Tim Arnst is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Universal Parks and Resorts.  Mr. Arnst oversees various human resources activities for Universal Orlando Resort, Wet’ n Wild, Universal Studios Japan, Universal Studios Singapore and future international developments including Dubai, Moscow and China. 

Mr. Arnst began his human resources career with Yosemite Park & Curry Co. in Yosemite National Park, California in 1975.  With responsibility for 2,000 employees, Mr. Arnst led the various disciplines of Human Resources including, staffing, employee housing and recreation, and labor relations. 

In 1990, Mr. Arnst was asked by Yosemite’s management company, Music Corporation of America (MCA), to move to Orlando as Director of Human Resources to help launch Universal Studios Florida.  He later went on to lead human resources teams in the successful expansion of Universal Orlando Resort, which includes Universal Islands of Adventure, CityWalk and Loews Hotels. 

Mr. Arnst is currently Universal Parks & Resorts’ lead human resources executive associated with the development of international parks.  He was instrumental in the 2001 start-up of Universal Studios Japan, located in Osaka, Japan.  And more recently, provided human resources and operational direction on the opening of Universal Studios Singapore in March, 2010. 

Mr. Arnst is committed to the Orlando community and has served on numerous boards in central Florida including the Chamber of Commerce, YMCA, the Foundation for Orange County Public Schools, the Employers Association of Florida, and the executive board for Junior Achievement of Central Florida.

Mr. Arnst lives in Orlando with his wife Marilyn and has grown children, Sarah and Bryan.  His interests include travel, reading, photography, and a variety of sports, including rock climbing, tennis, golf and softball.

Naowarat Bumrungchit is Senior Vice President, of the C.P. Leadership Group.  She was recently assigned to the office of the Chairman  to institutionalize the C.P.Leadership Institute. Previously, Naowarat’s responsibilities included heading Leadership Development, Learning & Development for CPF as well as overseeing the CPF Learning Center Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Thailand the largest ago-­‐industrial food company “Charoen Pokaphan Public Company” (CPF). CPF subsidiaries companies operate in 27 countries around the globe. 

Naowarat has an impressive track record and international reputation for building the talent pipeline, including talent development with global capability, and for transforming knowledge capital, capability and leadership into business success.   In her current role, she is institutionalizing  the CPF Global Learning Center by providing innovative learning tools for CPF global leaders. Naowarat has been awarded the Global HR Excellent Award 2009 and in 2012 the Leaders Award in Business Leadership.

Naowarat also served as the Vice President of the Stock Exchange of Thailand. In that capacity, she played a key role in institutionalizing the Thailand Securities Institute to function as a center for licensing examinations.  She is credited for bringing continuous, innovative, education and training programs for industry practitioners and investors through series of lectures, workshops, seminars, computer-­‐based training sessions and other relevant technology. While serving in this role, she devoted her personal time to developing mentoring programs for volunteer instructors to help sustain their personal long term growth. She also wrote 2 pocket books used as   mentor’s hand books focused on how to be high technology instructors using a blended learning technique as the key to success in transferring knowledge in a simple and effective way. Naowarat is a Fulbright Scholar with a Masters degree in Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation from Syracuse University.

Kelly is a leading talent management talent and consultant who specializes in leadership and management development. Kelly brings over 15 years of experience in human resource, organization and leadership development. She has outstanding platform and training skills, with a warm, direct and insightful style.

Kelly is currently as Associate Consultant for The Employee Engagement Group, helping facilitate leadership off sites, while building and overseeing specific talent management programs and initiatives.

Prior to joining The Employee Engagement Group,  Kelly was a Partner with Camden Consulting Group, a boutique leadership development, talent management, and executive coaching firm. As Partner, Kelly led the client relationship management, consulting services design and delivery and operations for the firm.

Prior to Camden, Kelly was an independent consultant for 9 years where she provided expertise in executive coaching, performance management and leadership development to companies in a breadth of industries including financial services, technology, public relations and consumer goods.  Kelly also spent years on the corporate side as a Human Resources Generalist.

Kelly’s passion is to engage individuals and organizations to fulfill their potential.  A natural facilitator and presenter, Kelly also has the unique  ability to gain consensus through her collaborate efforts. Kelly holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Saint Anselm College.

Kimberly Schultz is a business-driven Human Capital Strategist who develops and implements solutions to enhance an organization’s value through its people. Currently, Kimberly is Globalization Manager in Samsung Group’s HRD Center working to develop and implement strategies and programs to ensure shared values and culture among Samsung’s ~270,000 overseas employees and executives.

Kimberly earned her MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and joined Samsung’s Global Strategy Group in Seoul, South Korea in 2011 to further pursue her passion in enabling globalization and organizational change. In this role, Kimberly advised senior leadership at Samsung’s 28 affiliate companies on issues related to strategic HR and global expansion. Seeking to gain more operational experience, Kimberly transitioned to Samsung Construction & Trading as a Manager of HR Planning, responsible for enabling the company’s rapid overseas expansion and organizational transformation. During this time, she implemented a variety of organization development initiatives and served as the HR M&A lead for their inorganic growth initiatives.

Prior to joining Samsung, Kimberly worked in Deloitte Consulting’s Human Capital practice, most recently as a Senior Consultant, and gained expertise in org design, talent management and change management. Kimberly has a BA in Anthropology and Legal Studies from Northwestern University.

Avi Robinson is the VP HR of Keter Plastic Ltd, a position he has held since 2007.  At Keter, Avi built and implemented HR processes including: recruitment, training and development, talent management, compensation, performance evaluation, and SAP HR.  Prior to 2007, Avi held the position of Senior HR Director of SSC (Shared Services Center) at Teva in Israel. Avi started his career at Teva as the HR Director  where he gained experience in reorganization as the company made organizational changes in response to the changing market. Avi was also the VP HR for the International group at Teva.  He has a BA in Social Work and M.Sc. in Behavioral Science and Management from the Technion. He participated in the INSEAD program "Managerial Skills for International Business" and the Technion Institute of Management (TIM) Senior Management Program. Avi is a senior management member of the ISHRM (Israeli Society for Human Resources Management).

Bonnie Mason began her human resources career with South Seas Resort on Captiva Island, Florida in 1995. There she was instrumental in providing human resources leadership for over 700 employees. As the human resources manager, she spearheaded the international H2B and J-1 programs to help supplement staffing during the resort’s peak times. She continued on the human resources team just after hurricane Charley destroyed the resort in 2004.

In 2005, Bonnie joined Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, TN as a Sr. Recruiter. She was responsible for attracting leadership talent for the 2,881 room hotel plus 4 attractions. In addition, Bonnie led a team of 4 recruiters and 2 support staff. In January 2008 Bonnie was promoted to Assistant Employment Manager where she led her team of recruiters to attract talent for all hourly positions within the hotel and attractions. This included the famous A Country Christmas season where her team hired over 300 new STARS each season.  In September of 2009 Bonnie was recognized for her strong leadership and was given the title of Employment Manager. Bonnie led the HR team during the 2010 Nashville flood rebuild where she worked with her team to rehire over 2000 STARS that had been displaced after the May flood that affected the entire Opryland hotel.

Bonnie has continued in this role and has navigated through numerous changes since Marriott International acquired the management of the Gaylord Hotel brand in October 2012. She and her team have implemented fully into the Marriott International company policies, procedures, and practices. Bonnie is a dynamic team player highly skilled in talent management, creating partnerships, and focused on customer service.