Dale Grenolds, executive vice president at ComPsych, has more than 20 years of health care industry experience. He is responsible for the company’s commercial strategy and development, with direct oversight of several divisions including business development, sales, marketing and account services. By working closely with the CEO and each department head, Dale personally ensures the quality, responsiveness and overall performance of ComPsych services. Previously, Dale worked in sales and account management for Aetna for 13 years. He began as an account manager and was successively promoted to senior vice president of the higher education segment. Dale holds a master’s in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Buffalo.

Ayesha Blackwell-Hawkins, Esq., Sr. Director, Talent Mobility for Johnson & Johnson.   Ayesha is the Global Head for Talent Mobility at Johnson & Johnson where she is responsible for all aspects of talent mobility including operations, strategy and compliance.  She served as member of the Board of Directors for Council for Global Immigration for 10 years (2007-2017) helping to influence immigration laws globally and was named one of Deloitte’s Women to Watch in the Tech, Media and Telecom fields in 2017.  Prior to her current role, Ayesha spent nearly 9 years growing the immigration and global mobility functions for Amazon.com, with her most recent role as head of Mobile Talent & Immigration Strategy for the e-commerce giant.  She also served as Counsel for Bristol-Myers Squibb where she headed the Immigration Department.  She began her career in immigration as an Associate for Epstein, Becker and Green PC in New York. She holds a J.D. Degree from Rutgers School of Law, Camden, NJ, a B.A. from Rutgers College/Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ and is licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Simon Marti is the Head of the Office of Science, Technology and Higher Education at the Embassy of Switzerland in the United States of America. In this capacity, he and his team are focusing on strengthening the bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the fields of science, technology and education; they cover the respective policies, and showcase the Swiss higher education, research and innovation landscapes.

Until summer 2016, Mr. Marti worked with the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) in Switzerland, as a Project Manager in Education Management and Research. Previously, he conducted postdoctoral research at Columbia University in New York (Fellowship by the Swiss National Science Foundation) and worked for the European Parliament and for the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, among others. He is a political scientist and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Basel and a Master’s degree from the University of Bern. Before entering academia, he has started out on a vocational and professional education and training pathway.