Robert C. Divine
Shareholder
Baker Donelson
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Robert C. Divine leads the Global Immigration Group of Baker Donelson, a law firm of 700 lawyers and public policy advisors with offices in 22 U.S. cities.  Mr. Divine served from July 2004 until November 2006 as Chief Counsel and for a time Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS).  He is the author of Immigration Practice, a 1,600 page practical treatise on all aspects of U.S. immigration law now in its Fifteenth Edition (see www.jurispub.com).  He has practiced immigration law since 1986 and has served as Chair of various committees of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. 

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Tim Canny
Vice President, Advertising Sales
SHRM
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Dianna Sporcic
Members and Community Director
SHRM
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Dianna Sporcic, SHRM-SCP is Members and Community Director for the Southeast Region, which includes the states of AL, FL, GA, Mississippi, Bahama, BDA, PR, DC, KY, NC, SC, TN, VA, WVA. She works remotely from her home in St. Petersburg, FL.

Dianna spent almost 30 years with Hyatt starting in operations and then moving into HR. Most recently she was Director of HR for Hyatt Vacation Ownership (HVO) who is known for the most luxurious vacation ownership resorts in the world. She was instrumental in the M&A when Interval Leisure Group (ILG) purchased HVO. She remained on as a highly valued and strategic member of the ILG HR team while still supporting HVO. After Marriott purchased ILG, Dianna joined ONICON Measurement Solutions. Dianna has diverse HR experience in hospitality, manufacturing and labor relations. Dianna is a member of our Tampa chapter and holds SHRM-SCP certification.

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Renee Rouse
Director of Integrated Marketing
SHRM
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Renée Rouse is Director of Integrated Marketing at SHRM, where she works across teams and within the marketing division to ensure the creation of strategic, seamless experiences for our members and audiences. She is a digital marketer and content strategist with over a decade of B2C and B2B experience across the automotive, consumer packaged goods, hospitality, food, and technology industries.

Prior to joining the SHRM family, she was Global Digital Marketing Manager for Employer Brand at Marriott International. She also worked for the global public relations agency, Edelman where she led the digital content team out of the Washington, DC office. Renée started her career in the SEO space at a startup, as a social media specialist, creating and optimizing social channels for her clients. Renée was also a member of the Washington Women in PR (WWPR) Board in 2015 as the Website Chair, and a 2017 Honoree for the WWPR Emerging Leaders Award.

 

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Jamie Bosley
VP, Event Strategy & Experience
SHRM
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Jamie Bosley serves as SHRM’s Vice President of Event Strategy & Experience where he is responsible for leading event strategy and enhancing our attendee experiences for SHRM’s Annual Conference and specialty conferences portfolio. Prior to SHRM, Jamie was a boomerang employee with two separate stints at National Geographic, where he most recently served as Director of Marketing and Engagement. He previously worked at RedPeg Marketing, building brand activations and experiences for clients such as Enterprise, GEICO, TD Bank, and the Virginia Lottery. He began his conference planning career at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and is a graduate of West Virginia University.

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Aaron Wiseman
Senior Specialist, Certification Security
SHRM
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Aaron Robbins Wiseman is the Senior Certification Security Specialist at SHRM. Mr. Wiseman has over 10-years of high stakes professional credentialing experience. At SHRM Mr. Wiseman is responsible for the security of the SHRM Certified Professional and Senior Certified Professional programs. Mr. Wiseman holds a Masters in Criminal Justice from Suffolk University, and a B.S. in Social Work from Syracuse University.

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Tim Thoms-Cappello
Manager, National Accounts
SHRM
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Tim is passionate about breaking down processes and finding out how it all works. Both for curiosity and for efficiency, finding the best solution for all stakeholders is what Tim's work has been all about. The events industry has allowed him to focus on what makes teams work, what can be improved and how we get there. Through safe-to fail experiments, stakeholder engagement and constant learning, Tim believes we can all make an impact in the workplace. Having worked at SHRM for five years Tim has helped expand the voice of SHRM and make a lasting impact through the experience of events.

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Faith Stipanovich, SHRM-SCP
Manager, Student Communities
SHRM
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Faith is Manager, Academic, Affiliate and Student Communities for SHRM.  Prior to this role, Faith served as a Field Services Director (FSD) based in Pittsburgh, PA. In this role she is responsible for membership growth through renewals and member acquisition working closely with the chapter and state council volunteer leaders in IN, KY, MI, ND, SD and TN. Faith also leads strategic planning and succession planning workshops for state councils and chapters along with speaking to SHRM members and non-members on a wide range of HR topics that are impacting employees and employers who are creating Better Workplaces for Better Worlds.

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Bryan Martin
Manager, Progams
SHRM Foundation
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Bryan Martin is the Program Manager for Inclusion Programming at the SHRM Foundation. Bryan has over eight years of experience managing strategic, mission-driven non-profit programs. Prior to coming to the SHRM Foundation, Bryan served as the Program Manager for Wounded Warrior Project’s Mental Health and Wellness Programs where he developed clinical and non-clinical programming for veterans and their families. Additionally, Bryan spent eight years in the United States Air Force serving a myriad of roles including Program Manager of Employee Performance and Evaluation and Military Outreach Programming. Bryan holds his graduate degree in Non-Profit Management from Johns Hopkins University and is a candidate for his Masters in Human Resource Management from Georgetown University where he anticipates to graduate December 2020.

At the SHRM Foundation, Bryan oversees the development of inclusion initiatives for veterans, individuals with criminal records, and those with disabilities. In his free time, he seeks opportunities to serve the LGBTQ+ and Autism Communities through volunteering at various non-profit organizations.

You can contact Bryan Martin at via phone or email at 703.535.6078 or Bryan.Martin@shrm.org.

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