Michael Miller
motivational speaker
FUN Enterprises, Inc.
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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.

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Mark Fowler
director of Programs
Tanenbaum
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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.

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Mark Schmit, SHRM-SCP
executive director
SHRM Foundation
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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).

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Monica Diaz
vice president, Diversity, Inclusion & Wellness
ESPN
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Monica Diaz is the vice president of Diversity, Inclusion and Wellness at ESPN (part of The Walt Disney Company). She joined the company in 2012, with extensive experience in the Human Resources field, in the areas of Global Diversity and Inclusion, Talent Management and Organizational Development. Her areas of expertise include corporate culture transformation, development of high performing teams and leadership in multi-cultural and matrix environments.   

In her role at ESPN, Monica is the chief architect of the company’s Diversity, Inclusion and Wellness strategy. She leads ESPN’s strategy to fully leverage the contributions of diverse constituencies in alignment with business priorities. She is also responsible for driving the continuous evolution of a healthy and vibrant work environment that enables employees to contribute to their fullest potential.

Before joining ESPN and The Walt Disney Company, Monica developed a solid career within globally recognized companies, such as Microsoft, Merck & Co and Sara Lee Corporation.  

Monica’s breadth of knowledge is frequently sought after by practitioners from different industries and professional organizations. She engages in public speaking forums, such as the Tri-State Diversity Council; Advertising Women of New York (AWNY); Harvard University – Latinas Development Conference; Executive Development Institute; The Conference Board and the State Farm D&I Conference. She has been recognized as one of Hispanic Business Magazine’s 50 Influentials (2013) and 100 Influentials (2011), as well as the Worldwide Who’s Who among Executives and Professionals in 2007, 2008 and 2012.

Her work with professional and non-profit organizations involves roles as Advisory Board Member of Madrinas, role model and mentoring for minority students with HISPA and member of the Corporate Executive Council of the Hispanic Association of Corporate Responsibility.

Monica’s qualifications include specialized certifications and training in Change Execution, Six-Sigma, Personal Styles and Preferences, and Employee Benefits Law. She has a multi-cultural background, is bilingual-biliterate in English and Spanish, with proficiency in Portuguese.   She holds a MA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, BA in Psychology (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Puerto Rico and recently completed the WISE Executive Leadership Institute from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

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Michael Goldberg
director
American Heart Association
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Michael Goldberg (a.k.a. SuperRecruiter) has over 25 years of Human Resources and Recruiting experience. His specialty – coming into organizations and rebuilding Talent Acquisition functions from non-producing to superstardom honing in on his team’s skills, the employment brand, social recruiting, process, metrics and partnerships.

Michael joined the American Heart Association as the Director of Talent Acquisition in September 2013 where he manages a team of three Recruiters and one sourcer while leading the talent acquisition strategy for the association. In September, Michael’s team won a 2014 North America Candidate Experience (CandE) Award. AHA has also been recognized as #3 Best Nonprofit to work for large companies by the Nonprofit Times and one of the top Nonprofit organizations who offer flexible jobs.

Before American Heart Association, Michael worked for Freeman, Insight, BDO Seidman, SABRE/American Airlines and Marriott.



 

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Sonia Aranza
CEO
Aranza Global Cross-Cultural Strategies
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Global Speaker Sonia Aranza has presented on the international stage from Spain to Singapore.  She brings 27+ years of experience in Diversity, Inclusion & Global Leadership. Her clients include Boeing, CIA, McDonald’s and more. The U.S. Department of Labor describes her work as “Outstanding” and was selected to execute programs for landmark cases. SHRM featured her as a Diversity & Inclusion Expert in HR Magazine and she is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Leadership. She serves on the Faculty of Howard University’s Executive Diversity Program; named “100 Most Influential Filipina Americans in the United States” and honored “100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World.”

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Grace A. Odums
strategy consultant
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Grace A. Odums, an independent strategy consultant, has a growing consultancy spanning over fifteen years.  Her impressive client list boasts Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 500 companies including: Disney ABC Media NetWorks, Waste Management (PA/WVA Area), Fairmount Southampton Resorts, Chevron-Phillips, Siemens Medical Solutions, Wells Fargo Bank.  

