Weldon H. Latham, Esq.
senior partner
Jackson Lewis, LLP
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Monday, October 24, 2011 - 10:45am to 12:00pm
Giselle Kovary
Practice Lead
Optimus SBR
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Giselle is the Practice Lead in Optimus SBR’s Learning & Development Group with over 25 years experience as a sought after resource to industry leaders across the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors dedicated to building strategies and programs that help clients target, motivate and engage employees in order to increase performance and productivity.

Giselle has devoted more than 20 years to researching the impact that generational differences have on organizational performance, creating solutions and programs in four areas – leadership, high performance teams, early career talent, and reinforcement & sustainment of learning. Giselle has co-authored two books and completed her Master of Arts Degree in Communications Studies at the University of Windsor.

She is Chair of the Board at The Institute for Performance and Learning (I4PL), co-chair of the Cross Academy Association and Advisory Council member at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University.

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Monday, October 24, 2011 - 8:45am to 10:30am
Jane Weiss, MSOD
co-president
Women’s Roadmap
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Selena Rezvani, MSW
co-president
Women’s Roadmap
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Kito Huggins, Esq.
consultant
The FutureWork Institute, Inc.
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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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Debra M. Ruh
CEO
TecAccess
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Sonia Aranza
CEO
Aranza Global Cross-Cultural Strategies
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Global Speaker Sonia Aranza has presented on the international stage from Spain to Singapore.  She brings 27+ years of experience in Diversity, Inclusion & Global Leadership. Her clients include Boeing, CIA, McDonald’s and more. The U.S. Department of Labor describes her work as “Outstanding” and was selected to execute programs for landmark cases. SHRM featured her as a Diversity & Inclusion Expert in HR Magazine and she is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Leadership. She serves on the Faculty of Howard University’s Executive Diversity Program; named “100 Most Influential Filipina Americans in the United States” and honored “100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World.”

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Carleen Haas
vice president, Talent Strategies
Humana, Inc.
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Carleen Haas is Vice President – Talent Strategies for Humana Inc., a Fortune 73 health solutions company. As a member of the company’s operating committee, Carleen works to drive the execution of the business strategy through cultivation of an enterprise-wide talent mindset. Her leadership of workforce planning, talent acquisition, diversity, onboarding and human capital analytics ensures that the company is uniquely positioned to acquire the right talent at the right time.

Prior to this role, Carleen led Humana’s HR Business Consultancy group interfacing with business leadership on the strategy and execution of all human capital practices. Before joining Humana in 2000, Carleen served in a variety of leadership roles with US Airways, Inc. and in government service to educate and develop service personnel. She currently serves on the board of Project Women whose mission is to assist homeless single mothers obtain a college education. Carleen holds a Bachelor of Science from Bucknell University and an MBA from Sullivan University.

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