Joseph M. Zubretsky is Senior Executive Vice President, National Businesses. In this role he is responsible for Aetna’s strategy and leads a portfolio of health and productivity solutions for multi-national corporations and their employees as well as leading provider organizations.

Mr. Zubretsky leads National Accounts and Healthagen^SM, Aetna’s portfolio of health and technology services including Accountable Care Solutions, ActiveHealth Management, Medicity, and iTriage. He also leads Aetna’s national network contracting and care management areas; Aetna’s specialty products, including Behavioral Health and Pharmacy; as well as Payflex, Prodigy, Network Access Businesses, and Corporate Development.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Zubretsky served for six years as Aetna’s Chief Financial Officer. He has twenty-five years of experience as a senior executive in strategy, operating, and finance roles. He came to Aetna from UnumProvident Corporation, where he was Senior Executive Vice President of Finance, Investments and Corporate Development. In that capacity, he was responsible for Unum’s financial operations and capital management, investment management operations, enterprise risk management, and strategy development and planning.

Prior to Unum, Mr. Zubretsky was President and Chief Executive Officer of GAB Robins Group, a global insurance services company, for over six years. Concurrently, he was a partner with New York-based private equity firm, Brera Capital Partners, specializing in insurance industry investments. He has also served as executive vice president of business development and chief financial officer of MassMutual Financial Group, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Healthsource, Inc, and as a partner in the firm of Coopers & Lybrand.

Mr. Zubretsky is a native of Hartford and graduated from the University of Hartford where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

 A Digital Era thought leader and strategist, Courtney is an energetic and passionate leader committed to helping individuals and organizations tackle key challenges and opportunities in strategic, innovative, efficient, and effective ways. In addition to the services she provides as a digital coach and consultant, she regularly demonstrates her expertise through presentations and workshops, blog posts, white papers, published articles and book chapters.

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Multiple award-winning executive educator and author whose teaching and research interests span the globe, Dr. Mansour Javidan received his MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the Carlson School at the University of Minnesota. He is former Dean of Research at Thunderbird School of Global Management and is currently the Garvin Distinguished Professor and Founding Director of the Najafi Global Mindset Institute.

Mansour is the Past President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the worldrenowned research project on executive performance and leadership, titled GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness). As the primary editor and writer of the recently published GLOBE book, he is the co-principal investigator of the GLOBE Phase 3 research program. The book was the recent winner of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology’s (SIOP) award competition for “The M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in The Workplace.”

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Nick Sarillo is the founder, CEO and “primary keeper” of the Purpose and Operational Values of Nick’s Pizza & Pub – the sixth busiest independent pizza company in per-store sales in the United States. Founded with the purpose of providing the community with an unforgettable place where families could relax and have fun, Nick’s Pizza & Pub has margins nearly twice that of the average pizza restaurant and boasts an 80 percent employee retention rate in an industry in which the average annual turnover is nearly 150 percent. Nick credits his company’s success to his purpose-driven culture, which is the focus of his new book, A Slice of the Pie: How to Build a Big Little Business (Portfolio; 2012). Nick is a regular speaker at entrepreneurship and HR conferences, and his insights have been featured in The New York Times, The Economist, Inc., Fast Company and Investor’s Business Daily.

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Kathleen joined Cornell University’s Employment and Disability Institute (EDI) in April 2010, in a dual role as Project Coordinator of the Research and Technical Assistance Center on Vocational Rehabilitation Program Management and Business Outreach Specialist for the National Technical Assistance, Policy, and Research Center for Employers on the Employment of People with Disabilities.

Kathleen's prior experience includes more than fifteen years in job placement and business outreach. She has extensive work experience in providing technical assistance to national and regional employers in the areas of accommodations, accessibility and adaptive technology, recruitment, and retention. Kathleen has numerous years of executive management experience including federal employment grants funded through the Department of Labor, Rehabilitation Services Administration, and the Social Security Administration. Other areas of experience include human resources, grant proposal writing, research, and program evaluation.

Her primary interests center on organizational culture and strategic human resources management of diversified workplaces that are inclusive of people with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. She is active in working with veterans in her community through the American Legion Auxiliary Post 422.

Ellen Rehmar is  Executive Director for HR Operations at Denver Public Schools.   DPS has 15,000 employees serving more than 80,000 students.  DPS is currently the fastest growing urban school system in the country. Previously, Ellen worled 22 years at University of Colorado Hospital as Director of Human Resources.  Prior experience includes owning her own business and working for municipal government in Ohio.  During her career,  Ellen has provided strategic and operational leadership for compensation and benefits, learning & development, recruitment, employee relations, and wellness.  She has a masters’ degree in Public Administration from The Ohio State University. Ellen served as President for the local ASHHRA chapter in Colorado,  a member of Leadership Aurora and Aurora Public Schools Education Foundation Board, and a member of ASHHRA Legislative Committee.