Joe Stubblebine
vice president, Corporate Outreach
Beyond.com
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Joe Stubblebine is Vice President of Corporate Outreach at Beyond.com. Beyond.com, known as the ‘The Career Network’, focuses on helping people grow and succeed professionally. By connecting job seekers and employers through 70 unique career channels and 3,000 industry and regional communities, they are changing the way job searching is done. In his role, Joe is responsible for the development and execution of corporate outreach initiatives, including speaking engagements, conferences and other communication efforts. Joe is also tasked with the development of career events that offer Beyond.com members the opportunity to connect face-to-face with hiring companies.

Joe has over 14 years of entrepreneurial recruitment products & services experience. Prior to joining Beyond.com, Joe was the Co-Founder and CEO of JobCircle.com, a robust regional career site that served the Tri-State area (PA, NJ, and DE) and was the founder of hired! Magazine, an employment publication in the Greater Philadelphia region. JobCircle.com was acquired by Beyond.com in 2012. Joe has served as an IT consultant & project manager for many notable brands, including Wyeth, Glaxo SmithKline and Hershey Foods. Joe is also an advocate for businesses to embrace social media as a tool to increase sales and engage with employees and customers, and has presented at social, recruitment, and executive leadership events. He has been featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer "Who’s Who Under 30", "Top Tech" by Computer User magazine, and JobCircle.com held the 11th spot on the Philadelphia INC 100 List in 2002. Joe attended Clarion University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in Accounting.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 1:30pm to 2:45pm
Michael Gruber
Divisional Vice President
The RightThing®, an ADP® Company
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Clients looking to win the war for talent and marshal a qualified workforce can benefit greatly from the expertise of Michael Gruber. In addition to his 10 years of experience in recruitment process outsourcing, Michael was an HR Leader for the largest personnel branch of the U.S. Army in Europe. 

As Divisional Vice President for The RightThing®, an ADP® Company, Michael designs and manages operational strategy. Michael pursues a variety of business strategies and works continuously to enhance the company’s portfolio of service offerings, develop relationships with strategic partners and reviews competitive analysis trends and educates the marketplace about the advantages of RPO. 

Michael has been a key member of The RightThing since inception in 2003 and has served in a variety of roles including Director of Onsite Programs, Strategic Account Manager, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Client Officer before being promoted to his current position.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 1:30pm to 2:45pm
Lee Woodruff
Author
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When a roadside bomb severely injured her network journalist husband Bob Woodruff, Lee Woodruff discovered how quickly life can change—and what you can learn from surviving a crisis. Today she speaks with grace and humor about her own family's experience and their approach to the crisis that befell them, one that resulted in the healing and strengthening of her whole family. As co-author of the best-selling book, In an Instant, Woodruff garnered critical acclaim for the compelling and humorous chronicle of her family's journey to recovery and she continues to work with groups nationwide to raise awareness of traumatic brain injury and the sacrifices of our military troops and families.

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Eric Peterson, MSOD
Senior Consultant
Cook Ross Inc
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Eric C. Peterson, MSOD is a Senior Consultant with Cook Ross Inc. He is a recognized facilitator and educator in the Diversity & Inclusion space with over 15 years of experience in Unconscious Bias, Diversity & Inclusion (D&I), Learning Strategies, and Organization Development. Eric is certified in the use of both the Predictive Index and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and is a graduate of the Facilitation Learning Partners Program of Healing the Heart of Diversity. He has been published in Profiles in Diversity Journal and Echelon Magazine, and has been sourced as a D&I expert by CNN, National Public Radio, USA Today, The Bloomberg Group, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times.

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Monday, October 28, 2013 - 10:45am to 12:00pm
Antoine L. Andrews
senior director of Diversity and Inclusion
Gap, Inc.
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Antoine L. Andrews, Senior Director of Diversity and Inclusion for Gap Inc. which includes Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta, Piperlime and Intermix.  Antoine is responsible for building Gap Inc.’s Global Diversity Strategy, focusing on diverse talent development, employee engagement and retention, and understanding diverse consumers.  Under his leadership, Gap Inc. has recently introduced an executive level Diversity Dashboard to help drive change, build leadership accountability throughout the company, and track the organization’s progress incorporating diversity.  His vision led to Gap Inc. designing a talent development program which has increased the number of promotion-ready diverse leaders within the field and HQ talent pipelines.  Antoine is also the Chair for the Gap Inc. Executive Diversity Council which includes leaders who are responsible for leading the diversity and inclusion efforts within each of the company’s brands and corporate functions.  

