve talent and business performance through understanding and leveraging cultural differences. Her work has resulted in several awards and professional commendations, and has been featured in articles, books, and research in academic, trade and business publications.

Michael is “the happiest person he knows!” That said – Michael has a unique take on life given his experiences growing up in The Bronx, New York City. The son of a brave New York City Policeman and fabulous Italian-American mother, Michael finds being direct and honest easier than most – allowing him to mix humor and passion in a way that makes him memorable and motivational!

Expect no soft soaking – rather, Michael gets you motivated in this arena by telling it like it is and by insisting that you consider new ways to “get it done.” Done humorously, his employers and clients repeatedly claim that his manner really gets people to listen and motivates to make positive changes.

Michael has been working at hundreds of college campuses across the US for 10+ years.  He brings a positive attitude, a multitude of experience and humor to all of his programs.  As a former Student Affairs professional, he is in touch with the needs of college campuses today.

After reading this, you might like to meet Michael – consider this session as your first introduction.

Mark E. Fowler is Tanenbaum’s Director of Programs and oversees all of our program areas. He is responsible for program development, project management, and the expansion of Tanenbaum programs nationally and internationally. As Director of Programs, he leads the design and implementation of all Ta-nenbaum trainings.

He is also an in-demand trainer and speaker in all of Tanenbaum’s core areas. Most recently he led workshops at the National Association for Multicultural Education, Out and Equal’s Annual Conference, the 6th National Conference on Quality Care for Diverse Populations, the National MultiCultural Institute and the Multicultural Forum.

Mr. Fowler has been involved in New York City’s education community for over 20 years. Immediately prior to joining Tanenbaum, Mr. Fowler served as a Health Educator, developing and delivering programs on HIV/AIDS prevention and health risk reduction. He has also been a New York City Department of Education Coordinator of Student Affairs and a teacher working with at-risk youth in danger of not com-pleting their high school education.

He is also a skilled facilitator/trainer and has worked with the Anti-Defamation League in its "A World of Difference" Institute. There, he worked with teachers, counselors and administrators as well as students from K-12 on prejudice reduction, conflict resolution, as well as identifying and reducing bias and bullying.

In addition to his work at Tanenbaum, Mr. Fowler is a sought-after keynote speaker and facilitator who has addressed private and public entities throughout New York City on issues of equality in regard to race, gender, sexual orientation and religion.

Mr. Fowler earned a B.A. in English and Education at Duke University. He was also trained as a Mediation and Conflict Resolution Specialist with the New York City Department of Education.

Mark J. Schmit, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, is the Executive Director for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Foundation. In this capacity he leads the Foundation’s efforts to advance the strategic direction and impact of the HR profession. Dr. Schmit was previously the Vice President of Research for SHRM. Dr. Schmit has more than 25 years of experience in the field of human resources including work as an HR generalist, academic, applied researcher, and internal and external consultant to both public and private organizations. Dr. Schmit earned a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Bowling Green State University in 1994. Dr. Schmit is a Fellow in both the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the American Psychological Association. He is also certified as a SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP).