Edward E. Hubbard, Ph.D.
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President & CEO
Hubbard & Hubbard, Inc.
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Dr. Edward E. Hubbard, President and CEO of Hubbard & Hubbard, Inc., an International Business Performance Consulting Corp. specializing in Business Improvement, Diversity Return on Investment (DROI®) Measurement/Analytics, and organizational development.  Author of more than 59 DEI ROI and Business-related books, Dr. Hubbard is an expert in Organizational Analysis, ROI Measurement, Strategic Planning, and more. Dr. Hubbard was an honoree at the Inaugural International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professionals Living Legends of Diversity Award Ceremony in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico where he received the “Living Legends of Diversity Award” for creating the “Diversity ROI Analytics” and “Diversity Measurement Fields and their associated Disciplines” and is recognized globally as the creator of these unique sciences and fields of study. 

Dr. Hubbard received the “Excellence in Global Leadership Award” from the World HRD Congress (the highest individual professional award given), the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award from The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences, the Sentry Award from the U.S. Pentagon, and many others.

Dr. Hubbard serves on the Harvard Business Review, Diversity Executive Magazine and Strategic Diversity & Inclusion Management (SDIM) magazine Editorial Advisory Boards and serves on the Board of Directors for The Ohio State University African American Alumni Society. He also holds a Practitioner Certification and Master Practitioner Certification in Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), a Neuroscience discipline. Dr. Hubbard earned Bachelors, Masters Degrees from The Ohio State University and earned a Ph.D. with Honors in Business Administration.

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Kevin Pitts
president
Performance Consulting Group
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Kevin Pitts is an executive coach, motivational speaker and facilitator. He has conducted seminars and coached executives across the United States as well as in countries such as India, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Germany, and Singapore to name a few.  Mr. Pitts has over 20 years experience partnering with senior leaders to identify and develop leadership talent, improve performance, manage change, and transform teams.  He, also, has over 20 years experience as a consultant working with global organizations to facilitate the management of budgets, develop organizational capabilities, marketing/product strategies and customer acquisition strategies. 

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 9:30am to 10:45am
Laraine Kaminsky
president
Global LK
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A sought-after Global Diversity Strategist and HR advisor, Laraine Kaminsky is an energetic and engaging speaker and a recognized leader in the fields of global diversity, cross-cultural awareness, language training, mentoring and consulting. With a focus on cultural, racial, religious, gender, generational and sexual orientation issues from a global perspective, she works with leadership teams and organizations to develop the competencies and skills needed to adapt to the realities of diversity in the ever-changing world of work.

Laraine’s contribution and commitment to her field of expertise has been widely recognized by the industry and communicated both through her writings and presentations. Laraine takes a well-rounded approach to expanding her own competence, and draws from life experience, study, research, and travel – in particular, she enjoys exploring a culture from the seat of her bicycle.
 

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Margaret A. Regan
president & CEO
The FutureWork Institute, Inc.
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Margaret Regan is President & CEO of The FutureWork Institute, a global consulting firm that translates future trends to transform organizations. She helps clients achieve a MindShift, HeartShift and SkillShift in creating more inclusive/flexible workplaces. She has worked on HR and generational practices in Asia, mergers in Europe, cross-cultural executive education and women’s studies on four continents. She has appeared on NBC-TV’s "Today Show", "CBS This Morning", "NBC Nightly News" and CNN. She is featured on "Close-Up TV" as the CEO of one of the most innovative businesses in the U.S., in CNN/Money as the expert on future workplace trends and in Business Week for FutureWork’s creative approach to “my-job my-way, “my-business our way” and “my perks my-way.” She received the Diversity Innovation Award for this and for her ground-breaking work on diversity education in the virtual world.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 8:00am to 9:15am
Haven Cockerham
president & CEO
Cockerham & Associates, LLC
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 Haven Cockerham founded Cockerham & Associates, a Chicago-based firm, in 2005 to provide strategic consulting services in Human Resource Transformation, Talent Management and Diversity & Inclusion.   A distinguishing feature of the company is its web-based technology that gives organizations the ability to aggregate initiatives, metrics, and action plans for employee groups globally.

Previously, Haven was Chief Human Resources Officer for R.R. Donnelley and DTE Energy, and the Senior Human Resource Executive for Fisher Guide Division of General Motors.  Prior to his executive leadership positions, Haven held key assignments in manufacturing, labor relations, EEO, general and executive compensation, policy development, employee relations and leadership development.  Haven has extensive business, entrepreneurial, technology and merger and acquisition experience.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm