Michael Thompson is a Principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers with over 30 years of experience in healthcare and employee benefits strategy development and implementation, design, financing, operations and analysis. Mike serves as one of PwC’s national thought leaders for the Health Industries practice and consults with major employers and other stakeholders on strategies related to ustainable cost reduction, integrated health, well-being, consumerism, retiree health, private health exchanges and health reform. Recently, Mike helped PwC and four leading business health coalitions establish the Private Exchange Evaluation Collaborative (“PEEC”) to assist major employers to consider and implement private exchange strategies.

Gregg is a 25 year veteran of the adidas Group.  The global organization of the company consists of 12 markets, doing business in over 190 countries through subsidiaries and joint ventures.  They have 46,000 employees worldwide, and approximately 70% of these employees are in the Commercial segment of the company.  

Gregg is a Global HR Professional with HR leadership experience on three continents, having lived and worked in the US, Europe and Asia.  Currently, he is Sr. Vice President of Human Resources – Commercial, based at Headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany.  He leads a global department that provides comprehensive HR Business Partner Support to the adidas and Reebok Brands, plus the three (3) global Sales Channels - Wholesale, Retail, eCommerce - supporting the full range of employees from CSO’s and CMO’s to Retail Shop Staff. 

Gregg joined the adidas Group in the United States in 1988 as Manager of Distribution and Logistics.  In 1990, he became Director of Human Resources for adidas America and held this role until his move to the HQ in 1998. 

Prior to adidas, Gregg held Human Resources and Operations Management roles with a US-based Textile manufacturing company. 

Gregg is a 1979 graduate of Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.  He holds a Global Professional Human Resources (GPHR) certification from the Human Resources Certification Institute and is a frequent speaker on Leadership, Motivation, Employee Engagement and other HR-related topics.

Laurel G. Bellows is a Principal in The Bellows Law Group, P.C. Ms. Bellows is an experienced business lawyer who counsels senior executives around the world on employment matters such as employment contracts, executive compensation, severance agreements and workplace disputes. She also represents clients in areas ranging from commercial litigation to business startups. Ms. Bellows is licensed to practice in the States of Illinois, Florida and California, as well as in Federal courts throughout the country. She is also admitted and qualified as an Attorney and Counsellor of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ms. Bellows is a mediator, certified through the Institute for Conflict Management.

A respected voice on matters concerning negotiation, business litigation and the advancement of professional women, Ms. Bellows has written and lectured extensively. She has spoken on the subject of negotiation tactics before groups such as the Deloitte and Touche Leadership Conference, the Harvard Club of Chicago and the Women’s Leadership Exchange. She authored a chapter on negotiating in The Communication Coach, a book on business and personal communications and has written or been interviewed for articles on litigation and negotiation in publications such as Your Money, Nation’s Business, Chicago Life, Investment Dealer’s Digest, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, Working Woman and The Chicago Tribune.

Ms. Bellows is a leader in the legal community on the local and national levels. Laurel Bellows is Immediate Past President of the American Bar Association, 2013-2014. She is immediate past Chair of the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates, the ABA’s policy-making body; the second-highest elected office in the ABA. She is past President of the 22,000-member Chicago Bar Association and the National Council of Bar Presidents. American Lawyer Magazine selected Ms. Bellows as one of seven women nationally who contributed most to the advancement of women in the legal profession, Chicago Magazine designated her as a Power Lawyer and Crain’s Chicago Business named her in the Who’s Who in Chicago Business List and as one of Chicago’s 100 Women of Influence. In addition, Ms. Bellows has served on the Standing Civil Reform Act Advisory Committee of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court Special Commission on the Administration of Justice and the U. S. Senate Judicial Nominations Commission for the Northern District of Illinois.

 Todd Brodie, PhD., SPHR, GPHR, CHRP, is an Executive Coach and Senior Human Resource Professional. He has provided strategic support and coaching to leadership teams located throughout North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. His past experience includes Human Resource and front line leadership roles in the Insurance, Financial Services, Hospitality and Gaming industries in multiple countries. Todd has earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) degree in Management from California Coast University and is currently working towards the Master Certified Coaching (MCC) designation through the International Coaching Federation.

Amy Bergner is an attorney and Managing Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global Human Resource Solutions practice. Since 2009, Amy has focused her attention on federal health reform, and is a nationally recognized expert on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), helping employers and their vendors, insurers and other stakeholders to understand developments, analyze the impact on their organizations, and develop and execute strategic and operational implementation plans. She is a frequent speaker and author on the ACA and related topics, including private health insurance exchanges.  Amy also leads PwC’s national regulatory and compliance services for health and welfare benefits.

Will Staney is the Head of Global Recruiting (Head Talent Warrior) at Glassdoor, the world's most transparent career community that is changing the way people find jobs and companies recruit top talent. 

Prior to Glassdoor Will held recruiting leadership roles at SuccessFactors, SAP and VMware where he established himself as a thought leader in utilizing next generation online recruiting strategies – SEO, mobile, employment brand, social media and data analytics.

He's an influential voice in the HR and recruiting space and regularly speaks on new media marketing, sourcing and recruiting strategies, and employer branding in the HR and recruiting conference circuits.

Follow Will on Twitter @willstaney.