Lisa Johnson
Global Practice Leader
Crown World Mobility
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Lisa Johnson is the Global Practice Leader for Crown World Mobility’s Consulting Services and a member of SHRM. A frequent presenter on all things innovative and disruptive in Talent Mobility, Lisa will be sharing practical steps to support this emerging business challenge resulting from the current global pandemic.

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Stuart Nisbet
Chief Data Scientist
Cadient Talent
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Stuart Nisbet is Cadient Talent’s Chief Data Scientist.  He is an internationally acclaimed speaker who enjoys discussing emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and deep learning and their impact on the world. Stuart received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from NC State University.

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Garen Staglin
Co-Founder and Board Chairman
One Mind
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Garen is the Co-Founder and Board Chairman of One Mind (formerly the International Mental Health Research Organization), a 501c(3) non-profit organization.

During the last twenty years, One Mind and the Staglin’s Music Festival for Brain Health have raised more than $400 million for mental health charities and research. Launched in 2011 with former Congressman Patrick Kennedy and now led by President, Brandon Staglin, One Mind is pursuing a number of large-scale public-private partnerships in Schizophrenia, TBI, and PTS as well as funding cutting-edge research with 30 rising star scientists.

Garen is a private equity investor and philanthropist with more than 40 years of experience in building and starting companies in the financial services and payment industries. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Silicon Valley Bank, ExL Services, NVoice Payments and Profit Velocity Solutions. He is also a Senior Advisor to FTV Capital. Garen is a graduate of UCLA, B.S.-Engineering (1966), and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, MBA (1968). He is a recipient of the Gold Spike Award, Stanford University’s highest award for volunteer service and the UCLA College of Letters & Science Fellows Award. He is Co-Chairman of the UCLA Centennial Capital Campaign.

He and Shari, and their children, Brandon and Shannon, are founders of the STAGLIN FAMILY VINEYARD, a 64-acre estate in Rutherford, California.

 

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Virginia Peddicord
Director of Global Employee Population Health
Merck & Co., Inc.
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Virginia (Ginny) Peddicord is Director of Global Employee Population Health.  Ginny is responsible for building organizational capabilities that enable Merck to implement programs and measure employee health and wellness investments.  She oversees innovative and integrated programs that drive employee engagement in health and wellness.  During her career with Merck, Ginny has held leadership roles in both Marketing and Sales.

Ginny has an MBA from the University of Chicago where she majored in Marketing, Strategy and attended the University’s Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy.   

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Melissa Dawn Simkins
CEO, Velvet Suite | Founder, The She-Suite
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Melissa Dawn Simkins, affectionately known as "The First Lady of Personal Branding," is a pioneer in personal brand leadership with a proven track record of advising Fortune 100 organizations, CEOs, C-suite executives and influencers. She is a sought-after strategist on how to lead change in the face of adversity. Relevance and readiness are core to her approach as she gives insight around future-ready talent development, bridging the diversity divide and brand leadership innovation.

She is CEO of Velvet Suite® (www.velvetsuite.com) an award-winning leadership innovation firm advancing the future of profit through people. She is the Founder of The She-Suite®, the female focused platform of Velvet Suite on a mission to break the outdated paradigm of work by empowering working women to boldly design a career and life with purpose (theshesuite.com). The She-Suite Brand Leadership Institute (BLI), is the only online leadership readiness platform community with proven results to ready, retain and advance all women and women of color who work for large enterprises. 


Melissa is a former contributor to Inc.com and has been a frequent guest on media outlets such as CNN, CNBC and more. She is the author of Brand Me. Make Your Mark: The Ultimate Playbook for Personal Branding. Melissa is a sought-after keynote speaker on leadership innovation.

As an innovator, Simkins was the first African American female advisory board member for the World Brand Congress. Velvet Suite created the NFL Player Brand University in partnership with the National Football League, the first personal brand development academy of its kind in all professional sports. Other Velvet Suite clients have included: Boston Scientific, UBS, Lincoln Financial, Allstate, Home Depot, Southern Company, the National Basketball Association, CEOs, C-Suite executives, celebrities, pro-athletes and more.

She has been recognized by NAMD as their Entrepreneur of the Year, The Atlantan's Women of Power & Influence and her firm is a finalist for the Greater Washington Innovation Award. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for The SHRM Foundation (Society for Human Resource Management).

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Eric Ellis
President and CEO
Integrity Development Corporation
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Eric Ellis is President and CEO of Integrity Development Corp. Since 1991, his firm has served businesses, law enforcement agencies, and organizations by building cultures where Diversity, Inclusion and Respect flourish, driving business results.

