Monday, October 24, 2022 - 8:00am to 8:30am
Monique Akanbi, SHRM-CP
Membership Initiatives Director
SHRM
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Monique Akanbi, SHRM-CP, is an HR professional with over 15 years of broad-based experience in the public school and private sector in various roles and disciplines. A Miami, Florida native, Monique earned her degree in Public Administration with a specialization in HR from Barry University. Monique is also a Master Examiner and Mentor with the Florida Sterling Council Board of Examiners, visiting organizations throughout the state across all industries to assess their leadership system and organizational performance through the National Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence model. In her volunteer role, Monique has been an active SHRM Chapter leader serving in various roles including Chapter President and District Director with HR Florida. In addition, she serves on various local non-profit boards. As a high energy, creative thinker, team builder, and problem-solver, Monique has a passion for service and assisting others in their purpose, potential, and professional development through meaningful connections.

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Yebin Choi
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Digital Exhibitor Specialist
Freeman
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Yebin Choi is the Digital Exhibitor Specialist at Freeman and this will be her fifth virtual/hybrid event with SHRM. As the Digital Exhibitor Specialist, Yebin creates and implements training processes and resources for exhibitors to best equip them with the tools and knowledge needed to get the most out of their virtual experience. Yebin has been with Freeman for 3 years, during which time she has enjoyed the opportunity to work with various teams, meet amazing people, and wear many hats.

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Monday, October 24, 2022 - 7:00am to 7:45am
 
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - 12:00am to 12:05am
 
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - 12:00am to 12:05am
Robert Massa
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Managing Director of Retirement
Qualified Plan Advisors, LLC
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Robert Massa is the Managing Director of Retirement in Houston, TX for Qualified Plan Advisors (QPA). Rob is a retirement professional with more than 25 years of retirement industry experience. His primary responsibilities include practice management, strategic investment direction and advice, retirement plan design consulting and compliance, employee education and development, financial wellness strategies, client relationship management and SEC compliance. His career has been focused in the investment management and administration of qualified retirement plans in a diverse series of roles including investment advice, trust administration, recordkeeping, plan document drafting, compliance testing, product management, legal and client consultation.

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Gurpreet Singh
Vice President of Corporate Partnerships
InStride
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Brad Heber
Co-founder, Chief Growth Officer
Vetty
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Brad Heber
Co-founder, Chief Growth Officer
Vetty
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Andy Traub
Principal
Global Disability Inclusion
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Andy Traub serves as a Principal for Global Disability Inclusion. He most recently served as Vice President of Human Resources and created/ led Allied InclusionWorks at Allied One Source. Allied InclusionWorks is the first end-to-end solution, helping prepare employers to connect them to talented job seekers who face challenges to employment including veterans, individuals with disabilities and fair chance candidates. He is an internationally recognized leader in both disability and diversity employment with over 25 years of human resource management experience. Over the past two decades, Andy has developed and implemented talent acquisition/ management strategies for entities ranging from local and national government to domestic and international employers, including Google, Best Buy, Walgreens, Office Depot, Amazon, Starbucks, Sodexo, Kroger and several European based companies as well as consulting with government entities in Russia, Scotland and Germany. He was also lead consultant on the Workplace Initiative Team for the Poses Family Foundation to develop disability inclusion strategies for national employers receiving funding from the foundation. At AMC Entertainment, Inc., Andy led the company’s strategic recruitment initiatives as Director of Recruitment and created “AMC F.O.C.U.S.”, an award-winning program in which AMC broke new ground in hiring and retaining large numbers of individuals with disabilities. He has also served as the Managing Director for the National Organization on Disability where he created several innovative programs and products (including the Disability Employment Tracker) to help national employers develop sustainable programs designed to effectively attract, on-board, manage and retain individuals with disabilities. Andy has had the honor of being invited by two different administrations to the White House to present on best practices in disability employment. He was also invited by the US Embassy to provide multiple keynotes at an international disability employment conference in Moscow, Russia.

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