Erin is the Chief People Officer at Optimizely where she oversees Recruiting, People Ops, Real Estate and Workplace Operations at Optimizely. Erin’s more than 20 years of experience includes a decade leading recruiting, talent development, and employee success at Salesforce, as well as sitting on the board of the Horizons Foundation.

Debi Stafford joined Benefitfocus in May 2016 and serves as the senior vice president of human resources. In this role, she leads the cross-organizational HR support teams, including recruiting, HR operations, benefits and HR business partners. Prior to joining Benefitfocus, Stafford worked for 24 years as the global vice president of human resources for CSC (now DXC Technology Co. (NYSE: DXC)), headquartered in Falls Church, Va., and was responsible for associates and initiatives that spanned 33,000 people and 63 countries. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Texas.

Diane has been leading and scaling organizations for the last 20 years with an approach of creating purpose-built strategies that enable and align people to the business, driving business results. In her role as CHRO of BetterWorks Diane sits at the intersection of HR strategy and technology. Leveraging her unique experience, Diane is responsible for scaling the company through innovative people practices while simultaneously working closely with the product team to influence and evolve the companies product offerings. 

Prior to her role at BetterWorks, Diane was head of HR at 8x8 during a period of hyper growth that included multiple expansions and acquisitions. She spent 13 years in various HR leadership positions at Cisco, including three years on a team dedicated to continuous performance management. She honed her recruiting and consulting skills early in her career as a headhunter in Silicon Valley. 

Diane holds a B.A. in Business from Northern State University and a MBA from Golden Gate University.

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).

Tom is the President of C. H. Reams & Associates, Inc. an Independent Employee Benefits Broker & Licensed Third Party Administrator. He has over 20 years’ experience working within the industry with a focus on Mid-Market size employers.

Tom’s professional focus lies in providing “white glove” customer service oriented solutions. He believes that his role as a Broker lies in becoming a partner with his customer organizations. His firm is focused on administrative solutions that provide for a single source solution that can outsource a great deal of the day to day benefit plan responsibilities. In addition to providing administrative solutions his firm focuses on cost containment practices in such areas as self-funded claims auditing.

Tom is an active member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and is dedicated to continuing his industry knowledge.

Tom currently resides in Erie, Pennsylvania with his wife, Kelly, and their two children. In his free time he enjoys traveling and playing golf.