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Jennifer McClure
Personal Pronouns
She/Her/Hers
Job Title – CEO & Chief Excitement Officer
Unbridled Talent LLC & DisruptHR LLC
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Jennifer McClure is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and high-performance coach who works with leaders to leverage their influence, increase their impact, and accelerate results.

Frequently recognized as a global influencer and expert on the future of work, strategic leadership and innovative people strategies, Jennifer has decades of in-the-trenches leadership and executive experience working in and with startups, privately held companies, and Fortune 500 organizations in a variety of industries.

As a top-rated keynote speaker, Jennifer has shared her insights with thousands of leaders at conferences and corporate events around the world. Clients include Procter & Gamble, General Electric, IBM, SAP, Bloomberg, Charles Schwab, Stryker, LinkedIn, Notre Dame University, Society for Human Resource Management, Association for Legal Administrators, and Association for Talent Development.

In her informative and entertaining keynote programs and workshops, she shares a blend of research, best practices, case studies and storytelling which leaves audience members inspired and motivated to take action when they return to work.

Jennifer is also the Chief Excitement Officer of DisruptHR, a global community designed to move the collective thinking forward when it comes to talent in the workplace, and she hosts a weekly podcast – Impact Makers with Jennifer McClure – sharing conversations with practitioners, entrepreneurs, authors and speakers who are changing the world while building careers that they love, and lives that matter.

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Janine Kurnoff
Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer
The Presentation Company
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Janine Kurnoff is the Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer at The Presentation Company (TPC), a business communications training firm that teaches innovative visual storytelling techniques to some of the world’s top brands, like Facebook, Nestle, Medtronic, Marriott, and McDonald’s.

Janine and her sister, Lee, founded TPC in 2001, and they’ve recently bottled up their award-winning training into a new book, Everyday Business Storytelling, which was an Amazon #1 New Release and has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, and Business Insider.

Janine believes that storytelling is the single greatest way to amplify the meaning of your facts and figures. She’ll introduce a simple framework that will help you humanize your content, create a two-way dialogue, and ultimately meet your audience’s needs in the moment.

SESSIONS:
Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Steve Browne, SHRM-SCP
Chief People Officer
LaRosa's, Inc.
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Steve Browne, SHRM-SCP is the Chief People Officer for LaRosa's, Inc., a regional Pizzeria chain. He has 35+ years working as an HR professional in a variety of industries. He has a globally recognized HR blog and author of three books, HR on Purpose !!, HR Rising !! and HR Unleashed !! He is a past member of the SHRM Board of Directors. Steve also runs a global HR network called the HR Net which reaches 15,000+ HR and business professionals weekly.

 

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Brenda Kasper, SHRM-SCP, SPHR-CA
Partner
Kasper & Frank LLP
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Brenda S. Kasper is a founding member of Kasper & Frank LLP, a law firm representing California and multi-state employers for all of their human resources and employment law needs.  She regularly advises employers of all sizes on wage and hour compliance, leaves of absence, disability accommodation, reductions in force, terminations and discipline management, employment contracts, personnel policies, and hiring issues.  She also provides management and human resources training.  Brenda is a former HR director so her legal advice is practical, creative and tailored to each client’s needs.  She was the 2015 San Diego SHRM Board President, is an instructor for the HR Certification program at the University of California San Diego Extension and holds her SHRM-SCP and SPHR-California certifications.

SESSIONS:
Friday, September 10, 2021 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Patti C. Perez
Founder and CEO
PersuasionPoint Inc
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Patti Perez is on a mission to transform workplace culture. She is the founder of PersuasionPoint Inc. and combines her experience as a licensed California attorney, a professionally-certified HR executive, a tech company leader, a specialist in the prevention and resolution of workplace drama, an expert witness in state and federal court, a state regulator and as an entrepreneur to create a revolutionary shift in the way we communicate and connect at work.

Patti is the author of The Drama-Free Workplace: How You Can Prevent Unconscious Bias, Sexual Harassment, Ethics Lapses, and Inspire a Healthy Culture (Wiley 2019), a one-of-a-kind, informative resource that explains what it takes to build and sustain an equitable, inclusive and healthy workplace culture.

SESSIONS:
Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
William David Wright
Partner
Fisher & Phillips LLP
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William D. Wight is a partner in the Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. offices and is the chair of the firm's International Employment Practice Group.  He counsels employers on various global employment, compensation and benefit issues related to employees abroad, as well as foreign nationals working in the U.S. and the employment of the U.S. permanent residents and citizens abroad.  Bill has worked with compliance issues related to hiring, retention and separation of employees in a multitude of jurisdictions.  His experience with global employment issues has helped him assist our clients with international operations on all sevel continents including Antarctica.  Bill has assisted clients with the implementation of strategic planning and policy development with respect to global HR practices and policies.  He has also assisted clients with the management of litigation and employment controversy matters in numerous international jurisdictions.  Bill has also counseled clients based outside the United States with the special considerations that are required when complying with U.S. employment and employee benefit rules and regulations. Bill is regularly involved with resolving questions related to privacy and data protection issues.  

SESSIONS:
Thursday, September 9, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
 
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 - 8:30am to 11:30am
 
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
 
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 - 2:30pm to 2:45pm
 
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 - 11:15am to 11:30am