Kelly Renz
president & CEO
Novo Group, Inc.
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With nearly two decades of executive leadership experience in both human capital and operations/P&L roles, Kelly has found that organizational transformation and developing business excellence is where she thrives. Whether it is a start-up, change management, turn-around/reorg or high growth environment, she enjoys working on complex business problems across an enterprise. She has lead a breadth of practice areas supporting overall business effectiveness – M&A (deal project management, due diligence and integration lead roles), global human resources, organizational effectiveness and efficiency (including process improvement and workforce effectiveness), talent acquisition, talent development, org design/OD, employee relations, performance management and other core business operations. 

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 10:00am to 11:15am
Naomi Abrams
president
Worksite Health & Safety Consultants, LLC
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Dr. Naomi Abrams holds a Doctorate degree in Occupational Therapy and certification as an ergonomic assessment specialist.  Holding the firm belief that prevention is the least expensive cure, her global consulting firm specializes in occupational health and ergonomics. Developed by Dr. Abrams, her company is the premier provider for the creation and implementation of ergonomics programs to keep employees working at peak performance.  She is a consultant, author, and trainer.  She lectures internationally on occupation-based ergonomics, intervention services, and the aging workforce.

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Matt Kaiser
director, Recruitment
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
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Matt is the Director of Talent Acquisition at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta – one of the nation’s leading pediatric healthcare systems and consistently ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” by Fortune magazine. With the support of a strong team, Matt is working to evolve and optimize the recruitment platform at Children’s.

Prior to working at Children's, Matt helped reshape talent acquisition at Ericsson, the world's leading provider of communications technology and services, operating in 180 countries and employing more than 100,000 people. In his five years with Ericsson, Matt lived in both Australia and Singapore. He drove innovation in the employer branding, sourcing and recruitment strategy for Ericsson regionally and globally.

He has past experience as a senior strategy consultant with a U.S. recruitment communications firm, helping leading organizations implement innovative employer branding and digital strategies to attract top talent. Matt is a graduate of The Florida State University in the USA. He is an author and featured industry speaker on best practices in Talent Management at international HR events.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018 - 10:00am to 11:15am
Claire Schooley
president & owner
Claire Schooley Consulting
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Cecile Alper-Leroux
vice president of Product Management and Strategy
Ultimate Software
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Cecile Alper-Leroux is an economic anthropologist with over 20 year of experience as an HR leader and HR technology product and implementation strategist in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. Passionate about people and technology in the workplace, Cecile has dedicated her life's work to helping organizations design the best possible experience for people at work and in life, so they can achieve great things. She has been featured in Forbes, HuffPost, HR Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal. Cecile is the Vice President of human capital management (HCM) innovation at Ultimate Software.

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Gary B. Kushner, CBP
Chair and President
Kushner & Company
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Internationally recognized as an expert in the field, Mr. Kushner is one of the nation's most sought after speakers on HR strategy and employee benefits. He has advised four U.S. Presidents on health care and has testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee and the U.S. House Small Business Committee on employee benefit issues.

A frequent resource to the media, Mr. Kushner contributes to the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, AP, Knight-Ridder, the Kiplinger Washington Newsletter, CNN News, Fortune, MSNBC and Good Morning America among others. More importantly, he and his wife Tamis have five children and four wonderful (and amazing!) grandchildren.

 

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Claire Schooley
president & owner
Claire Schooley Consulting
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Jonathan A. Siegel
Partner
Jackson Lewis, P.C.
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Jonathan A. Siegel is a principal in the Orange County, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He has spent more than 27 years at Jackson Lewis representing employers in workplace law matters.  In 2009, Jonathan was recognized as one of the Top 100 Labor Attorneys in America. In 2020 and 2021, Jonathan was recognized in Best Lawyers in America.

Jonathan provides advice and counsel to employers regarding various issues including wage and hour, reduction in force, discipline, leave management, labor, harassment and discrimination issues. 

Jonathan has represented management in NLRB elections, unfair labor practice proceedings, collective bargaining and arbitrations.

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Bob Kelleher
CEO
The Employee Engagement Group
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Bob Kelleher is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and consultant on employee engagement, leadership, and workforce trends. Bob is the author of the bestselling book, LOUDER THAN WORDS: 10 Practical Employee Engagement Steps That Drive Results, CREATIVESHIP, A Novel for Evolving Leaders, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT for Dummies, and I-Engage, Your Personal Engagement Roadmap.   

Bob can be seen or heard on national media (most recently on CNBC, CBS, NBC News, Business Week, Forbes, and Fortune, and has presented to many of the world’s top companies

Bob is also the founder of The Employee Engagement Group, a global survey, products, assessment, consulting firm.  

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Catherine Aldrich
vice president, operations
HireRight
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As HireRight’s Vice President of Operations, Catherine Aldrich is responsible for leading HireRight’s background screening service delivery functions and overseeing  consumer compliance departments. With a focus on continuous process improvement, Catherine also steers HireRight’s operational excellence teams.

Catherine came to HireRight from Accurate Background, where she was Executive Vice President and Corporate Compliance Officer relating to credit reporting laws.

Catherine has served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Professional Background Screeners and has been a member of several professional organizations including the NAPBS Background Screening Credentialing Council  and the Society for Human Resource Management.

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Catherine Aldrich
vice president, operations
HireRight
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As HireRight’s Vice President of Operations, Catherine Aldrich is responsible for leading HireRight’s background screening service delivery functions and overseeing  consumer compliance departments. With a focus on continuous process improvement, Catherine also steers HireRight’s operational excellence teams.

Catherine came to HireRight from Accurate Background, where she was Executive Vice President and Corporate Compliance Officer relating to credit reporting laws.

Catherine has served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Professional Background Screeners and has been a member of several professional organizations including the NAPBS Background Screening Credentialing Council  and the Society for Human Resource Management.

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