Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 3:45pm to 6:45pm
Brian Niccol
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chipotle Mexican Grill
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Brian Niccol is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer for Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG). He assumed the role of Chairman in March 2020, and under his leadership as Chief Executive Officer, a role he’s held since March 2018, Chipotle has seen accelerated comparable sales growth. Driving the brand’s purpose to Cultivate a Better World, Mr. Niccol has focused on increasing visibility, expanding access, fostering innovation, and encouraging engagement with employees and consumers.

A leader in the food industry, Chipotle has received global recognition and honors during Mr. Niccol’s tenure including Fortune magazine’s Most Admired Companies (2021, 2020), Forbes magazine Best Employers for Diversity (2019-2021), Newsweek magazine’s America’s Most Responsible Companies (2020), one of Comparably’s Best Companies for Culture, Diversity and for Women (2019, 2020) Best Companies for Perks & Benefits, Happiness and Best Professional Development (2020).

Mr. Niccol has been placed on notable lists including Fortune’s ‘Businessperson of the Year’ (2019), Bloomberg’s ‘People who Defined 2019’ (The Bloomberg 50), Comparably’s ‘Best CEO’s (2019), Best CEOs for Women and Diversity (2020) Orange County Business Journal’s ‘Business People of the Year’ (2020), as well as named ‘Leader of the Year’ by Restaurant Business magazine (2020), Nation’s Restaurant News’ The Power List (2021) and a ‘Distinguished Alumni’ by University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business (2020).

Prior to his current role, Mr. Niccol served as Chief Executive Officer of Taco Bell, a division of Yum! Brands. During his tenure at Taco Bell, Mr. Niccol was Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer and President. Mr. Niccol also held several executive positions at Pizza Hut, another division of Yum! Brands, including General Manager and Chief Marketing Officer. Before joining Yum! Brands, Mr. Niccol spent 10 years at Procter & Gamble, serving in various brand management positions.

Mr. Niccol currently serves on the board of Harley-Davidson in addition to the board of directors of The Chipotle Cultivate Foundation, Chipotle’s nonprofit organization. Mr. Niccol holds an undergraduate degree from Miami University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 2:30pm to 3:30pm
Jeanne Morris
Senior Vice President, Consumer Products
SHRM
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Jeanne Morris started her SHRM journey over 30 years ago, advancing from roles in accounting to HR strategy and was recently appointed to SVP, Consumer Products.  Jeanne provides leadership and oversight of the design, development, and execution of all consumer products and certification operations businesses. This includes certification preparation, seminars, specialty credentials, eLearning, the People Manager Qualification (PMQ) and credentialing operations. Jeanne and her team are passionate about providing professionals with the tools and knowledge to elevate performance in their workplaces, build resilient teams, and cultivate positive and flourishing cultures.

  

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Claire Stroh, SHRM-CP
Personal Pronouns
She/Her/Hers
Manager, of Managed Talent Services
Lighthouse Technology Services
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Claire Stroh, MBA, SHRM-CP is currently the Manager, of Managed Talent Services at Lighthouse Technology Services and CEO of Claire is Coaching. She has used LinkedIn, Twitter/X, and networking to build her personal brand and uncover new opportunities for herself and the companies she’s worked for. She’s passionate about helping others do the same! Claire has more than 10 years of successively diverse human resources management experience with privately-owned and publicly-traded global leaders. She is an active member and blogger for SHRM and served on SHRM’s Emerging Professional Advisory Council (EPAC) for four years. Claire was named a 2022 HR Impact Award Winner by Buffalo Business First and 2022 Community Catalyst Award Winner by HRUnite!.

 

 

 

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Eddice Douglas, SHRM-CP
Senior Specialist, Education Products
SHRM
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Eddice Douglas, SHRM-CP, Senior Specialist, Education Products, began her SHRM journey over a decade ago as a valued partner to the CHRO. After several years, she advanced to focusing on HR Standards and Academic Initiatives, assisting students and faculty at Colleges and Universities to align with SHRM’s curriculum guidelines. Douglas’ achievements continued to be recognized as she moved into a critical role for the Certification team managing the certification department’s community engagement plan for corporate and global clients. She continues to focus on SHRM Certification in her current role by specializing in delivering a premier exam preparation experience through the SHRM Learning System.   

