Devin Miller
CEO & Co-Founder
Secure
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Devin is an experienced executive in the consumer finance and workplace savings space. He is the CEO & co-founder of Secure, a startup that is reinventing the emergency savings account with their new app, SecureSave. He is a veteran startup executive with 2 prior VC backed exits as CEO and Head of Product, with over 15 years of experience in sales, business development, strategic partnerships, and digital product management. Devin is also a proven innovator with 5 filed and 2 issued patents in the field of software development, AI and automation.

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Suze Orman
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Suze Orman, co-founder of Secure, has been called "a force in the world of personal finance" and a "one-woman financial advice powerhouse" by USA Today. She is a two-time Emmy Award-winner, the author of ten consecutive NY Times Bestsellers, twice named by Time Magazine as one of the most influential people in the world, host of the extremely popular Women & Money Podcast and Suze's favorite, she was spoofed four times on Saturday Night Live. Put it all together and Orman is undeniably the Worlds most recognized expert on personal finance. However, Secure is her most exciting endeavor yet. 

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Mike Aitken
Executive Vice President, HR Professional Solutions at SHRM
SHRM
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Mike Aitken is Executive Vice President, HR Professional Solutions at SHRM, following 15 years of leading SHRM’s successful advocacy programs as Vice President of Government Affairs.  

Mike is a leading authority on the issues important to the human resource profession and drives SHRM’s membership vision, ensuring excellent member experiences, and implementing the organization’s newly developed business strategy.

He applies his proven model of engagement to shape the future of work, workers, and workplaces. He is an expert relationship-builder across diverse constituencies and stakeholders, always seeking out the “win-win” in every situation.

As a member of SHRM’s executive team, Mike also plays a key role in setting the strategic direction of the organization, offering important counsel on SHRM’s educational programs and professional development opportunities.

Before joining SHRM in 2003, he spent 14 years with the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR), which represents more than 23,000 HR professionals at over 1,900 higher education institutions. 

In 2015 and 2016, Mike served as an employer representative on the U.S. delegation to the International Labour Conference.

Mike holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of San Diego.

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Devin Miller
CEO & Co-Founder
Secure
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Devin is an experienced executive in the consumer finance and workplace savings space. He is the CEO & co-founder of Secure, a startup that is reinventing the emergency savings account with their new app, SecureSave. He is a veteran startup executive with 2 prior VC backed exits as CEO and Head of Product, with over 15 years of experience in sales, business development, strategic partnerships, and digital product management. Devin is also a proven innovator with 5 filed and 2 issued patents in the field of software development, AI and automation.

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Suze Orman
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Suze Orman, co-founder of Secure, has been called "a force in the world of personal finance" and a "one-woman financial advice powerhouse" by USA Today. She is a two-time Emmy Award-winner, the author of ten consecutive NY Times Bestsellers, twice named by Time Magazine as one of the most influential people in the world, host of the extremely popular Women & Money Podcast and Suze's favorite, she was spoofed four times on Saturday Night Live. Put it all together and Orman is undeniably the Worlds most recognized expert on personal finance. However, Secure is her most exciting endeavor yet. 

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Sean Behr
CEO
Fountain
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Sean Behr is the CEO at Fountain, the high-volume hiring platform that empowers companies with an hourly workforce to streamline and scale their recruiting operations across the globe. Previously, Behr was the Co-Founder and CEO of STRATIM (acquired by KAR). Behr previously served in leadership roles at Adap.tv (acquired by AOL), most recently, as SVP, Global operations. Before Adap.tv, He held various management roles at Shopping.com (acquired by Ebay) including roles in HR, sales, product management and strategy development. In addition, Behr advises, mentors and invests in entrepreneurs and early-stage companies. He holds a B.A. in History and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Richele Middlebrooks
Director of Talent Acquisition
Grocery Outlet
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Richele Middlebrooks is the Director of Talent Acquisition at Grocery Outlet, a high-growth, extreme value retailer of quality, name-brand consumables and fresh products sold through a network of independently operated stores. In her role, Richele oversees Talent Acquisition and employer branding for the company. Richele joined Grocery Outlet in 2018  and was the only Corporate Recruiter. She now leads a team of 4! Originally from San Jose, CA Richele started her career in retail where she held several different leadership roles in the field with J.Crew & Gap Inc. Richele studied HR at Cal State East Bay and made the leap to her true passion, Corporate Human Resources & Talent Acquisition.

