Michele Whitehead
Manager of HR Services
Berkshire Associates Inc
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Michele Whitehead is Senior Manager of Client Services at Berkshire Associates. In her position, Michele is responsible for overseeing, developing, and implementing training and consulting services related to affirmative action and pay equity analysis.
With over 20 years in the human resource industry, Michele is an expert in HR practices and procedures. This experience allows her to develop and present training sessions to educate clients on the latest affirmative action, applicant management, compensation, and workforce analysis topics and trends. She has a true passion for educating fellow HR professionals, which is why she has been an active speaker throughout the country at conferences and meetings including the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Talent Management and Annual Conferences.
Michele has a Master of Business Administration in Human Resource Management and Management Skills from New York State University at Buffalo. Michele holds both SPHR and SHRM-SCP Certification and is a member of the national Society for Human Resource Management.
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Joseph Zubretsky
Senior Executive Vice President, National Businesses
Aetna
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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 HealthagenSM, 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.
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Timothy Davis
Managing Partner
Constangy, Brooks & Smith & Prophete, LLP
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Tim concentrates his practice exclusively on labor and employment law in the representation of management. Tim is the Managing Partner/Office Head for Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete’s Kansas City and Des Moines offices. Constangy is recognized as a “go to” employment law firm and one of the best law firms in America for employers.
Tim advises and defends clients on all aspects of the employer/employee relationship including advising clients on compliance with various federal and state employment laws, developing and managing handbooks, policies and LOA programs and counseling clients regarding difficult accommodation, discipline and discharge scenarios. Tim has also developed a special focus on managing labor relations, union avoidance and litigating cases before the National Labor Relations Board.
In this capacity, Tim is a nationally recognized labor & employment lawyer. Recent recognitions include:
- A “Top Ranked Labor & Employment Lawyer” by the United States Chamber of Commerce
- “Top Ten Most Influential Employment Lawyers” by Business Today
- Ingram’s “Employment Lawyer of the Year”
- “Best Lawyer” by Ingram’s
- “Top Labor Lawyers in America” by LRI.
Tim is also active in the human resources community as a member of SHRM and is the former President of SHRM-KC.