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Jennifer Dulski has a wide range of executive experience including leadership roles at Facebook, Google, and Yahoo!, and founder, CEO and president roles at early stage and scaling startups.

She is currently CEO and founder of Rising Team, a team performance platform that helps companies increase engagement, strengthen culture, and scale leadership development by equipping managers to lead science-backed, interactive team sessions without an outside facilitator.

She is also a member of the faculty at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and teaches a course called "Managing Growing Enterprises."

She writes about leadership for LinkedIn Influencers, Fortune, and Fast Company, and her first book, Purposeful, was published by Penguin Portfolio in 2018 and is a Wall Street Journal Bestseller.

JoDee is the Founder of Purple Ink, a human resources consulting firm in Indianapolis, IN. They serve a wide array of organizations with recruiting, HR consulting, leadership training, and HR outsourcing services.

JoDee serves on the Indiana SHRM State Council and is the chair of the Indiana SHRM conference.

Kimberly is a people first HR Leader with over seventeen years of diverse operations, human resources, labor relations, and business experience in both the public and private sector. In her current role as a Senior HR Leader in the technology industry she is data driven focused on leading strategic change. As an Adjunct Professor of Human Resources and SHRM Certification Course Instructor, she is passionate about building and maintaining rapport with her students, understanding their need for development and guidance in and out of the classroom. As the primary consultant and co-founder of Premier Choice Consulting LLC, she provides personnel process reengineering to improve efficiency and reduce administrative costs for small businesses.

Kimberly’s educational background includes a BBA in Human Resource Management and MBA from Texas A&M University-Central Texas. Kimberly is also a SHRM Senior Certified Professional.

With a Chick-fil-A journey spanning 12 years, Adam has grown from a frontline Team Member to now working on staff at Chick-fil-A, Inc. Currently, Adam's focus is on providing optional resources to franchisees and their dedicated talent leaders through resources like SHRM and a first-ever talent conference for franchisees.

Outside of his career, Adam's most important role comes as a husband and father, embracing outdoor adventures with two amazing kids. Together, Adam and his wife are on a quest to run a race in all 50 states and visit every MLB stadium, all while drinking amazing coffee. 

Montressa has over seventeen years of management consulting experience with corporations such as IBM's Global Business Services, James Martin & Co., and Accenture (formally Andersen Consulting).  She is a management consulting veteran with expertise in change management, human capital management and communication planning.

As a lead instructor for IBMs Global Business Consulting – Public Sector - Building Your Personal Brand and Establishing Digital Eminence Course, Montressa, developed content and taught IBM consultants the meaning and value of personal branding and digital eminence and how to create and implement a plan to market their personal brand both internally and externally.  

Montressa was a Management Design Fellow at Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management PhD Management – Designing Sustainable Systems program. 

Montressa has been a SHRM Seminar Instructor since 2015.

Professional Background and Accomplishments:

• 26 years in Human Resources; 17 years in strategic roles
• Served in hospitality/restaurant, retail, distribution, non-profit, education and finance/banking industries
• 2012 Delaware Valley (Philadelphia Metropolitan Area) Human Resources Person of the Year
• 2013-2016 SHRM National Membership Marketing
• Articles and interviews published in HR and Business publications such as Certified, HR Matters Magazine, Recruiter.com and Accelerate
• Keynote speaker for International and U.S. conferences  

Professional Organizations:

• Garden State Council SHRM – Leader, Young Professionals Initiative
• Tri-State HRMA, an affiliate of SHRM – Vice-President

Kimika Garrett is the CEO of Organizational Kimistry. She is an experienced leader in human resources management, process and performance improvement, organization development and effectiveness, training and learning development, strategic planning and talent management, change management/organizational development, and performance management. Kimika is a versatile, forward-thinking organizational improvement champion with HR transformation experience in the technology, pharmaceutical, retail, automotive, non-profit/government, and chemical/R&D industries. She is passionate about helping organizations achieve operational excellence through strategic planning, process improvement, and human capital management.

An accomplished HR practitioner, Laurie has industry experience in non-profit, health care, consumer packaged goods, and banking. As a senior leader of SHRM’s HR team, she focuses on strategic initiatives to drive innovation to positively impact the employee experience and allow staff to maximize their potential through a culture of learning. She received her Masters’ degree in HRM from Capella University, is a Certified Strengths Coach and holds both SHRM-SCP and CAE designations.

Yutaka Takagi serves as Principal Product Evangelist at isolved, where he focuses on the impact of technology on creating positive employee experiences. Across his over 25 years in the HR Technology industry, Yutaka has navigated through various roles on both sides of the vendor relationship. His specialty lies in his ability to articulate the relevance of cutting-edge technology in achieving business outcomes while serving the fast-evolving needs of the modern workforce.