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Tony Suzda
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Tony Suzda is an experienced leader in the areas of Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Talent Strategy and HRIS.  He has a passion for ensuring top notch candidate experience that attracts top talent into the organization. Tony has led many high profile projects for both private and public companies related to recruiting systems, process development, candidate engagement & experience and talent strategy. In his career, Tony has focused largely on creating and implementing systems and processes that increase efficiency and experience for candidates and hiring managers.  Through many of these initiatives, he has been able to show increases in quality of hire, candidate satisfaction, manager satisfaction and brand affinity.

Tony continues to implement new and out-of-the-box methods to drive corporate strategy and positive organizational change, resulting in significant gains for the organization.

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Adrienne Lawrence
Principal Consultant
Jennifer Brown Consulting
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As an award-winning on-air commentator and equity advocate, Adrienne does more than just talk.In fact, she does a lot of everything—and she does it all well. The former “big law” litigator is passionate about reaching minds and audiences through informative, thought-provoking conversation—particularly on matters impacting women and people of color in their professional lives.

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Nichole Hoskins, J.D., SHRM-CP, CDE
Director, People & Culture
The Mars Agency
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Nichole Hoskins, J.D., SHRM-CP, CDE is a culture-focused people management professional currently serving as a Director of People & Culture for a Detroit-based agency where she focuses on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Talent Development and Performance Management. 

Nichole uses her experience as a DEI Advisor, Inclusive Workplace Specialist and Certified Diversity Executive to develop strategic inclusion interventions for the agency focused on creating an inclusive workplace culture. Prior to joining Mars, Nichole served as the leader of Human Resources for a bio-pharmaceutical company

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Nazli Takesh
Mindful Mob
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Nazli grew up in a home that encouraged active living and healthy eating. Yoga found its place in her life in college, and began to work its wonders! After completing an initial 200-hour training, Nazli went on to complete over 500-hours of Advanced Teacher Training, is a Reiki Practitioner, and Nutrition Consultant.

Nazli places an emphasis on conscious breathing, and ties that in with a physical exploration of what the human body can do. She promotes structure to safely work through the physical practice, but also allows space to explore what works in each individual body.

Aside from her involvement in the yoga world, you can usually find her hiking up mountains, swimming and surfing in oceans, and cooking up plant-based foods!

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Ragan Decker, Ph.D., SHRM-CP
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She/Her/Hers
Manager, Executive Network and Enterprise Research
SHRM
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Ragan Decker, Ph.D., SHRM-CP, is an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist and Manager of Executive Network and Enterprise Research at SHRM. She designs and conducts strategic research to support SHRM’s mission as it relates to work, workers, and the workplace. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut and Graduate Certificates in Quantitative Research Methods and Occupational Health Psychology. Her work has been published in HR Quarterly, People + Strategy Journal as well as Occupational Health Science, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, and Annals of Work Exposure and Health. 

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Gretchen Carlson
Female Empowerment Advocate
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Gretchen Carlson is a fierce, fearless and internationally recognized advocate for women’s rights, whose bold actions against Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes helped pave the way for the global #MeToo movement. A journalist, author, TED talk alum, and champion for workplace equality, Carlson was named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” and is a member of the TIME’S UP Global Leadership Board. She’s a PEOPLE TV special contributor and host of the new daily news podcast “Get The News With Gretchen Carlson” on Quake Media. Carlson is the author of the New York Times bestseller “Be Fierce” and “Getting Real,” and recently co-founded the non-profit Lift Our Voices to end the silencing of harassment victims through forced arbitration and non-disclosure agreements.

One of America’s most successful journalists, Carlson has been on the front lines of the biggest stories shaping our nation for over two decades. Starting her career as a political reporter in Richmond, Virginia, Carlson worked her way up through local newsrooms in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Dallas before moving to national news in 2000 as co-host and correspondent for CBS’ “The Saturday Early Show.” At CBS she led coverage of historic events including the World Trade Center bombing and 9/11 terrorist attacks. In 2005, Carlson joined Fox News, where she co-hosted the #1 cable morning news show “Fox and Friends” for more than seven years and “The Real Story” for three years. Over the past two decades, Carlson’s catalog of interviews includes every U.S. President, Vice President and Presidential candidate as well as hundreds of leaders in business, entertainment and politics.