In collaboration with Gap Foundation, Antoine identifies and establishes partnerships with local non-profit organizations, creating mutually beneficial opportunities for employees to engage in skills-based volunteering while preparing the community’s youth for successful careers.  Antoine sits on the Board of Directors for Oakland based non-profit Mosaic Project.  The Mosaic Project works toward a peace­ful future by unit­ing chil­dren of diverse back­grounds, pro­vid­ing them with essen­tial com­mu­nity build­ing skills, and empow­er­ing them to become peace­mak­ers.  Antoine is also the Chairperson for Gender Equality Council which is a part of The City of San Francisco’s Department on the Status of Women.  In this role, he works with leaders from multiple Bay Area companies to introduce the Gender Equality Principles and Challenge.   The Gender Equality Challenge is a new project of the Gender Equality Principles Initiative, which is an ongoing global effort to link women’s empowerment and corporate policies.

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Monday, October 28, 2013 - 10:45am to 12:00pm
Antoine L. Andrews
senior director of Diversity and Inclusion
Gap, Inc.
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Antoine L. Andrews, Senior Director of Diversity and Inclusion for Gap Inc. which includes Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta, Piperlime and Intermix.  Antoine is responsible for building Gap Inc.’s Global Diversity Strategy, focusing on diverse talent development, employee engagement and retention, and understanding diverse consumers.  Under his leadership, Gap Inc. has recently introduced an executive level Diversity Dashboard to help drive change, build leadership accountability throughout the company, and track the organization’s progress incorporating diversity.  His vision led to Gap Inc. designing a talent development program which has increased the number of promotion-ready diverse leaders within the field and HQ talent pipelines.  Antoine is also the Chair for the Gap Inc. Executive Diversity Council which includes leaders who are responsible for leading the diversity and inclusion efforts within each of the company’s brands and corporate functions.  

In collaboration with Gap Foundation, Antoine identifies and establishes partnerships with local non-profit organizations, creating mutually beneficial opportunities for employees to engage in skills-based volunteering while preparing the community’s youth for successful careers.  Antoine sits on the Board of Directors for Oakland based non-profit Mosaic Project.  The Mosaic Project works toward a peace­ful future by unit­ing chil­dren of diverse back­grounds, pro­vid­ing them with essen­tial com­mu­nity build­ing skills, and empow­er­ing them to become peace­mak­ers.  Antoine is also the Chairperson for Gender Equality Council which is a part of The City of San Francisco’s Department on the Status of Women.  In this role, he works with leaders from multiple Bay Area companies to introduce the Gender Equality Principles and Challenge.   The Gender Equality Challenge is a new project of the Gender Equality Principles Initiative, which is an ongoing global effort to link women’s empowerment and corporate policies.

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Joe Urbanski
Personal Pronouns
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Chief Operations Officer
Total Solutions Group
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Joe Urbanski believes an Undeniable Culture™ inspires its people to unleash their best selves, take home more wins and less stress to their families, and create incredible value for the company, its customers, and community. For more than two decades, he has worked with HR and training departments, consulting and coaching 750+ executives and leaders at 400+ global organizations, and facilitating 800+ kickass trainings, strategic retreats, and leadership programs for 480,000 people. Joe has a remarkable understanding of how to transform the workplace experience. Plus, you’ll have more fun and laughs than you’d expect.

 

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 11:15am to 12:30pm
Carol Quinn
CEO
Hire Authority
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Carol Quinn is the world’s leading expert on interviewing and hiring effectiveness. She is the creator of motivation-based interviewing, an interviewing method specifically developed for hiring “High Performers.” She is the author of the #1 SHRM-published book on hiring – and it’s been their #1 best-seller on hiring for the past five years straight. She is passionate about making sure organizations and their interviewers know how to single out those job candidates who will go above and beyond from those merely pretending. But there is one thing that Carol is even more passionate about… and that’s sharing her wisdom with others.

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 11:15am to 12:30pm
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, April 30, 2014 - 11:15am to 12:30pm
Alan Fine
founder and president
InsideOut Development
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Alan Fine is considered the pioneer of the modern-day coaching movement and is the co-creator of the widely recognized GROW® Model. Alan is a New York Times Bestselling Author, international performance expert, and well-respected business executive and professional athlete coach. He has dedicated the past 35 years to helping people elevate their performance and unlock potential. From the golf course to the boardroom, Alan has worked with many respected athletes and organizations.

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