Tara Noonan Amaral is Vice President, Head of Talent Acquisition at New York Life Insurance Company. She is responsible for all aspects of recruiting strategy, hiring for positions throughout the company, on-boarding, and marketing New York Life to external partners and prospective employees.

New York Life, a Fortune 100 company founded in 1845, is the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States* and one of the largest life insurers in the world.  New York Life has the highest financial strength ratings currently awarded to any life insurer by all four of the major credit rating agencies.**  Headquartered in New York City, New York Life’s family of companies offers life insurance, retirement income, investments and long-term care insurance. 

Tara has led diversity and inclusion strategy, workplace representation and workplace initiatives, and marketplace growth. Prior to New York Life, Tara worked for ADP Inc., Hewitt Associates, and JPMorgan Chase in various talent acquisition strategy, staffing, and business leadership roles. 

Tara lives in Madison, New Jersey with her three children.

*Based on revenue as reported by “Fortune 500 ranked within Industries, Insurance: Life, Health (Mutual),” Fortune magazine, May 21, 2012. See http://www.money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2012/faq/ for methodology.
**Source: Third-party ratings reports as of 2/1/13.

Art Amler became Vice President, Human Resources, at Ricoh in February 2012. Mr. Amler was Vice President, Compensation & Benefits, Ricoh Production Print Solutions (RPPS). In this role, Mr. Amler was responsible for directing and leading total rewards for 3,000 employees worldwide, establishing new appraisal programs, base pay, Sales Plans, performance bonus programs, and executive compensation pay programs. 

Mr. Amler began his career with IBM Corporation in 1978 and, for more than 30 years, he transitioned through various human resource management positions. In 1997 he was appointed Director of Global Employee Compensation. Over the next six years, Mr. Amler introduced worldwide market-based ‘pay for performance’ programs deploying broad banding, pay differentiation and manager-based budget allocations for both bonus and base pay programs totaling more than $1 billion. In 2003, Mr. Amler was appointed Director of IBM Compensation- Global Services, a position in which he directed executive and employee compensation programs for the group, including delivery and execution of worldwide compensation changes covering more than 100,000 employees and 1,000 executives. In 2007, he joined Ricoh as Vice President of Global Compensation and Benefits before transitioning into his current role in 2012. 

Mr. Amler has a B.A. in History from Lake Forest College and a M.B.A. in Labor Management relations from Pace University.

Recently named one of the country’s top chief operating officers, Paul S. Amos II has led Aflac U.S. to more than $10.1 billion in sales since he was named President in 2007. In addition to overseeing all aspects of U.S. operations that include 4,400 employees and one of the largest sales forces in the U.S. with more than 70,000 independent sales agents, Mr. Amos focuses on developing strategies that boost U.S. sales, revenue and profits. 

With Mr. Amos at the helm, Aflac has been recognized annually as one of Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in America.  As a regular recipient of industry awards and honors, Mr. Amos recently placed no. 6 on ExecRank’s 2012 list of the top 100 Chief Operating Officers in the U.S. 

Active in the community, Mr. Amos participates in a number of professional, philanthropic, and education organizations including serving on the boards of directors for the Winship Cancer Center at Emory University, the Turner School of Business at Columbus State University, and the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Southwest Georgia. He is also a member of the Georgia Research Alliance Board of Trustees and the Duke University Divinity School’s Board of Visitors.

Carlos Antonaglia is an Executive Senior Manager of Labor and Social Security Advisory practices from Ernst & Young Brazil and he has over 12 (twelve) years of experience in audit and consulting company. He has extensive experience in labor and social security procedures as well as Human Resources administration, including participation in many due diligence processes in local and multinational companies. Carlos was the Head of Human Resources for Ernst & Young Brazil in 2008 and has experience with chemical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries, publishing, health, software, retails, services and banks. Antonaglia is fluent in English and Spanish, has a bachelor in Law, and post graduation in Human Resources area from Getúlio Vargas Foundation - FGV-SP and from Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation – FAAP. Follow Carlos on Twitter @antonaglia.

As Director of Operations for the Human Capital Practice, Jennifer Barton oversees all aspects of the North American Human Capital Practice field operations, including the logistical deployment of subject matter experts and operational reporting. Ms Barton joined Willis 10 years ago to establish and lead the HR Consulting Practice of Willis North America, and was responsible for the development of tools and resources to take work off clients’ desks and keep them aligned with HR best practices and trends. She also has extensive experience with developing human capital strategies to enhance employee attraction, retention and engagement, designing talent management strategies, as well as creating and implementing HR strategic plans based on business strategy and HR capabilities. Jennifer previously served as Director of Human Resources for a large multi-state long term care management firm. With over 15 years of experience, Ms Barton’s career in human resources has encompassed work both nationally and internationally.

A diversity strategist and author. With more than twenty five years of experience in the public and private sectors, she has developed a unique way of presenting sensitive topics in a fun, thought-provoking and non-judgmental way. Her interactive style and immediately applicable "how tos" have inspired clients to invite her back again and again. She designs and delivers presentations that help facilitate diversity initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, professional associations, government agencies and educational institutions. 

Anna Binder is the VP of Client Services and Human Resources at Readyforce, which is building the easiest way for college students and great start-up and tech companies to connect for jobs and internships. Prior to Readyforce, Anna was the VP, People at IronPort Systems where she was responsible for designing and building the culture and people programs as the company grew from the pre-revenue stage of 5 employees to $250M in annual bookings and 700+ employees when it was sold to Cisco Systems in 2007. Anna lives in San Francisco and has a BA from the University of Oregon and an MBA from IESE in Spain.

John Blumberg is inspiring a disruption in how we think about culture … by redefining ROI. In 1996, John left behind an 18-year career he loved … one that had taken him from CPA to worldwide recruiting responsibilities at Arthur Andersen. Over two decades, John has evolved his general focus on leadership and culture … to a laser focus on precisely what fuels them. John is the author of Return On Integrity: The New Definition of ROI and Why Every Leader Needs to Know It. His newest book is Return On Integrity: The Individual’s Journey to the One Essential Thing.