Rachel Sheerin
Award-Winning Emcee & National Speaker
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Rachel Sheerin, CPBA is an award-winning keynote speaker, emcee and employee engagement consultant on a mission to help people feel better, think better and do better - together!

A Certified Professional Behavior Analyst, audiences are transformed and recharged with energy and leave equipped with strategies and tangible tools. What makes Rachel connect is the fact that she has been on all sides of business - sales, operations and executive leadership.. She's built multi-million dollar sales teams for organizations that want to grow profits and boost happiness and delivered organization-wide training for different vocations from machinists to executive director, SVP and beyond.

She's also burned out, failed and ruined her career a couple of times - which makes her messages of burnout prevention, happiness and success sincere, impactful and hilarious. With a strong dash of vulnerability, Rachel meets audiences where they are and with her background in meetings and events, gives planners and executives the 5-star surveys they want most.

With Fortune 500 clients such as The Ritz Carlton, WAL-MART, National Associations in Healthcare and Banking, Hilton, Berkshire Hathaway and many more, Rachel is also Co-Founder of MAGNET METHOD, an employee engagement and retention consulting firm for growing cultures.

Rachel's continued research and motivational content around burnout, happiness and success can be seen regularly on her LinkedIn profile and read in her upcoming book, BETTER: How to Feel Good as You Live, Lead and Succeed (8/8/23, Hawthorn Road Press).

Currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Association for Women in Events (AWE), Rachel is a proud member of Meeting Planners International (MPI), supporter of the Appalachian Bear Foundation and can often be found playing ping pong badly with her husband, Jeff.

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Sunday, October 1, 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Scott Warrick
President
Scott Warrick Consulting & Employment Law Services
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Scott Warrick  (www.scottwarrick.com) is an Employment Law Attorney, HR Professional, and best-selling author with 40 years of hands-on experience.  Scott uses his unique background to help organizations get where they want to go, which includes coaching and training managers and employees on-site in his own unique, practical, and entertaining style.  

Scott's best-selling books include: Solve Employee Problems Before They Start, Living The Five Skills of Tolerance, and Healing The Human Brain, which is an International Best Seller.  

Scott travels the country presenting on such topics as Emotional Intelligence, Resolving conflict, Harassment & Bullying, Tolerance, and Healing the Human Brain. 

 

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023 - 7:30am to 8:30am
Sara Wasserteil
Managing Director of Integration and Expansion
Cara Collective
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Sara leads Cara Collective’s national expansion arm, Cara Plus, where she drives growth, strategic partnerships, and impact to help businesses and non-profits drive more inclusive employment pathways in Chicago and around the country. Prior to Cara Collective, Sara spent 12 years managing, measuring, and scaling programs across the social sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia, and as a social impact strategy and measurement consultant for organizations like the Canadian Federal Government, City of Chicago, Google.org, TD Bank, and YouTube. Sara serves on the Executive Board of Fast Company and as a graduate mentor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. She holds a BA from Boston University and an MPP from the University of Chicago.

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Sara Wasserteil
Managing Director of Integration and Expansion
Cara Collective
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Sara leads Cara Collective’s national expansion arm, Cara Plus, where she drives growth, strategic partnerships, and impact to help businesses and non-profits drive more inclusive employment pathways in Chicago and around the country. Prior to Cara Collective, Sara spent 12 years managing, measuring, and scaling programs across the social sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia, and as a social impact strategy and measurement consultant for organizations like the Canadian Federal Government, City of Chicago, Google.org, TD Bank, and YouTube. Sara serves on the Executive Board of Fast Company and as a graduate mentor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. She holds a BA from Boston University and an MPP from the University of Chicago.

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Paula Bradford
Transition Specialist and Director of the STEP Program
Madison County
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Paula Bradford serves as the Director for Madison County Transition Programs and the Special Education Administrator for Madison County ROE #41. She came to the position with 14 years’ experience as a Transition Specialist. She is a Youth Services Coordinator for Secondary Transitional Experience Program with Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS). As a Youth Services Coordinator, she is a liaison between school districts and DRS. She serves as the Chairperson of the Madison County Transition Planning Committee which brings together representatives from Madison County school districts and local agencies to discuss and coordinate transition services.

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Candice Gottlieb-Clark
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CEO
Dynamic Team Solutions
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Exceptional at using story-telling to teach concepts and inspire, Candice Gottlieb-Clark is a sought-after speaker at leadership conferences world­wide. A renowned Business Advisor, Coach and Conflict Management Specialist, Candice distills her more than 20 years of expertise into actionable strategies, that attendees can apply to raise the functionality of their teams, leaders and organizations. 
Candice is the author of the best-selling book, FIND, FIX, FILL your LEADERSHIP GAP, and she has been published in numerous business and professional journals, including Business Insider and Forbes, where she serves as a contributing writer. Candice's passion and expertise for helping businesses raise the level of their functionality, teamwork, productivity, and performance are boundless. 

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023 - 7:30am to 8:30am
Christine V. Walters, JD, MAS, SHRM-SCP
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Independent Consultant & Author
FiveL Company
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Ms. Walters has more than 30 years’ combined experience in management, HR administration, employment law practice, and teaching.

She has presented at conferences across the country, been engaged as an expert witness, and testified before U.S. Congressional and state legislative committees on employment issues.

Her book, “From Hello to Goodbye: Proactive Tips for Maintaining Positive Employee Relations” is in its 2nd edition and was one of the SHRMStore’s “Great 8” best-sellers for eight consecutive years.

Today, Ms. Walters works as an independent consultant doing business as FiveL Company, “Helping Leaders Limit their Liability by Learning the Law.”SM

 

 

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Sara Taylor
President and Founder
deepSEE Consulting
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Sara Taylor, President and Founder of deepSEE Consulting, has 35 years of extensive experience, nationally recognized as in the practice of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion serving local, national and global clients. While her areas of specialty are in both Diversity and Leadership Development, Sara has become a thought leader particularly in the field of Cultural Competence. Her bestselling book, Filter Shift: How Effective People SEE the World, is used by numerous individuals and organizations to increase success and create greater effectiveness. Sara holds a Master's degree in Diversity and Organizational Development and, prior to founding deepSEE, held positions such as Chief Diversity Officer and Leadership and Diversity Specialist.

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023 - 9:00am to 10:00am
Sharon Steed
Founder
Communilogue
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Sharon Steed is an international keynote speaker, author and founder of Communilogue, an empathy consultancy. She teaches teams and organizations the key empathy behaviors necessary to retain top talent and improve individual and team performance. A lifelong stutterer, Sharon uses her speech impediment to both teach what empathy is and to inspire audiences to engage in empathy actions daily. Sharon’s LinkedIn Learning course "Communicating With Empathy" has been translated to a dozen languages and has over 600,000 views. Her client list includes Microsoft, Google, Booking.com, LinkedIn, British Telecommunications, KraftHeinz and DraftKings.

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