Dorea Mays, SHRM-SCP
Director of Human Resources
Rosen Hotels & Resorts
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Dorea Mays is a life-long human resources practitioner with more than 30 years of professional experience serving in the hospitality, security, non-profit and retail industries. She is the Director of Human Resources at Rosen Hotels & Resorts, a seven-property hotel company with over 4,000 employees in Central Florida, as well as subsidiary business units including a medical center, technology company and insurance company, two preschools and a family fitness and aquatic center. In her current role, she oversees all human resource functions for a large team and leads the organization’s human resource strategy. She is an HR subject matter expert with a proven track record in employee relations, organizational development, compliance, transformational coaching and leadership development.

Prior to Rosen Hotels & Resorts, Dorea’s career included human resource roles in industries such as retail, car rental, security and non-profit. Known as a natural-born leader, Dorea is the current Vice President of the Hotel Human Resources Association of Orlando. She is an active member of the Greater Orlando Society for Human Resources Management. Dorea’s passion for community service has led to her current involvement in non-profit boards to include the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Orlando, Orange County Public Schools Compact, the Central Florida Disability Chamber, and the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.

Dorea is a proud alumna of the University of Central Florida with a B.A. in Organizational Communication. She obtained her master’s in human resources from Rollins College and is a credentialed human resource professional and coach, to include SHRM’s Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), HRCI’s Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), iPEC Coaching’s Certified Professional Coach (CPC), and Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP).

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Tiffany A. Brown, SHRM-CP
Certification Specialist, Affiliate Operations
SHRM Certification
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Tiffany Brown serves as the Certification Specialist for SHRM Affiliate Operations and is responsible for working with SHRM local chapters and state councils to develop and implement SHRM Certification initiatives.  Before joining the SHRM Certification department, Tiffany worked with the SHRM Member Relations team as a Member Engagement Associate supporting numerous affiliates across multiple regions in their efforts to achieve their respective membership goals. 

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Maryland - College Park, SHRM-CP, and SHRM People Management Qualification (PMQ).

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Demetrius Norman
Senior Specialist of Academic Initiatives
SHRM
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Demetrius Norman is Senior Specialist of Academic Initiatives at the Society for Human Resource Management, where he works with universities to incorporate SHRM’s curriculum to prepare the next generation of Human Resources leadership. He has over 20 years of non-profit and private sector experience in program, project, and database management. He holds a Master of Science in Management degree in Leadership & Organizational Development from The Catholic University of America and a Bachelor of Music degree from Fisk University.

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 2:30pm to 2:50pm
Robert Bogue
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President
Thor Projects LLC
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Robert Bogue has led change projects for three decades. As a recovering technologist, he’s changed the way people work as he changed the technology. He’s the author of 28 books and has been a Microsoft MVP for 20 years. His work has transformed corporations, government, and quasi-government organizations. It’s not about the technology, but he leverages his strength in technology and human systems to create change that is sustainable and transformative for organizations of all sizes and shapes.

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Terri Bogue
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Chief Operations Officer
Thor Projects LLC
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Terri Bogue has a passion for helping people be healthy and happy, both physically and emotionally. As a clinical nurse specialist with over 30 years of experience in nursing, she understands how difficult healthcare and life is for patients and providers. Through this experience, she has developed tools that support healthcare providers in delivering effective and compassionate care to their patients and themselves and reducing healthcare-associated infections. She inspires people to learn what boundaries are and how to maintain them, both professionally and personally, cool down a conflict during heated situations, and prevent and recover from burnout. 

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 12:30pm to 12:50pm
Valerie M. Grubb
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Principal
Val Grubb & Associates, Ltd.
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Valerie helps companies improve their bottom line by elevating employees from tactical thinkers to strategic leaders.

She served in senior leadership roles at RollsRoyce Aircraft before helping to found InterActiveCorp, parent company to Expedia, Home Shopping Network and TicketMaster. She then went to work for Oprah Winfrey, helping to found the Oxygen channel which was later sold to NBC Universal.

Valerie obtained her mechanical engineering degree from Kettering University and her MBA from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Val’s book, Clash of the Generations: Managing the New Workplace Reality, helps leaders manage multiple generations in the office.

 

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Vince Caldwell
SHRM Partner Products and Programs Sr. Specialist
SHRM
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Vince Caldwell, SHRM Partner Products and Programs Sr. Specialist has been with SHRM for over 25 years and serves as the primary contact for the SHRM Traveling Store Operation. He supports HR professionals with solutions and strategies that meet or exceed their needs, by recommending books, tools, and other software product solutions. He provides bookstore solutions to chapter and state conferences throughout the US. He has a passion for helping others succeed and become more than they thought they could be.  He is a graduate of “The College of New Jersey”.

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Kiri Grant
Senior Specialist, Business Solutions
SHRM
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Kiri Grant Sr. is SHRM’s newest Senior Specialist, Business Solutions.  Kiri started with SHRM as a contract employee with SHRM’s Member Engagement Team in the first quarter of 2022. Kiri comes to Business Solutions with 20 years of award-winning Retail Leadership & Customer Service. Kiri understands the need for employers/employees to have the best service and solutions to remain compliant and keep employees engaged.  Kiri will use his experience in the field and continuous analytical data to continue developing and growing SHRM’s strategic partnerships.  Kiri is excited to help drive the economic engine allowing SHRM to reinvest into creating Better Workplaces for a Better World.  

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023 - 7:30am to 7:50am
Vince Caldwell
SHRM Partner Products and Programs Sr. Specialist
SHRM
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Vince Caldwell, SHRM Partner Products and Programs Sr. Specialist has been with SHRM for over 25 years and serves as the primary contact for the SHRM Traveling Store Operation. He supports HR professionals with solutions and strategies that meet or exceed their needs, by recommending books, tools, and other software product solutions. He provides bookstore solutions to chapter and state conferences throughout the US. He has a passion for helping others succeed and become more than they thought they could be.  He is a graduate of “The College of New Jersey”.

