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Cerys Goodall is the COO at Vetster, a pioneering telehealth platform revolutionizing pet care access. She leads Vetster’s growth and innovation, particularly in developing "Vetster for Business," a program offering pet health benefits to enhance employee well-being. Cerys is a passionate advocate for modern workplace experiences, influencing corporate culture shifts by integrating pet parenting into benefits strategies. Her work champions innovative HR and People leadership approaches, creating inclusive, dynamic environments that prioritize employee satisfaction and engagement. With a background in strategic operations and communications, Cerys is dedicated to evolving how organizations support their teams through progressive benefit solutions.

Dr. Lisa Marie Lee, founder of Linked Results LLC, is a distinguished professional with a diverse background in the U.S. Navy, corporate and government contracting, and a Ph.D. in Education specializing in Training and Performance Improvement. As a visionary People, Culture, and Operations Solutionist, she transforms business performance by evaluating barriers and implementing solutions to ensure positive impact, effectiveness, and ROI via the employee experience. A tech enthusiast, Dr. Lee believes in a humanistic approach to cultivate a thriving workforce. Her insights have been featured in publications such as Performance Improvement Quarterly, Blavity, and Humans of HR, showcasing her commitment to organizational success.

Dr. Khalilah “KO” Olokunola, author of DO Recruit and CEO & Impact Architect at ReEngineering HR, leads her team in solving talent challenges and transforming workplaces into inclusive cultures through human-centered strategies, data-driven insights, bespoke assessments, and training that unlock potential and boost morale. Her AI tools optimize hiring and assess organizational health. As former Chief People Officer at TRU Colors, she pioneered the initiative to hire justice-impacted talent, including gang members, to reduce violence. With coursework from MIT uLab and Harvard, she is recognized as a Top 22 Conscious Business Leader and one of the Top 30 Fearless Women in Sustainability and Regeneration. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Good Morning America, and Dr. Oz.

Cory Schneider (he/him) is an accomplished Leader with proven track record of leading strategy and programming (both talent and business-related) for culture transformations - boosting workplace citizenship and creating more equitable and human-centered workplaces. Cory approaches DEIB holistically, prioritizing health, safety and workplace environment to create inclusive and supportive workplace cultures of belonging. Cory is an expert in DEI operating model design and operations, DEI assessment, data analytics and reporting, organizational performance, corporate communications and change management, and talent management. Cory is proficient in design and implementation of innovative solutions leveraging emerging technologies and cultivating diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces. He is a Certified Diversity Executive (CDE®), Certified Conflict Resolution Mediator, Certified Hogan Assessment Administrator, and Licensed Mental Health Practitioner (LMFT).

Dorka Nagy-Jozsa is a PCC-certified organisational developer with a specialization in neuroscience and performance, CEO of Y2Y Ltd.

Dorka is also a professional speaker, having been awarded 'Best Speaker' more than twenty times. She has presented at more than 200 HR and Supply Chain Congresses worldwide, from Tallinn to Mombasa.

As an organizational development consulting company, Y2Y increases leaders' and organizations' consciousness levels using individual and team coaching methods, organizational and leadership development, and authoring the world's 11th most-read leadership blog.

Keri Mesropov is the Founder of Spring, a talent development agency launching young careerists and cultivating multi-generational workforces. Data, research and results driven in its practice, Spring exists to help organizations optimize the generational diversity of their teams toward not-yet imagined future success. Delivering culture assessments and consulting, one-on-one advisories and skill-building workshops, Spring’s work today spans the business landscape of corporations, hospitality, entertainment and social non-profits.

Prior to launching Spring, Keri was the Chief Talent Officer for TRG Arts, one of the world’s most influential consulting firms dedicated to the performing arts. She was previously the firm’s Vice President of Client Service, leading consulting, database management and business intelligence services for theater, ballet, orchestral and Broadway producing organizations.

Keri was a Professional in Residence at her alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications’ new Experience Lab. She serves on the boards of the Nebraska Women’s Leadership Network and The Dance Archive at the University of Denver. In 2022 she received the prestigious Woman of Courage, Character and Commitment award from UNL’s Women’s Center.

With nearly a decade of HR experience, Chelsey has excelled in multiple HR functions, focusing on training, leadership, and people operations. Currently serving as the VP of HR in the tech industry, she brings her expertise across the education, agriculture, and tech industries. As an executive and team coach, she uses her platform as a public speaker to champion the causes of working parents. Her deep commitment to leadership development drives her continuous pursuit of innovative strategies for organizational success.

Shari Collins: The Dot Connector

With a career spanning education, training, HR, and DEI, Shari is a dynamic force as a consultant.

Highlights include:

• Current Board Service on the HR-Nebraska State Council and the Human Resource Association of the Midlands.
• Facilitating courses for educators through the National Education Association.
• Authoring a chapter on Inclusion for the Parent Ready Book Series, sponsored by the Chief Council of State School Officers.
• Recognized as a 2024 Marquis Who's Who biographical listing member.
• Serving on the Advisory Board for Harvard Business Review.
• National Facilitator for Open Sesame's DEI Club.

In 2024, Shari is expanding her global reach with speaking engagements in San Jose, Costa Rica; Lisbon, Portugal; the University of Cambridge, England; and Galway, Ireland.