Rehana Lerandeau
fair chance program manager
Checkr
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Rehana works cross-departmentally to implement and support the successful hiring, onboarding, and retainment of Fair Chance Talent at Checkr. Checkr has over 5% full-time engagement of Fair Chance Talent with an 85% retention and 34% promotion rate throughout the organization. Rehana works one-on-one with Checkr's Fair Chance Talent to support their personal and career growth and to develop leadership.

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Rehana Lerandeau
fair chance program manager
Checkr
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Rehana works cross-departmentally to implement and support the successful hiring, onboarding, and retainment of Fair Chance Talent at Checkr. Checkr has over 5% full-time engagement of Fair Chance Talent with an 85% retention and 34% promotion rate throughout the organization. Rehana works one-on-one with Checkr's Fair Chance Talent to support their personal and career growth and to develop leadership.

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Wendi Safstrom
President
SHRM Foundation
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Wendi Safstrom is a senior non-profit leader committed to serving the public through philanthropic program management, cultivating strategic partnerships and managing and developing high performing teams. She has both association and nonprofit management experience including; national program development and administration, membership strategy, marketing and product development, grant management, development and donor stewardship, and leading cross functional teams. Safstrom currently serves as President for the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation (SHRM Foundation), where she leads the development and implementation of SHRM Foundation's programmatic, development, and marketing and communication strategies in support of SHRM Foundation's new mission and vision, creating growth plans and ensuring alignment with SHRM goals.  

Prior to assuming the role at SHRM Foundation, Safstrom served as Vice President at the National Restaurant Association and National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, where she led the development and implementation of their Foundation's most recent five-year strategic plan, and was responsible for all Foundation programming, including workforce development initiatives, scholarship and event management, community relations and engagement initiatives. The NRAEF's philanthropic programming supported a number of audiences including high school youth, veterans transitioning from service to civilian work and life, opportunity youth and incumbent workers. Of particular note, she led the implementation of the restaurant industry's premier high school career and technical education program, growing the program to over 2,000 public high schools, engaging over 150,000 students annually, nationwide. In 2016, she served as lead project director for the development of a $10 million contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor to develop the hospitality industry's first apprenticeship program, and was instrumental in the Foundation's reorganization and relocation of operations from Chicago, Illinois to Washington, D.C., transforming the staff and culture.  

Safstrom has also held human resource management roles with the Leo Burnett Company and Hyatt Hotels Corporation in Chicago, Illinois. She has a BS in Business Administration from the Eli Broad School of Business at Michigan State University and was recognized as a member of the 2014 "Power 20" by Restaurant Business Magazine as a leader in philanthropy within the restaurant industry.  

 

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Monday, June 24, 2019 - 2:40pm to 2:58pm
Carol Eggert
senior vice president, Military and Veteran Affairs
Comcast NBCUniversal
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Brigadier General (Ret.) Carol Eggert is SVP, Military and Veteran Affairs at Comcast NBCUniversal. She provides strategic leadership to all aspects of Comcast NBCUniversal’s programs and outreach to the military and veteran community. Carol completed her distinguished military career in 2014 as the Assistant Adjutant General for the Pennsylvania National Guard and the Deputy Commandant for the Army War College. She served in a variety of command and staff positions and completed numerous overseas deployments, including a 15-month combat tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as Chief of the Women’s Initiatives Division and Senior Liaison to the U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, and received numerous military awards and commendations, including the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart. 

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Ed O'Keefe
Political Correspondent
CBS News
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Ed O'Keefe is the CBS News political correspondent based in Washington and reporting for all CBS News
broadcasts and platforms. He joined the network as an on-air contributor in 2017 and full-time in April
2018 after nearly 13 years of covering congressional and presidential politics for The Washington Post.
In his short time at CBS, he has covered the 2018 midterm elections, the confirmation hearing for
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the 35-day government shutdown, and the political scandals
embroiling Virginia's top three elected officials.


While at The Post, O'Keefe covered or contributed reporting on the presidential campaigns of Jeb Bush,
Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Marco Rubio and Donald Trump, as well as
dozens of key House and Senate races. On Capitol Hill, he has reported extensively on debates over gun
control, immigration policy, health-care reform and federal spending. He covered the "fiscal cliff"
showdown of late 2012; the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch; and dozens of
contentious congressional hearings, including former FBI Director James Comey's dramatic testimony.
Previously, O'Keefe covered federal agencies, federal employees and a range of policy issues, from the
repeal of the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy to the decline of the U.S. Postal Service, the 2013
government shutdown, and cases of questionable government spending. He also briefly covered the war
in Iraq.


O'Keefe is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. He is a graduate of American
University and was born and raised in Delmar, N.Y.

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Christina Broussard
recruitment evangelist
Indeed
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Christina Broussard is a Recruitment Evangelist with Indeed. She has spent her career working with recruitment teams across multiple industries to optimize their strategies and performance in online talent attraction, candidate experience and recruitment technology. As a member of Indeed’s Employer Insights team, Christina pairs platform data with industry trend analysis to share Indeed’s story and bring the value and impact of the company’s programs and solutions to life.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
 
Sunday, March 17, 2019 - 5:00pm to 9:00pm
Mohamed Younis
Editor-in-Chief
Gallup
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As editor in chief, Mohamed leads the Gallup News team. For the past 10 years, Mohamed has led some of Gallup's largest global and regional studies on social, political and economic issues. His research at Gallup has focused on geopolitics and the shifting global order, U.S. foreign policy, state stability, youth employment challenges, and relations between Muslim communities and Western societies.

Mohamed provides briefings to world leaders and institutions on Gallup's research and provides expert insights to television, radio and print media worldwide. Since 2012, Mohamed has led Gallup's initiatives on situational intelligence and open-source monitoring. He leads a team of strategic advisers who monitor and consult on real-time geopolitical shifts around the world. Mohamed is a member of the Virginia State Bar, has studied and worked in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and is fluent in Arabic.

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