A much sought after international speaker, Grace welcomes the opportunity to partner with organizations and professionals in the areas of management coaching, revenue recapture, change leadership, optimum customer care, talent performance enhancement, productivity improvement, increased efficiencies, balanced scorecard architecture, and diversity strategy creation with diversity scorecard and strategy map development and system-wide implementation.

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Joe Gerstandt
speaker, author
Talent Anarchy
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Joe Gerstandt brings greater clarity, action, and impact to organizational diversity and inclusion efforts.

Joe has worked with Fortune 100 corporations, small non-profits, and everything in between. He speaks at numerous conferences and summits, and blogs at joegerstandt.com. He is a featured contributor for the Workforce Diversity Network Expert Forum and his insights have been published in Diversity Executive, HR Executive, and numerous other print and on-line journals.

A strong advocate for resetting the diversity and inclusion conversation, Joe sees these issues as poorly understood and often misunderstood.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 9:30am to 10:45am
Mark E. Fowler
Director of Programs
Tanenbaum
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In his current role, Mark is responsible for program development, project management and the expansion of Tanenbaum programs nationally and internationally. A sought-after expert on equality issues like race, gender, sexual orientation and religion, Mark's recent engagements include workshops at SHRM’s Annual Conference & Exposition, the National Association for Multicultural Education, the Out & Equal Workplace Summit, and Multicultural Forum for Workplace Diversity.

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Nadine Augusta
director of Diversity & Inclusion and Corporate Responsibility
DTCC
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Nadine Augusta leads Global Diversity and Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility for The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation. In this role, Nadine is responsible for the respective strategies for the company including setting the global agenda aligned to strategic business priorities, establishing the infrastructure, elevating employee and stakeholder engagement and connectivity and fostering strategic partnerships.

Prior to assuming her current position in 2012, Augusta was Senior Vice President in Global Diversity and Inclusion at Bank of America where she redesigned the operating model and strategic focus for the Global Diversity and Inclusion Council and the employee networks and implemented a sponsorship program designed to increase opportunity, access and visibility of diverse talent. Augusta was a member of the US Trust and Merrill Lynch Merger Integration Teams contributing to the wealth management pre-merger assessment and integration strategy and leading the Global Markets technology deployment testing strategies. Previously, she held various positions in Bank of America’s Global Corporate and Investment Bank. 

Augusta has over 20 years of experience in financial services, with key positions in management consulting, project management, sales and trading and diversity and inclusion.  Augusta worked at several leading industry institutions, including Credit Suisse, BearingPoint LLC/KPMG Consulting LLC, and Pershing LLC.  Augusta is a member of the Board for Uncommon School – Leadership Prep Charter Schools, has twice received the President’s Volunteer Service Award, and was a 2007 recipient of the “Black Achiever in Industry” award from the YMCA of Greater New York.

Augusta recently completed the Ascent Executive Leadership Program at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.  She is a graduate from St. Peter's University and resides in New York. 

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 8:00am to 9:15am
Denise Pirrotti Hummel, J.D.
principal
Ernst & Young
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Denise Pirrotti Hummel, J.D., is a Human Capital Principal at EY, where she leads national culture integration and optimization across the globe. She is the former CEO and Founder of Universal Consensus, LLC, a culture transformation firm. Her team helps clients improve global business results and build lasting performance by enhancing corporate, national, gender and generational culture, key components of enterprise financial success. In addition to serving clients, she leads a team of 40 engineers, computer scientists, curriculum specialists and researchers that operationalize EY’s global culture tools used for H.R. transformation and M&A culture integration. Hummel is a member of the prestigious U.S. State Department Worldwide Speaker and Specialist Program and a speaker on culture and change management at SHRM 2013 and SHRM 2014. She has consulted for a myriad of Fortune 100 companies in every sector, as well as the U.S. State Department and the Pentagon. Prior to founding Universal Consensus, Hummel was an attorney practicing commercial and employment law, and D&I internationally. That experience has enabled her to effectively link a client’s HR and cultural considerations with the overall enterprise risk management impacts. Denise was recognized by the American Bar Association as one of the top twenty young attorneys in the United States in 1992. She is a published author and speaks multiple languages.
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