Carlson’s advocacy for women is a cornerstone of her career, beginning in 1999 with a 30-part, award-winning series on domestic violence she produced and reported in Dallas. Her groundbreaking 2016 complaint against Ailes made her the face of workplace harassment and inaugurated her more recent work to support survivors and hold predators accountable.  

Since 2017, Carlson has worked with a bi-partisan coalition of legislators in Congress to introduce and advocate for the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act,” which voids forced arbitration agreements that prevent sexual harassment survivors from getting their day in court. The bill was reintroduced in the House of Representatives in February 2019 and Carlson testified before the House Judiciary Committee in May 2019.

Carlson created the Gift of Courage Fund in 2017, partnering with the nonprofit All In Together to launch the Gretchen Carlson Leadership Initiative, which hosts advocacy trainings for underserved women nationwide. In 2018, she founded the Carlson March of Dimes Advocacy Fellows program, which brings together women from across America to promote legislation and policies benefiting women and children.

Carlson returned to television in 2018 as host and producer of A&E and Lifetime Network documentary series “Breaking the Silence” on workplace harassment and led investigative reporting into the NXIVM cult and college admissions scandals. Earlier this year, Carlson announced a TV deal with Blumhouse Productions to produce and host a new interview series.

.Carlson’s story of harassment and retaliation at Fox News has garnered international attention, including the Showtime mini-series “The Loudest Voice” and movie “Bombshell.” Yet because of non-disclosure agreements, Carlson was prohibited from giving any input into these projects or providing feedback to actors Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman, who portrayed her.

Carlson’s advocacy has been honored by numerous organizations, including the New York Women in Communications’ Matrix Award; the Radio Television Digital News Association’s First Amendment Leadership Award; the National Organization for Women’s 2018 Women of Power and Influence Award; the YWCA Greater Los Angeles’ 2018 Phenomenal Champion of Change; and the Arizona Foundation for Women’s Sandra Day O’Connor Lifetime Achievement Award.

Carlson serves as a trustee for the March of Dimes National Board; on the Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation Gala Committee; on the Greenwich Academy Board; and on the Advisory Committee of The Press Forward, which focuses on issues surrounding harassment and workplace rights in America’s newsrooms. She is also a member of the philanthropic organization Women Moving Millions, a global collective of women making unprecedented gifts of $1 million or more for the advancement of women and girls.

Carlson is an honors graduate of Stanford University and studied at Oxford University. A violin prodigy, she performed as a soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra at age 13 and was one of her high school's valedictorians. In 1989 became the first classical violinist to win the Miss America crown.

Carlson is married to sports agent Casey Close. The couple and their two children live in Connecticut.

 

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Emily M. Dickens, J.D.
Chief of Staff, Head of Government Affairs & Corporate Secretary
SHRM
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Emily M. Dickens, J.D., serves as SHRM Chief of Staff, Head of Government Affairs & Corporate Secretary. She is the executive responsible for coordinating staff to implement the CEO's vision, serving as corporate secretary for the SHRM Board and subsidiary boards, as well as managing external partnerships and providing oversight for the Government Affairs division.

Dickens is an attorney with significant and progressive experience in government, higher education and the non-profit sector. She has served as a member of the leadership team at the University of North Carolina system, the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.  Her prior roles include general counsel, chief relationship officer, senior vice president, vice president for public policy and assistant vice president for federal relations.  Dickens has also worked at Duke University and Fayetteville State University in administrative and external affairs roles. 

Emily is actively engaged in board service. She formerly served on the  Fayetteville/Cumberland (NC)  Chamber  of  Commerce  (Secretary  of  the  Board),  the Cumberland County Workforce Development Board, the  North  Carolina  Partnership  for  Defense  Innovation Board, and the Educational Advancement Foundation. She is currently a member of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), the Advisory Board of the College of Arts and Sciences at North Carolina Central University, and chairs the International HBCU Task Force for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

She is a graduate of North Carolina Central University and North Carolina Central University School of Law. 

 

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - 9:00am to 10:00am