Prior to joining SHRM, Eddice held various management positions while serving in the United States Air Force. She specialized in Health Service Management and led training and development programs as a Professional Military Education Training Instructor. She holds a master’s degree in Human Resources Development from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri and is certified as a SHRM-Certified Professional. Douglas resides with her husband and two children in Tampa, Florida. 
 

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Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
 
Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 7:00am to 7:00pm
Andrea Herron. SHRM-CP
Senior HR Director
WebMD
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Andrea Herron is a seasoned HR Executive, author of "There's an Elephant in Your Office," and host of the HR Scoop podcast. She is a passionate advocate for addressing mental health in the workplace, bolstering diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and tenaciously strives to implement values driven leadership and a healthy sense of humor in every workplace.  

Andrea earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Western Kentucky University. She also holds multiple certifications in Human Resources Management and is an accredited Fierce Conversation and Personalysis Facilitator, and a Social + Emotional Intelligence Certified Coach. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, two kids, and French Bulldog Norman.

 

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Tracy Stock
Founder and Owner
Achieve Positive Outcomes, LLC
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Tracy Stock is one of the most in-demand and top-rated female speakers in North America today because of her ability to inspire behavior change and achieve positive outcomes. As a workplace culture expert, an engaging Certified Speaking Professional®, highly skilled live and virtual training expert and a best-selling author with five published titles, her 25 years of experience include clients such as the U.S. Army, Motorola, True Value, US Bank and Subway, to name a few. As a speaker of choice, Tracy is committed to helping energize workplace culture, enhance employee engagement and empower high performance. 

 

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Steve Garguilo
Partner
Cultivate
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Steve Garguilo is a Partner at Cultivate, a company dedicated to corporate changemakers. His work and research are focused on empowering people to challenge the status quo inside complex organizations.

As more organizations focus on building thriving workplace communities, Steve has provided thought leadership and guidance on how companies can create and measure communities that empower their employees.

He previously led a grassroots community of 23,000 employees at Johnson & Johnson, winning Chief Learning Officer Magazine's highest award for innovation.

He is now pioneering the community analytics platform, Unbury, which helps companies to centralize their data and manage workplace community analytics.

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Mark J. Carpenter
Chief Storyteller
Mindset Strategic Leadership
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Mark Carpenter is a speaker, coach, facilitator, and author. He co-authored the popular book “Master Storytelling: How to Turn Your Experiences Into Stories that Teach, Lead, and Inspire” and created a workshop on the same topic. He is dedicated to helping people across all industries succeed by learning and applying new skills. When he’s not training, speaking, or coaching, Mark is likely consulting business leaders on how to lead change, hiking or snowshoeing in the mountains near his home in Utah, working on projects around the house, playing the piano, bragging about his grandchildren, or writing children's books. 

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Lisa Joanne Elsworth
Co-Founder
The Sober Experiment and Bee Sober
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Lisa a mum of three is a director of the IPHM, an international accreditation board for Holistic Complementary Alternative Therapists and Training Providers. She is also a co-founder of The Sober Experiment and Bee Sober, an amazing social group for sober people all across the UK and a volunteer speaker for Nacoa, delivering talks to organisations throughout the UK, such as schools and youth clubs; raising awareness of NACOA's services and the effects of parental alcohol problems on children. 

Lisa is a positive thinker and will always find humour in even the darkest or most trying situations.  Lisa believes that sobriety is the best thing that has ever happened to her, everyone she has influenced and everyone she continues to influence.

Lisa’s aim is to motivate everyone she comes into contact with using positivity, gratitude, mindfulness and self-care to bring about happiness and success whilst spreading the sober word.

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Alexandria Hannah Walker
Co-Founder
The Sober Experiment and Bee Sober
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Alex is co-founder of The Sober Experiment and Bee Sober, is a mum of three and an accredited training provider focusing on alcohol recovery. She has a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences, a PGCE and is currently a fully qualified, accredited and experienced realignment coach and trainer.

After realising alcohol was impacting her mental health, Alex decided to give it up. Alex is practicing self-care and mindfulness as part of her continued sobriety journey.  

Alex’s favourite self-care tools are exercise and running. Alex is a volunteer speaker for Nacoa, to support children of alcoholic parents, something which is very close to her heart from her own childhood experiences. Alex’s aim is to write and publish her own book to spread the word on how amazing sobriety is. 

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