Chuck Edward is currently the Head of Global Talent Acquisition for Microsoft. He has been with Microsoft since 2004 working in various leadership roles in HR. Chuck started as an HR Director in the Microsoft Business Division (MBD), supporting the Unified Communications and Office Live groups and then spent 4 years leading HR for Microsoft’s Customer Service and Support (CSS) Organization.

Prior to Microsoft, Chuck held Human Resources leadership roles at Cigna Behavioral Health, PepsiCo and 3M. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Arts with specialization in Human Resources Management from the University of Minnesota.

Chuck enjoys spending time with his wife, daughter and son. He is an avid fly fisherman and a lifelong Green Bay Packer fan.

Amy Hayes is the VP, Global Learning and Development at Facebook. She brings over 20 years of experience as a learning and development consultant and coach to the role, and is committed to helping leaders navigate the challenges they face. At Facebook, she and her team are responsible for helping people learn how to lead by building personalized learning programs and tools. She also works to ensure the company has the leadership capabilities needed today and in the future.  

Amy believes that the world needs leadership more than ever…and that being a leader is more challenging now than ever before.  She has tremendous respect for those who take on leadership roles and is passionate about being a resource for those who are making a difference in the world.  

Prior to joining Facebook, Amy held various HR/L&D leadership roles for PwC in Boston, London and New York.  She has a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from George Mason University, a MS from Boston University and is a Certified Hudson Institute Coach.    

David Scott is the Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at DISH Network in Englewood, Colorado.

DISH Network is a connectivity company that has been a disruptive force in the pay TV industry since 1980 and is now planning to disrupt the wireless industry by launching the United States’ first standalone 5G broadband network. 

David leads the Global Human Resources team, with accountability to deliver the human capital to achieve DISH’s business aspirations.  Since joining DISH in 2018, he has driven a full HR revolution, positioning the organization for significant growth as they prepare to enter new business lines. In addition to HR, he oversees other aspects of team member experience, including real estate, construction, travel, and corporate dining.

David began his professional career at Walmart directly after college.  He held levels of increasing responsibility in most HR disciplines through his 20 years in the Company.  David helped form the then-fledgling HR organization, transforming the hiring, diversity and employment practices during his time, as well as leading all major business partner functions. When he left the retail giant, he was serving as the SVP of Talent and Organizational Effectiveness.  David is a graduate of the University of Florida (go Gators!) with a degree in Business.

Craig Rowley is a Senior Client Partner for Korn Ferry Hay Group, based in the firm’s Dallas office.

Mr. Rowley has over 25 years experience developing human resources programs that fit a company's business direction and strategy. This includes the development of programs to guide organization design, performance-based human resources and reward strategy and management. He has worked with some of the leading global companies in these sectors.

Mr. Rowley is a senior leader in the retail and consumer sector providing consulting services to all companies in the consumer products, retail, hospitality and leisure, digital and media sectors.

Mr. Rowley works closely with clients to understand their business from both a strategic and operations viewpoint and assists in the development of approaches to managing people. He works with CEOs and boards to develop human resource strategies and programs that maximize the organization's investment in people.

Mr. Rowley is a frequent speaker on organization, on trends in human resources in consumer. He has presented for The Conference Board, NASPP and WorldatWork. Craig is often cited as a thought leader in publications such as Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, Associated Press, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, Forbes and Chain Store Age. In addition, he has also been featured on CNBC, FoxBusiness Live, and CBS Evening News.

Malinda Riley works with clients to address a full range of total remuneration and employee benefits challenges.  From day to day issues to long term strategic planning, Malinda partners with her clients to meet their business needs.  Her expertise centers on the design and analysis of benefit and total remuneration programs. 

Malinda understands the employee benefits challenges facing clients today and develops solutions to address escalating costs, administrative inefficiency and employee education. Increasingly, she works with clients across all industry sectors to ensure they have the right mix of compensation and benefit programs that fit the needs and objectives of the organization while maintaining cost and market competitiveness. 

Malinda’s expertise includes the following:

• Analysis of competitiveness, design, and cost effectiveness of clients total remuneration programs, including in depth analysis of benefits as well as impact analysis of significant plan design changes on total compensation mix
• Analysis of competitiveness and design of executive retirement plans and perquisites
• Comparison of the compensation structure, incentive plan design and benefit plan designs against the organization’s Total Remuneration philosophy, and
• Health & welfare and Retirement plan design.

Trent serves as the VP of Research at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM),  the world’s largest HR professional society, representing more than 300,000 members in more than 165 countries.  In this position, Trent leads a comprehensive research program that identifies workplace needs, conducts research, and develops research-based solutions and products to allow HR and business leaders to further the goals of their organization.  Trent also served as a SHRM Certification Commissioner.  In this position, Trent served as a chief technical advisor for the development of the SHRM competency model and certification exams.  Prior to SHRM, Trent spent 15 years at Walmart Stores, Inc. leading global HR Centers of Expertise and has led large, multinational HR projects in China, India, Japan, Brazil, South Africa, Argentina, Canada, the UK, and the US.  Trent holds a BA in Psychology and a MA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Akron.   He is also holds the SHRM-SCP certification.