Leslie is the Director of Human Resources for the Will County Circuit Clerk’s Office in Joliet, Illinois.  She joined the Circuit Clerk’s Office in 2006.  Leslie has the responsibility for directing and monitoring human resources; including onboarding, performance management policy development and implementation, payroll administration and employee and labor relations.  In addition, she serves as the Circuit Clerk’s Ethics Officer.

Prior to joining the Circuit Clerk’s office, she held a number of HR positions in the private sector, including the retail industry, gaming industry and manufacturing industry.  Leslie has over 25 years of combined HR experience in the public and private sector.  After fifteen years of teaching Human Resources she retired, and devotes her time to mentoring battered woman on interviewing skills, dressing for success and entering the workplace. 

Leslie earned a BA from Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), and an MBA with a concentration in Human Resources from DePaul University.

Leslie has completed Michigan State University’s Labor Relations Certification Program and DePaul University’s Mediator Certification Program.  She is certified as a Labor Relations Professional and a Senior Human Resources Professional. 

For several years, Leslie was member of the SHRM Consultant’s Forum Board and has presented, coached and mentored a number of HR professionals. 

Currently, Leslie is on the board of the Illinois Public Employer Labor Relations Association (IPELRA), and serves as Vice President and Chair of the IPELRA Training Committee. 

Bob Smith is an attorney in Illinois and Indiana who represents public and private sector employers in labor and employment law matters, including collective bargaining, contract administration and grievance arbitration proceedings, impasse resolution, mediation and interest arbitration.  Bob also represents employers in state and federal court as well as before administrative agencies on disciplinary issues, workplace investigations, wage and hour compliance and equal employment opportunity issues.  Bob serves as General Counsel to the Illinois Public Employer Labor Relations Association and is the immediate past chair of the ABA Committee on State and Local Government Bargaining and Employment Law.

Mary Cheddie, SHRM-SCP is Divisional Director, Membership Community. 

Cheddie has more than 35 years of domestic and international experience in all aspects of human resources and training. She has extensive experience with strategic planning, M&As, and in starting and turning around businesses.

Prior to joining SHRM, she served as senior vice president of human resources for Interval Leisure Group, Inc. and its affiliated companies. The company was publicly traded on NASDAQ and the leading provider of vacation services with a global consumer membership base of nearly 2 million member families, more than 2,500 member resorts in over 75 countries worldwide, and has oversight for about 14,000 employees. 

Cheddie also served as senior vice president, people with PRC, as well as vice president, human resources, strategic planning, office services, and facilities for The Orvis Company, Inc. in Manchester, VT.

She earned her MBA from Upper Iowa University, a bachelor’s degree from Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, New Jersey, and is certified as a SHRM-Senior Certified Professional.

Cheddie received the HR Award of Excellence, Hospitality in 2016 from South Florida Business & Wealth. Business Leader Magazine named Cheddie one of the 2011 Women Extraordinaire and in 2012 the National Diversity Council awarded her the Glass Ceiling Award.

She serves on the Board of Trustees for Upper Iowa University, Chairs the Human Capital Committee and is a member of the Governance and Advancement Committees, Chaired the Keiser Career College’s Advisory Board, was a member of the Board of Directors for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) from 2003-2008 and chaired SHRM’s governance and compensation committees. Cheddie has more than 35 years of SHRM volunteer leadership experience at the national, regional, state, and local levels.  She also served on the Waldorf College Alumni Board from 2004 through 2008 and was the President of the Dallas HR Association in 2000 (one of the largest affiliated SHRM chapters). She resides in South FL.

Susan M. Suver (Sue) is a global business transformation executive specializing in high-performing culture, change management, human capital strategy, corporate communications and administration. She has been a leader of business transformation and culture change in companies within the newly emerging mobility sector, and the automotive, hospitality, manufacturing, and mining industries.   

She currently is the Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer at Aptiv PLC (formerly Delphi).  Additionally, she has served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Administration, United States Steel Corporation; Vice President, Global Human Resources, Arrow Electronics, Inc.; and Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness & Communications, Phelps Dodge Corporation.

She is an award-winning communications / public relations executive and held communications leadership roles at Phelps Dodge, Canadian Pacific/Doubletree Hotels, Ramada International Hotels & Resorts, and Best Western International, Inc.

Sue serves on the Board of Directors of the Human Resources Policy Association and the National Academy of Human Resources. She is a Fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources, serves on the faculty of the CHRO Academy, and her work on CEO succession was published in “View from the Top:  Leveraging Human and Organization Capital to Create Value”.  In 2003, she was named to the Academy of Women Achievers by the YWCA of New York City. She speaks on the topics of business transformation, organizational change, CEO and executive succession, human capital strategy, executive compensation, corporate and crisis communications.

Sue holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Arizona State University, and attended executive development programs at the University of Michigan and Thunderbird School of Global Management.  Sue has served on the Board of Trustees for Robert Morris University, the Compensation Committee of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, and the Board of Directors of Vibrant Pittsburgh and the YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix.

Dawn is the General Manager of the HR Business Insights team at Microsoft. Her responsibilities include advanced people analytics & research for Microsoft’s business units globally, as well as analytics and reporting support for HR programs, including Global Diversity & Inclusion, Global HR Services, Talent Management, and Learning & Development. She is also responsible for reporting tools and technology for HR and employee data privacy. Dawn has been at Microsoft for 20 years and has held positions in HR and Finance. Prior to Microsoft, Dawn supported leading insurance companies as an Actuary.