Tracy Sestili
VP of Marketing
Fountain
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Tracy is the VP of Marketing for Fountain, an all-in-one high volume hiring platform empowering the world’s leading brands to find and hire the right people through smart, fast and seamless recruitment. Prior to Fountain, she worked at SparkPost, where her passion for creativity and media was the drive behind some of SparkPost’s award winning campaigns, such as #FindTheFlame. Prior to SparkPost, Tracy spent 10 years at TiVo and almost 5 years at Cisco helping marketing organizations deploy digital solutions and tell stories that drove significant market impact. She has served on the board of Women for WineSense, and co-founded a nonprofit for lung cancer, for which she received a Bay Area Jefferson Award. She has also been an adjunct professor in digital marketing and social media at UC Berkeley and SFSU, and has authored Taking Your Brand from the Bench to the Playing Field.

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Friday, September 10, 2021 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm
 
Friday, September 10, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
 
Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Karl Ahlrichs, SHRM-SCP, CSP
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Senior Consultant
Gregory and Appel
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Karl Ahlrichs specializes in helping professionals make order from chaos. He is a national speaker, author, and consultant, presenting on the people issues in all industries, and is often quoted in the local and national media. 

Karl’s experience is ideally suited to times of organizational change as he pulls on risk management and organizational development theories to replace “best practices” with “next practices”. He owes much of his communications mastery to working as a writer and editor in daily media, to on-the-job writing experience and to the process of becoming a published author.

He joined Gregory & Appel in 2010 after serving as a founding partner of ExactHire, bringing his HR, operations, diversity & belonging, and learning & development skills with him. Karl’s affinity for design, composition and learning started at a very young age, by taking and examining thousands of boring pictures with the goal of improving his craft. He loves deploying that practice-to-improve approach with all manner of hobbies including writing haiku, mastering cutting-edge technology and learning Spanish.

In 2003, he was named the SHRM Human Resource Professional of the Year for the State of Indiana. He is on the Boards of several organizations, including the Maryland CPA Society.  He has lived in Scotland and Spain and lives to explore new experiences with his wife and family.

 

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Rebecca Rowe, SHRM-CP
Director of Human Resources
Behrens Manufacturing
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Rebecca is employed by Behrens Manufacturing as the Director of Human Resources based out Winona, MN. Rebecca has been an active volunteer with SHRM since 2012 in multiple capacities. Rebecca started her volunteer work while enrolled in the Human Resource Management program at Western Technical College where she served as Secretary. Since then, she has held several leadership roles including VP of Membership and President-elect. Rebecca continues to serves as the Volunteer Director for the Minnesota State SHRM Conference in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Rebecca is currently serving as President for her local chapter, Winona Area SHRM. Rebecca also serves on the Winona State University HR Advisory Board which focuses on the current curriculum for Human Resource students and what improvements can be made to the program to ensure that qualified candidates are entering the workforce.

Rebecca received her Associate's degree in Human Resource Management in 2012, her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Human Resources in 2015 and her Master's in Training and Human Resource Development in 2018. Rebecca obtained her SHRM-CP certification in July 2018.

Rebecca is passionate about working with students and young professionals to help them use their voice, advocate for the Human Resources profession and develop themselves as professionals. She also advocates for volunteer work with SHRM to help aid in the development of young professionals. She does this by lecturing at the local university on topics including: (1) resume building, (2) interview etiquette, (3) total compensation and (4) negotiating pay as a young professional. Rebecca has also participated in an episode of Honest HR to advocate for volunteer work with SHRM.

Rebecca currently resides in Winona, MN with her fiancé and enjoys camping and hiking her way through the entire Minnesota State Park system. She also enjoys traveling as often as she can.

Rebecca represents and services the North Central Region membership council.

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Amanda Brunson, SHRM-CP
Global HR Business Partner
Sabre
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Amanda Brunson is employed as a Global HR Business Partner by Sabre  and is based in Orlando, FL. Amanda has been an active volunteer with SHRM since 2014 in many capacities. She's held several leadership positions for the Rollins College SHRM Student Chapter, Greater Orlando SHRM (GOSHRM) Chapter, and for HR Florida. Currently she  supports the Chapter Marketing team for the 2021 HR Florida State Conference.  Amanda joined the SHRM Young Professional Advisory Council (YPAC) in 2018 and is enthusiastic about her continued involvement..

Amanda received her Master in Human Resources Degree from Rollins College in May 2016. She holds an Advanced Leadership and Management Certificate from West Virginia University at Parkersburg. Additionally, Amanda obtained her SHRM-CP certification in January 2018.

Amanda is passionate about advocating for the Future of HR. She does this by sharing her knowledge and experience to aid others in attaining their goals. Amanda co-founded a blog called "The Future of HR" where she writes to make a difference, influence change, and support others. Amanda is also a contributor on the SHRM blog.

Amanda currently resides in Orlando, Florida and enjoys bowling, scrapbooking, and visiting Walt Disney World in her spare time.

Amanda represents and services the Southeast Region membership council.

 

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Crystal Granger, SHRM-CP
Human Resource Benefit Manager
Harsch Investment Properties
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After graduating from Portland State University in 2016 with a double major in Human Resources and Management & Leadership I now find myself primarily in benefits and wellness. Over the last year learning these new roles at Harsch they fit together seamlessly. What I enjoy about benefits is vendor relationships, traveling for Open Enrollment presentations, and the 1:1 service I provide to employees. When couple that with a year-long wellness campaign that includes an Activity Challenge, Self-Care, and Adopt-A-Family Giving. I get to be creative, active, and help other focus on aspects of their lives outside of work.

Crystal represents and services the Pacific West Region membership council.

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