Kathryn G. Levine
vice president, Corporate Marketing and Customer Experience
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
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Kathryn G. Levine is Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Customer Experience at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Levine is responsible for monitoring and improving the customer experience. She leads departments that focus on customer experience, marketing strategy, digital strategy and market research. She was named to her current position in 2011. Prior to joining the Michigan Blues she was vice president of Collins Consulting and was a director with Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield in New York.

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Mary-Frances Winters
President and CEO
The Winters Group, Inc.
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Mary-Frances Winters is president and founder of The Winters Group, a 28-year-old organization development and diversity-consulting firm, specializing in research, strategic planning, training, and public speaking with an emphasis in ethnic and multicultural issues.

Prior to founding The Winters Group in 1984, Winters was affirmative action officer and senior market analyst at Eastman Kodak Company, where she worked for 11 years. She is a graduate of the University of Rochester with undergraduate degrees in English and Psychology, and a master’s degree in business administration from the William E. Simon Executive Development Program. She received an honorary doctorate from Roberts Wesleyan College in 1997.

Winters was selected to serve as Rochester Institute of Technology’s College of Continuing Education’s 1994-95 Distinguished Minett Professor where she taught a leadership course titled, 21st Century Leader: Visionary, Inspired, and Spiritually Grounded at the graduate level.

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Jackie Glenn
Global Chief Diversity Officer
EMC² Corporation
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Jackie Glenn is a seasoned executive in Strategic Planning, Human Resources, Talent Development, Diversity and Inclusion. She is currently the Global Chief Diversity for EMC2 Corporation. In this position, she leads the Corporate Diversity strategy for the company’s global operations insuring an innovative and inclusive workforce as well as the advancement of a cross cultural experience for EMC’s 42,000 employees. Jackie joined EMC in 2000, following a stellar 26-year career in various areas of HR and healthcare administration. She has held positions across the HR spectrum including Employee Relations, Training and Development, Recruiting, Organizational Development, and Consulting and Coaching. Prior to her current position, she provided strategic and tactical Human Resources support to EMC sales groups comprising more than 1200 employees across both domestic and international sites. She is a founding member of EMC’s Black Employee Affinity Group (BEAG) and has previously served as advisor to the group. Jackie completed the BEAG Mentoring Program for Managers and serves as a mentor to several EMC employees. Jackie received her undergraduate degree in Healthcare Administration from Emmanuel College and a Masters Degree in Human Resources management from Lesley University.

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 3:15pm to 4:30pm
Jackie Glenn
Global Chief Diversity Officer
EMC² Corporation
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Jackie Glenn is a seasoned executive in Strategic Planning, Human Resources, Talent Development, Diversity and Inclusion. She is currently the Global Chief Diversity for EMC2 Corporation. In this position, she leads the Corporate Diversity strategy for the company’s global operations insuring an innovative and inclusive workforce as well as the advancement of a cross cultural experience for EMC’s 42,000 employees. Jackie joined EMC in 2000, following a stellar 26-year career in various areas of HR and healthcare administration. She has held positions across the HR spectrum including Employee Relations, Training and Development, Recruiting, Organizational Development, and Consulting and Coaching. Prior to her current position, she provided strategic and tactical Human Resources support to EMC sales groups comprising more than 1200 employees across both domestic and international sites. She is a founding member of EMC’s Black Employee Affinity Group (BEAG) and has previously served as advisor to the group. Jackie completed the BEAG Mentoring Program for Managers and serves as a mentor to several EMC employees. Jackie received her undergraduate degree in Healthcare Administration from Emmanuel College and a Masters Degree in Human Resources management from Lesley University.

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Kathryn G. Levine
vice president, Corporate Marketing and Customer Experience
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
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Kathryn G. Levine is Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Customer Experience at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Levine is responsible for monitoring and improving the customer experience. She leads departments that focus on customer experience, marketing strategy, digital strategy and market research. She was named to her current position in 2011. Prior to joining the Michigan Blues she was vice president of Collins Consulting and was a director with Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield in New York.

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Graciela Meibar
vice president, Global Sales Training and Global Diversity
Mattel, Inc.
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Graciela G. Meibar is vice president of global sales training and global diversity for Mattel, Inc., a global leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of toys with approximately $6. billion in annual sales. In 2003, she was appointed to the position of vice president of global sales training and global diversity. This position was created as the result of a clearly identified strategic need within Mattel for a stronger focus on sales training and diversity worldwide.

As vice president of global sales training, Meibar is responsible for providing support to regional management’s worldwide sales teams, the global sales council and domestic sales management. In addition to the design and implementation of training programs, she also compiles best practices in sales and global account planning to optimize their use at Mattel. In her role as vice president of global diversity, she developed a global diversity strategy for Mattel and is involved in the deployment of all aspects of this strategy, from building a culture of inclusion and acceptance to creating an internal board of advisors and communication plan.

Meibar began her career at Mattel in 1984 as an Area Manager Analyst in the international division. She was promoted to Manager and later, Director of Planning for Latin America. From 1995 to 2003, she served as vice president of Latin America Export, managing the Caribbean, Central America, Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru. During this time, she doubled the business and changed the business model for Mattel in that region.

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Graciela Meibar
vice president, Global Sales Training and Global Diversity
Mattel, Inc.
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Graciela G. Meibar is vice president of global sales training and global diversity for Mattel, Inc., a global leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of toys with approximately $6. billion in annual sales. In 2003, she was appointed to the position of vice president of global sales training and global diversity. This position was created as the result of a clearly identified strategic need within Mattel for a stronger focus on sales training and diversity worldwide.

As vice president of global sales training, Meibar is responsible for providing support to regional management’s worldwide sales teams, the global sales council and domestic sales management. In addition to the design and implementation of training programs, she also compiles best practices in sales and global account planning to optimize their use at Mattel. In her role as vice president of global diversity, she developed a global diversity strategy for Mattel and is involved in the deployment of all aspects of this strategy, from building a culture of inclusion and acceptance to creating an internal board of advisors and communication plan.

Meibar began her career at Mattel in 1984 as an Area Manager Analyst in the international division. She was promoted to Manager and later, Director of Planning for Latin America. From 1995 to 2003, she served as vice president of Latin America Export, managing the Caribbean, Central America, Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru. During this time, she doubled the business and changed the business model for Mattel in that region.

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 3:15pm to 4:30pm
Todd Corley
SVP of Inclusion, Sustainability and Community
Carhartt
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Todd Corley is Carhartt’s SVP of Inclusion, Sustainability and Community. In this role, he leads the 135-year-old global workwear brand’s strategy on environmental and social impact.

His research on What Has (Hasn’t) Changed About Being A Chief Diversity Officer published by Harvard Business Review, traces the journey of more than 40 diversity officers.

A life-long learner, he has supported the next generation of inclusive leaders by co-creating two DE&I strategy graduate programs. His pioneering work as Abercrombie & Fitch’s chief diversity officer is the subject of the Netflix documentary, White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch.

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Guy Garcia
president, New Mainstream Initiatives
Ethifacts, LLC
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An award-winning journalist, author and multimedia entrepreneur, Guy Garcia is President of New Mainstream Initiatives for EthniFacts LLC, a research and consumer insights consultancy (www.ethnifacts.com). His book, The New Mainstream: How the Multicultural Consumer Is Transforming American Business has been hailed as a wake-up call and road map to the multicultural markets of 21st century America. The New Mainstream explains how Americans will eat, work, play, learn, and spend money in the 21st century— and why any organization that ignores the lessons of the new mainstream is doomed to fail. 

A noted consultant and lecturer on social, cultural and demographic trends, Guy has worked with the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Time Warner, The Walt Disney Company, Pepsi, Kraft Foods, Astra Zeneca, Johnson & Johnson, McKinsey & Co., Nissan Motors, Fox Entertainment, Turner Broadcasting, People en Espanol, MTV Networks, Harvard University and The Council on Foreign Relations.  Guy is a co-founder of Total New York, one of the first urban web sites, where he oversaw the development of interactive content and virtual environments. As an executive at AOL, he developed content for AOL International and launched the first iteration of AOL Latino.  

A contributor to the Huffington Post and the National Journal, Guy and his work have appeared in Time, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Fortune, Vanity Fair, Ad Age, The Financial Times, the Times of London, ABC, Univision, NPR, CNBC, CNN Money and PBS. Guy was Chief Consultant and a contributing producer to the WGBH-PBS-BBC documentary Latin Music USA. A three-time National Magazine Awards judge, he is an Edward Albee Fellow and a member of PEN. His books include Skin Deep, Obsidian Sky and The Decline of Men.

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Rebecca Cantieri
Vice President, Human Resources
SurveyMonkey
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Becky joined SurveyMonkey in September 2011. Previously, she spent over 12+ years at Yahoo! in various HR Leadership Roles. In her last role at Yahoo!, she was HR Partner for the Advertising Product Group and Search & Marketplaces organizations. Additionally, she served as HR Partner to the CMO and Sales/Marketing Organizations, spent 4 years on Mergers & Acquisitions and held multiple roles in talent acquisition. Before Yahoo!, Becky was at Nordstrom for 8 years in sales, Customer Service and HR roles. Becky received a BA in Public Administration from San Diego State University and an MBA from San Francisco State University.

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Rick Williams
Senior Vice President Human Resources
Printpack, Inc.,
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Rick Williams is the senior vice president human resources, Printpack, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.  Rick joined Printpack as the VP of HR in November of 2007 and is responsible for providing the strategic people direction for the organization including EHS. Prior to joining Printpack, Rick spent nine years with Alcoa serving as Director of Talent Management, Global Safety Director, and Director of HR for Alcoa Primary Metals. Williams also spent 22 years with Alumax in various line and staff positions ranging from production supervisor to VP of HR for Alumax Primary Metals where he supported business turn-arounds, greenfield startups, and international due-diligence.

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