Denise Rahmani
Director, US Immigration
Oracle
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Denise Rahmani is the director of the U.S. Immigration program for Oracle. Ms. Rahmani joined Oracle in 2001, and oversees compliance of the US immigration program for Oracle.  Prior to joining Oracle, Ms. Rahmani held similar immigration positions with Intel, HP, Agilent, and SAP Labs.  Having supported immigration programs in many of the Silicon Valley's top technology companies, Ms. Rahmani has achieved a unique background in immigration.  In her current role with Oracle, Ms. Rahmani works most closely with Oracle's Employment Law group, Government Affairs, and HR Operations to ensure lawful use of government immigration programs.

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Karl Ahlrichs, SHRM-SCP, CSP
Personal Pronouns
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Senior Consultant
Gregory and Appel
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Karl Ahlrichs specializes in helping professionals make order from chaos. He is a national speaker, author, and consultant, presenting on the people issues in all industries, and is often quoted in the local and national media. 

Karl’s experience is ideally suited to times of organizational change as he pulls on risk management and organizational development theories to replace “best practices” with “next practices”. He owes much of his communications mastery to working as a writer and editor in daily media, to on-the-job writing experience and to the process of becoming a published author.

He joined Gregory & Appel in 2010 after serving as a founding partner of ExactHire, bringing his HR, operations, diversity & belonging, and learning & development skills with him. Karl’s affinity for design, composition and learning started at a very young age, by taking and examining thousands of boring pictures with the goal of improving his craft. He loves deploying that practice-to-improve approach with all manner of hobbies including writing haiku, mastering cutting-edge technology and learning Spanish.

In 2003, he was named the SHRM Human Resource Professional of the Year for the State of Indiana. He is on the Boards of several organizations, including the Maryland CPA Society.  He has lived in Scotland and Spain and lives to explore new experiences with his wife and family.

 

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 2:00pm to 2:40pm
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 2:50pm to 3:30pm
Jack Marsteller
Partner
Pay Governance, LLC
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Jack Marsteller is a partner in Pay Governance, LLC with 30 years of executive compensation consulting experience. He advises boards and management on all aspects of executive and director compensation including corporate governance and shareholder issues. Jack frequently presents to professional organizations and compensation conferences. He also serves as an expert witness in connection with bankruptcy cases and other litigation. Prior to joining Pay Governance, Jack was a Partner of Hewitt Associates and most recently a Principal of Towers Watson where he held a leadership role in the Los Angeles executive compensation practice.

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Jack Marsteller
Partner
Pay Governance, LLC
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Jack Marsteller is a partner in Pay Governance, LLC with 30 years of executive compensation consulting experience. He advises boards and management on all aspects of executive and director compensation including corporate governance and shareholder issues. Jack frequently presents to professional organizations and compensation conferences. He also serves as an expert witness in connection with bankruptcy cases and other litigation. Prior to joining Pay Governance, Jack was a Partner of Hewitt Associates and most recently a Principal of Towers Watson where he held a leadership role in the Los Angeles executive compensation practice.

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 2:00pm to 2:40pm
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 2:50pm to 3:30pm
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, Georgia.

Rick Williams joined Printpack as the VP of HR in November of 2007. He 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. He supported the integration of the Alumax acquisition into Alcoa and led the integration of Reynolds into 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. 

In 2004, Rick was appointed a member of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, assisting NASA in its ongoing review and improvement of safety systems, operations and culture.  During this time he participated in the efforts to return the grounded space shuttle to flight.

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Annette Coffey
Global Business Transformation Executive
IBM
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Annette Coffey is a Global Business Transformation Executive in Human Resources at IBM.  In her current role, Annette is responsible for driving HR business process and technology transformation and simplification, supporting a variety of HR processes, including Global Talent, Recruitment, Compensation, Learning and Leadership Development.  Annette also works closely with IBM Business Development to coordinate HR process and application integration for newly acquired companies.  In addition, Annette collaborates with her Global HR Diversity colleagues on a variety of Diversity/LGBT initiatives.

Annette began her IBM career in San Jose in 1984.  She held a number of management positions in the Software Division at the Silicon Valley Lab in San Jose, California.  She became an Executive Assistant to the General Manager of Database Solutions, and in 1999,  Annette accepted an assignment in Toronto, Canada to lead the Customer Service Delivery organization, supporting IBM customers around the world.  In 2002, Annette moved to a Software Product executive position where she led a large global development organization to deliver software solutions to Fortune 500 customers.

Annette joined IBM's Global HR organization in 2005 and led the successful world-wide deployment of Global Opportunity Marketplace, IBM's first global recruiting solution.  She also led the Global HR Technology organization, with employees in over 25 countries.  Recently, as part of IBM's Smarter Cities initiative, Annette spent a month in  Brazil working with local government agencies to develop a plan to manage their population growth in a sustainable fashion, engaging citizens and communities to be co-responsible for city conservation and development.  Annette's IBM assignments have allowed her to travel extensively around the world, experiencing new cities and meeting new people is one of her favorite activities.  Annette earned a Bachelor's Degree with Honors from San Jose State University and is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management.



 

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Lisa Rosser
military hiring expert
The Value of a Veteran
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Lisa Rosser is on a mission to help organizations improve their veteran recruiting and retention. Her unique background with years of experience in both military and human resources is what makes her the ideal person for training human resource professionals how to recruit, hire, and retain military veterans for employment.

Lisa's military career includes 10 years of Active Army duty and 11 years of service with the Army Reserve, including 2-1/2 years of mobilization after the events of 9-11. During her Active Duty time she participated in 3 major engagements (Gulf War, Somalia, and Bosnia). Her Army Reserve career focused on operations and performance management, recruiting, placement, training, and skills development. She retired from the Army Reserve in July 2011 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Lisa's civilian career capitalized on her Human Resources and Training military experiences into an eight year career at Accenture, a Global Fortune 500 consulting firm. In 2007, Lisa founded The Value Of a Veteran and published an employer guide to recruiting the military. The enthusiastic response to the hiring guide led to workshops for corporate, government and higher education organizations, as well as webinars on critical military hiring topics.

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 9:30am to 10:45am
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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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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