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Kiri Grant
Senior Specialist, Business Solutions
SHRM
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Kiri Grant Sr. is SHRM’s newest Senior Specialist, Business Solutions.  Kiri started with SHRM as a contract employee with SHRM’s Member Engagement Team in the first quarter of 2022. Kiri comes to Business Solutions with 20 years of award-winning Retail Leadership & Customer Service. Kiri understands the need for employers/employees to have the best service and solutions to remain compliant and keep employees engaged.  Kiri will use his experience in the field and continuous analytical data to continue developing and growing SHRM’s strategic partnerships.  Kiri is excited to help drive the economic engine allowing SHRM to reinvest into creating Better Workplaces for a Better World.  

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 3:00pm to 3:20pm
Vince Caldwell
SHRM Partner Products and Programs Sr. Specialist
SHRM
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Vince Caldwell, SHRM Partner Products and Programs Sr. Specialist has been with SHRM for over 25 years and serves as the primary contact for the SHRM Traveling Store Operation. He supports HR professionals with solutions and strategies that meet or exceed their needs, by recommending books, tools, and other software product solutions. He provides bookstore solutions to chapter and state conferences throughout the US. He has a passion for helping others succeed and become more than they thought they could be.  He is a graduate of “The College of New Jersey”.

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Kiri Grant
Senior Specialist, Business Solutions
SHRM
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Kiri Grant Sr. is SHRM’s newest Senior Specialist, Business Solutions.  Kiri started with SHRM as a contract employee with SHRM’s Member Engagement Team in the first quarter of 2022. Kiri comes to Business Solutions with 20 years of award-winning Retail Leadership & Customer Service. Kiri understands the need for employers/employees to have the best service and solutions to remain compliant and keep employees engaged.  Kiri will use his experience in the field and continuous analytical data to continue developing and growing SHRM’s strategic partnerships.  Kiri is excited to help drive the economic engine allowing SHRM to reinvest into creating Better Workplaces for a Better World.  

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Monday, June 12, 2023 - 2:00pm to 2:20pm
Vince Caldwell
SHRM Partner Products and Programs Sr. Specialist
SHRM
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Vince Caldwell, SHRM Partner Products and Programs Sr. Specialist has been with SHRM for over 25 years and serves as the primary contact for the SHRM Traveling Store Operation. He supports HR professionals with solutions and strategies that meet or exceed their needs, by recommending books, tools, and other software product solutions. He provides bookstore solutions to chapter and state conferences throughout the US. He has a passion for helping others succeed and become more than they thought they could be.  He is a graduate of “The College of New Jersey”.

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Kiri Grant
Senior Specialist, Business Solutions
SHRM
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Kiri Grant Sr. is SHRM’s newest Senior Specialist, Business Solutions.  Kiri started with SHRM as a contract employee with SHRM’s Member Engagement Team in the first quarter of 2022. Kiri comes to Business Solutions with 20 years of award-winning Retail Leadership & Customer Service. Kiri understands the need for employers/employees to have the best service and solutions to remain compliant and keep employees engaged.  Kiri will use his experience in the field and continuous analytical data to continue developing and growing SHRM’s strategic partnerships.  Kiri is excited to help drive the economic engine allowing SHRM to reinvest into creating Better Workplaces for a Better World.  

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Sunday, June 11, 2023 - 12:30pm to 12:50pm
Tina Schust Robinson
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Founder
WorkJoy LLC
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As founder of WorkJoy, Tina builds on 20 years of operations, technology consulting, and HR leadership experience to provide facilitation and coaching solutions to organizations ready to unleash the potential of their people. She co-creates talent programs that drive business outcomes and deliver human results, partnering with leaders from prominent organizations including Fabletics, FOX Sports, National Wildlife Federation, SAP, Savage X Fenty, and Spotify. Tina graduated from the University of Virginia (BA), University of Michigan (MBA), and Coactive Training Institute coaching program, and is adjunct faculty at Loyola Marymount University. She lives in Los Angeles with her writer husband and two pet parrots.

 

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Dianna Sporcic
Members and Community Director
SHRM
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Dianna Sporcic, SHRM-SCP is Members and Community Director for the Southeast Region, which includes the states of AL, FL, GA, Mississippi, Bahama, BDA, PR, DC, KY, NC, SC, TN, VA, WVA. She works remotely from her home in St. Petersburg, FL.

Dianna spent almost 30 years with Hyatt starting in operations and then moving into HR. Most recently she was Director of HR for Hyatt Vacation Ownership (HVO) who is known for the most luxurious vacation ownership resorts in the world. She was instrumental in the M&A when Interval Leisure Group (ILG) purchased HVO. She remained on as a highly valued and strategic member of the ILG HR team while still supporting HVO. After Marriott purchased ILG, Dianna joined ONICON Measurement Solutions. Dianna has diverse HR experience in hospitality, manufacturing and labor relations. Dianna is a member of our Tampa chapter and holds SHRM-SCP certification.

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Jenny Locanthi, SHRM-SCP
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Membership Initiatives Director
SHRM
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Jenny Locanthi, SHRM-SCP is a Membership Initiatives Director for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Prior to joining SHRM, Jenny worked as an HR practitioner supporting a wide variety of HR functions including talent acquisition, benefits, compliance, payroll, training and performance management. Jenny is passionate about supporting organizations and the people that make their work possible. In her current role, she supports HR professionals and their SHRM-affiliated associations serve and advance the HR profession.

 

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 11:30am to 11:50am