Lorin Mueller, PhD, SPHR, is a nationally recognized expert on occupational and employment testing. He is currently as the managing director of assessment at the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy, a not-for-profit that develops the national licensure examination for physical therapy professionals. Prior to taking that position, Dr. Mueller was a Principal Research Scientist at the American Institutes for Research where he led the development of SHRM’s Assurance of Learning assessment for recent HR graduates. Dr. Mueller has worked on occupational assessments for such diverse occupations as air-traffic controllers, advanced mathematicians, medical school students, and teachers.

Based in Washington, D.C.

Nancy Woolever, SHRM-SCP, joined SHRM in 1997 to plan SHRM’s conference, seminar, e-learning and executive education programs. In 2006, she began leading SHRM’s academic initiative to raise HR educational standards and led the test development and administration of SHRM’s student capstone exam before joining the certification team as director of exam development in 2017. In 2019, Ms. Woolever became the vice president of certification operations as overall product and project owner with responsibility for exam development, certificant care and testing administration. Before joining SHRM, Ms. Woolever held various management positions in industry and academia. Her specialty areas are test development, training and development.  Ms. Woolever holds a bachelor’s in business administration and a master’s in HR both from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Hailed by Tom Peters for bringing his company out of the doldrums, almost overnight, heralded by the media as the UnGuru because he is such a convention-breaker, Aman Motwane is the man behind the movement to change how the world of business does business — Skills 2.0.

Aman holds degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology and a Master’s from Stanford University, which he received in 9 months. But he’s the first to point out that education and information are worth nothing if you don't understand the right questions to ask.

Margaret Spence is the founder of The Employee to CEO Project and CEO of C. Douglas & Associates. Inc. It is her mission to champion the advancement of women into executive leadership. Her new book, Leadership Self-Transformation ask women two simple questions, what do you want from your career and why don’t you have it now? It’s her feeling that you cannot get the corner office until you get clear about what you want and why you want it.  Margaret is a keynote speaker, leadership development coach, corporate consultant, and the author of three books. Learn more about Margaret at her website: www.MargaretSpence.com

C. R. Wright is a partner in the Atlanta office of Fisher & Phillips LLP. His practice includes advising clients on general labor and employment issues, handling employment-related litigation, and presenting training seminars for managers and supervisors. C.R.’s practice has focused on the representation of employers for more than 18 years. He specifically handles OSHA inspections, affirmative action audits, charges of discrimination, and wage and hour investigations. He is an "AV" Peer Review Rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell and was included in the Georgia Super Lawyers list in 2004. While in law school, C.R. served as Editor-in-Chief of the Georgia State Law Review. Before joining Fisher & Phillips, he worked in Human Resources for Lockheed Corporation.

Yoshi founded and serves as president of HPO Creation, Inc., management consulting company specialized in leadership and organizational development. With more than 10 years of Human Resources/Organization Development experience and more than 10 years of marketing experience in several global companies such as Procter & Gamble, Levi Strauss, and Nortel Networks in Japan and Asia, Yoshi  provides global leadership development, organizational change, and marketing and sales development facilitation to helps clients strengthen their organizational and employee capability and business performance. He takes a holistic human and organization development approach in order to bring out best in people and achieve sustainable growth in the whole system.

Cynthia Myers Martinez began her career as executive director for a national youth and family service organization headquartered in Chicago, IL. Following nine years building that organization from one of local significance to national prominence, Cynthia started a fund raising and organizational development consulting business (CYM Associates). When Cynthia moved to the DC area, she maintained her business as a fundraising and organizational development firm, but soon determined that she wanted to focus more of the business on personnel and human resource issues and how they impact the development of an organization. CYM Associates, now located in San Antonio, TX, has further refined its focus to emphasize employee issues that affect organizational growth, specifically recruiting, performance improvement and generational management. Cynthia is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and, internationally, as a Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR).

Based in New York, N.Y.

An enthusiastic and popular keynote speaker, workshop leader, consultant and coach. Her firm, High Definition People® partners with organizations to ignite employee passion, create inspired leaders and engage all staff to deliver on the brand promise. She also specializes in building high performing sales and customer service cultures.

Barb is the author of “Dream Big!  What’s the Best That Can Happen?” Some clients include: Starwood Resorts, Bank of America, Sharp Health Care and hundreds of small to medium size businesses in nearly every industry segment.  She has so many ideas, she's been described as a MANIC EXPRESSIVE!