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Adrienne Schweer
Fellow
Bipartisan Policy Center
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A Nebraska native, Schweer first came to Washington, D.C., to work for then-Sen. Chuck Hagel, following many years of working in campaigns, including those of Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE). After her years of service on Capitol Hill, Schweer joined the rock star Bono’s non-profit organization, The ONE Campaign, where she led partnership strategy and advocacy in support of African development, including maternal and child health.
From 2014 to 2017, Schweer served as chief of protocol to Defense Secretaries Chuck Hagel, Ashton Carter, and Jim Mattis in the Pentagon. During her tenure, she proposed and led creative new initiatives to raise the profile and advance the priorities of the Secretary of Defense, including helping roll out a 12-week paid maternity leave policy for the military.
In 2018, she helped BPC stand up the first bipartisan Paid Family Leave Task Force and has been working on bipartisan, bicameral paid family leave policy at the federal level.
She and her husband have three young daughters and a son.
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David Cohen
Founder and President
DCI Consulting Group Inc.
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David Cohen is the founder and President of DCI Consulting Group, Inc. He provides consulting services to employers and management law firms on human resource risk management strategies in the areas of EEO/affirmative action, systemic compensation statistical analyses, human resources self-audits, and employee selection and test validation.
Mr. Cohen is the co-founder of The Institute for Workplace Equality, a nonprofit employer association that educates federal contractors in complying with their affirmative action and equal employment obligations.
Mr. Cohen has a M.S. degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Radford University and B.A. degree in Psychology from West Virginia University.
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Mike Lotito, J.D.
co-chair
Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute
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As co-chair of Littler Mendelson’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), Michael Lotito strategically advises clients and policy makers on not only what labor and employment law is today, but what it might become. A nationally recognized thought leader on workplace policy, Michael has testified before both chambers of Congress, as well as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In his WPI role, Michael advocates on behalf of the employer community on a variety of issues. Through the Emma Coalition, which Michael co-founded, he is at the vanguard of preparing American business and the American workforce for the future of work.
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Dana Barbato, SHRM-SCP
CEO
InvestiPro
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Dana Barbato spent over 25 years working to tame the chaos in the human side of HR. With a strong belief in respectful employee relations, strong leadership and consistent practices, she has proven in her HR roles that accountability is the answer to our engagement and retention problems. Now, as CEO of InvestiPro Dana is on a mission to revolutionize the way employee relations and investigation are handled across all industries.