One of our nation’s leading strategists on Diversity & Inclusion, Eric and his firm have won numerous awards, including the State of Ohio's Minority Business of the Year, and the NAACP President’s Award. Eric is a member of the SHRM Inclusion & Diversity Expert Panel.

Eric is author of the book, Diversity Conversations, 3rd edition, and co-hosts a weekly broadcast of the same name at www.1320thevoice.com or facebook live, every Saturday, 9:30 am EST @elliseric.

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Eoin Byrne
CHRO
Lidl US
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Eoin Byrne is an experienced HR professional with a strong operational background in retail. Eoin currently sits on the Board of Lidl US as Chief Human Resources Officer.  Having spent time at Lidl in Ireland, UK and at the International HQ in Germany, Eoin joined the team at Lidl US in advance of the initial country launch back in May 2017. Eoin has experience in sales operations, administration and all HR functions. Eoin’s particular areas of interest include the future of total wellbeing, engagement and employer brand.

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Raymond Lee
Founder and CEO
Careerminds
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Raymond Lee is the Founder and President of Careerminds, a global outplacement company based in Wilmington, Delaware. He has over 20 years of human resource, outplacement, and career consulting experience. Raymond pioneered the concept of virtual outplacement after experiencing years of traditional outplacement in a variety of HR roles. He has his bachelor’s in psychology and holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Louisiana Tech University. He sits on the Careerminds Board of Director’s and is active in SHRM, HRPS and ATD. Raymond’s been featured on SiriusXM Business Radio, CareerTalk, and the Wall Street Journal and he’s recently published a book titled, Clocking Out: A Stress Free Guide to Career Transitions.

 

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Jodi Detjen
Managing Partner
Orange Grove Consulting
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Jodi is an organizational consultant and educator. Her mission is to help organizations leverage their talent strategically by increasing inclusion as soon as possible. In addition to being Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Orange Grove Consulting, Jodi is Clinical Professor of Management at Suffolk University. She has spent her career transforming the way people work and designs top-tier women’s leadership. She has consulted and run workshops for clients such as Accenture, Microsoft Partners and Oracle.

She is co-author of the book, The Orange Line: A Woman’s Guide to Integrating Career, Family, and Life. Her upcoming book on building inclusive workplaces will be published November 2020.

Jodi earned her B.Sc. from Virginia Tech, her MA from Duke University and is currently pursuing her Doctorate at Temple University.

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Sabrina Custer
Instructor
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Sabrina is a Yoga, Meditation, Barre and HIIT instructor. She applies asana, ayurveda, and pranayama techniques along with body education across all these disciplines to provide you integrative and functional wellness. Matahma Gandhi said, “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” Her goal is to help you find more Satya, or Truthfulness, in your life so that you act on life-giving opportunities and self-express your internal hopes and dreams. She provides physical, mental and emotional support to help you achieve this heightened level of trust in yourself and find alignment in your thoughts, words and actions. She is confident this will help you peel back layers to get you one step closer to your truth. Let’s build more happiness in your life by living based on your terms and your truth. She is currently training to expand my services and become a Fertility, Birth and Portpartum Doula.

Certifications: 200-hr Registered Yoga Teacher, Corepower Yoga, 2018 Certified Yoga Sculpt Instructor, Corepower Yoga, 2017 Certified Barre Instructor, Spark Yoga, 2019 Certified Circuit Instructor, Spark Yoga, 2019 (Fertility, Birth and Portpartum Doula Certification, Bebo Mia, Expected June 2020)

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - 12:30pm to 12:45pm
Sabrina Custer
Instructor
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Sabrina is a Yoga, Meditation, Barre and HIIT instructor. She applies asana, ayurveda, and pranayama techniques along with body education across all these disciplines to provide you integrative and functional wellness. Matahma Gandhi said, “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” Her goal is to help you find more Satya, or Truthfulness, in your life so that you act on life-giving opportunities and self-express your internal hopes and dreams. She provides physical, mental and emotional support to help you achieve this heightened level of trust in yourself and find alignment in your thoughts, words and actions. She is confident this will help you peel back layers to get you one step closer to your truth. Let’s build more happiness in your life by living based on your terms and your truth. She is currently training to expand my services and become a Fertility, Birth and Portpartum Doula.

Certifications: 200-hr Registered Yoga Teacher, Corepower Yoga, 2018 Certified Yoga Sculpt Instructor, Corepower Yoga, 2017 Certified Barre Instructor, Spark Yoga, 2019 Certified Circuit Instructor, Spark Yoga, 2019 (Fertility, Birth and Portpartum Doula Certification, Bebo Mia, Expected June 2020)

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Monday, April 20, 2020 - 12:30pm to 12:45pm
Liz Weber
President
Weber Business Services LLC
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