Monday, September 26, 2022 - 1:00pm to 1:20pm
James Palen
Consultant | 529 College Savings Program Manager
TIAA Tuition Financing, Inc.
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Monday, September 26, 2022 - 3:05pm to 3:25pm
James Palen
Consultant | 529 College Savings Program Manager
TIAA Tuition Financing, Inc.
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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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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - 12:25pm to 12:30pm
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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Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - 8:30am to 9:30am
Shellane Ogoshi, CFP®, CIMA®, CDFA®, AIF®
Financial Advisor
Raymond James
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Shellane Ogoshi was recently inducted to the Hofstra University, athletics Hall of Fame and
had her jersey retired. Top tier performance, commitment, and dedication were necessary for her
success. Today she uses these same characteristics while serving individuals, business owners
and their loved ones to attain confidence and clarity in their financial situation through
individualized holistic planning. She proactively prepares clients for life events, both seen and
unforeseen which benefits them and those they care about.


Prior to joining Raymond James, Shellane began her career at UBS Financial Services in
New York. She was responsible for portfolio management and financial planning for ultra-high-net
worth clients. Upon transferring to the UBS Honolulu office, she mastered her customization of
financial plans for C-Suite executives, business owners, established professionals, along with
governmental & military personnel.


In furthering her industry experience, Shellane attained the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL
PLANNER™, Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®), Certified Divorce Financial
Analyst (CDFA®) and Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®) professional designations, and
holds her Life, Accident and Health Insurance license along with Series 7 and 66 licenses.
Shellane graduated with honors from Hofstra University earning her Bachelor of Business
Administration in International Business with a minor in Finance. She obtained her MBA with a
concentration in Finance shortly after that, while coaching Division I and Division II Women’s
Volleyball and working full-time.


Shellane enjoys all aspects of outdoor life, spending time with her family as well as playing
and coaching volleyball. She currently serves on the Young Executives Board for Special
Olympics Hawaii, volunteers her time at local universities educating their students on making
smart financial decisions and training youth athletes looking to pursue higher education.
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL
PLANNER™, CFP® (with plaque design) and CFP® (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who
successfully complete CFP Board's initial and ongoing certification requirements.
Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA®) is the owner of the certification marks “CIMA®,” and
“Certified Investment Management Analyst®.” Use of CIMA® or Certified Investment Management Analyst® signifies
that the user has successfully completed IMCA's initial and ongoing credentialing requirements for investment
management consultants.


The above organizations and/or charitable causes are not affiliated with Raymond James.

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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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Monday, September 26, 2022 - 8:00am to 8:20am
Buck Gee
Co-Founder
Advanced Leadership Program for Asian American Executives at the Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Buck Gee is the co-founder of the Advanced Leadership Program for Asian American Executives at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.  Since 2010, the executive education program has provided leadership training to over 500 Asian American executives from over 100 companies including Microsoft, Google, HSBC, Chevron, and IBM.  He has co-authored many Ascend Foundation research papers on the topic of the Asian glass ceiling, analyzing EEOC workforce data that show that Asians are the most likely to be hired into the white-collar workforce, but least likely to reach executive positions.  He has written opinion pieces on Asian American issues published in the Harvard Business Review, the New York Times, USA Today, the San Jose Mercury-News, KQED public radio, and salon.com.  He has also been featured on podcasts posted by CNBC, One-in-a-Billion, Russell Reynolds Associates, Committee-of-100, Studio Sacramento, Asian Women of Power, and SHRM.

Mr. Gee retired in 2008 from Cisco Systems, where he was Vice President and General Manager of the Data Center Business Unit.  He joined Cisco with its 2004 acquisition of Andiamo Systems where Mr. Gee was President and CEO. 

He is the Northern California regional chair for the Committee-of-100 and serves on the board of directors.  He is also a board member for the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, Asia Society/Northern California, and the San Francisco Chinatown Media and Arts Collective.  He holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from Stanford University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

 

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